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Kimberly Burk
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Oklahoma’s Tribal Impact
A photo album of these native Oklahomans is striking. One picture is of an accomplished TV and film actress strolling down the red carpet; there’s...

Knitting a Calming Niche
Camaraderie. Charity. Creativity. All are themes that come up when Oklahomans talk about how they can get attached to balls of yarn and shiny sets...

Fruit-Bearing Festivals
Food vendors at the McLoud Blackberry Festival must offer at least one item made from its namesake fruit, and they are more than happy to...

Life Beneath the Streets
Narrow tunnels beneath Tulsa’s and Oklahoma City’s downtowns are well-used – sometimes in ways the builders might never have envisioned. In Tulsa, 9-to-5ers can take...

The Sky Isn’t the Limit
Phyllis Gardner has changed her mind about a few activities since going to live at Inverness Village, a retirement community in Tulsa. “I made fun...

Get Outside
Tulsa Excursions Gathering Place: Launched in September on the east bank of the Arkansas River, this is the park other cities only wish they had....

What’s in a Name?
Slaughterville was not the most elegant name for a town, local residents had to admit. Some even toyed with the idea of changing it …...

Fresh Produce on Your Doorstep
It’s no small task to provide weekly produce deliveries to 1,200 lovers of farm-fresh food, but Local Farm OK makes it happen, and co-owner Ashley...

Unimpeded by Boundaries
Retired Jenks High School football coach Allan Trimble is not from this world, according to his friend Troy Taber. “He knows where he is from...

Mission: Exoneration
Wrongful convictions are not easy to overturn, even when the defense has DNA evidence on its side. Five to seven years is a typical timetable...