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Anniversaries don’t always bring pleasant memories. Some dates on the calendar remind us of horrific episodes, leaving us to shake our heads with disbelief. We may want to forget, but that’s about the worst we could do. The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 falls firmly into this category: a wretched event that should be remembered so that we can...

Interesting. Fun. Extraordinary. De’Marchoe Carpenter and Malcolm Scott use these words to describe their first year of freedom in more than two decades. “It’s such a rare situation that it’s really hard to define the type of feelings that you get when you are finally exonerated after that many years,” Scott says. “‘It’s amazing’ is the best I can come...

For 20 years, architect Rand Elliott gazed out a window from his office in the Heierding Flatiron Building and wished he could renovate the boarded-up structure across the street. To say it was a neighborhood eyesore is kind. The Oklahoma City building had history, which Elliott reveres. It also had admirable architectural features and an interior bone structure of bricks...

An ultra-rich entrepreneur marries a young woman with the personality to become the center of social life in their city. They build a state-of-the-art, 20-room mansion outside the city. She hosts parties for the elite. He continues to grow his wealth by being one of the first to build downtown. This is the story of Henry and Anna Ione Overholser...

Haley Grace Clark has a trait that many – especially The Bard – would extol but that worked against her in an important competition a year ago. Instead of rejecting this “problem” – looking too young to depict older characters – Clark embraced it and earned a spot in this month’s National Shakespeare Competition at New York’s Lincoln Center. Clark, a...

It’s a popular notion in American history that the Puritans fled England to escape religious persecution. While the story has a grain of truth, the full reasons they were driven from their country are much more sinister. While in power, they murdered a king, outlawed dancing, canceled Christmas and – most dastardly of all – closed the theaters. Lucky for us...

As the weather turns warm, be sure to get the most out of the outdoor space around your home. Whether you’re into gardening, lighting, landscaping or cooking, we talk to the true outdoor experts about ways to personalize your backyard. Dive In Nothing adds to the luxurious allure of an outdoor living experience like a swimming pool. Whether set in the...

You don’t need an ocean beach for your dune buggy, and you don’t need a metropolis to satisfy a hankering for a five-star schnitzel. Just head to Waynoka. Northwest Oklahoma may be typical flyover country today, but early coast-to-coast, rail-and-air service had layovers in this Woods County town as part of the Transcontinental Air Transport, begun in 1928 and offering...

The School of Forensic Sciences at Oklahoma State University’s Center for Health Sciences in Tulsa offers its graduate students an experience that can be found few other places. The Tulsa Police Department forensic laboratory, TPD property and evidence vault, and the state medical examiner share the campus at West 17th Street and Southwest Boulevard, giving students easy access to...