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The Heart of the Osage
[dropcap]The[/dropcap] Osage Nation’s home, Osage County’s seat, Pawhuska has had cultural significance long before a Pulitzer Prize-winning play and popular store came to town. The...
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Oklahomans of the Year
[dropcap]Humility[/dropcap] links our selections for Oklahomans of the Year. From the ringmaster of counterculture (Leon Russell) and the man running the state’s only major sports...
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‘Doin’ It Right in Doo-rant’
[dropcap]One[/dropcap] of the quick ways to tell whether one is a native of or transplant to Durant is the pronunciation of its name. DOO-rant, say...
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Red Ribbon Gala
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] 20-year anniversary represents a milestone, so an event helping thousands of people over those two decades takes on added significance. Raj Basu, co-chair of the...
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Geezers Got Game
[dropcap]One[/dropcap] was a Varmint, another an E.A. Poe Raven, the third a Road Agent, the last a Breakaway. From teenage and collegiate bands in 1960s...