Former Trump White House strategist Steve Bannon, who's facing criminal charges after months of defying a congressional subpoena over the Capitol riot, has told the House committee investigating the attack that he's now willing to testify. Lawmakers say Bannon’s turnabout was conveyed in a letter late Saturday from his attorney. And that development comes as the committee prepares to air some of its most striking revelations yet this week against Trump in what may be its final set of hearings. Bannon has argued that his testimony is protected by Trump’s claim of executive privilege. But Trump now says he'd waive that privilege claim, according to a letter Saturday to Bannon’s lawyer.
Costs to develop and build homes in Norman are considerably higher than other places in the Oklahoma City metro and cities with comparable population.
The following building permit activity was reported by the Development Services Division of the City of Norman for June 23-29.
The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden is celebrating the birth of critically endangered Sumatran tiger twins.
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing at the University of Oklahoma earned one of the few worldwide inaugural endorsements by the International Nursing Association of Clinical and Simulations Learning new Healthcare Simulations Standards Endorsement Pilot Program.
Problems arise, though, when people give truthful answers to these questions, because they are giving answers that can be known by other people, or can be learned by some simple Web searching.
Norman’s annual celebration of local businesses returns for its fifth consecutive year next weekend, an event that provides both a seasonal boost for retailers, as well as opportunities for shoppers to get back-to-school clothes, gifts and more at discounted prices.
Norman is without a District 3 representative on the Oklahoma Transportation Commission ahead of a vote on proposed turnpike projects, public records indicate.
The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority filed two motions to dismiss in two ongoing lawsuits challenging its authority to construct two proposed toll roads in Norman.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Most state legislative candidates opposed to school vouchers survived primary campaigns fueled by dark money.
Norman residents can participate in a silent auction to benefit a local nonprofit and experience an exhibition blending visual art with live music Friday evening.
Residents can prepare to conquer the hills and heat Saturday morning during the annual Norman Conquest.
Creative ferment often takes its energy from artists of all stripes coming together. Poets inspire painters. Musicians excite sculptors. Dancers have been known to arouse architects.
States and the federal government carried out 11 executions in 2021, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
Experts say the best way to maintain pools, with Oklahoma’s extreme weather that runs the gamut from soggy to drought, involves chemical balance and daily checkups to prevent algae buildup.
Norman restaurants, breweries and specialty shops are putting the finishing touches on their plans for a weeklong celebration of the local culinary scene.
As Norman trudges through 100-plus-degree temperatures and heat advisory warnings over the coming days, unhoused residents will bear the brunt of the summer weather.
State appellate judges set execution dates for 19 more Oklahoma death row inmates — including at least one awaiting a competency trial — in a phased schedule through December 2024.
Ted's Cafe Escondido, 700 N. Interstate Drive, temporarily closed following a small fire in the restaurant early Wednesday, but reopened later that day.
This is Place, a new community wildflower garden and art exhibition space in Little Axe, is holding its Welcome Event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 9, at the Little Axe Community Center.
The Norman City Council will convene in an upcoming retreat in two weeks to pursue project goals and the expenditure of millions in taxpayer dollars.
Several Norman City Councilors were sworn into office — including two for the first time — during their regular meeting Tuesday.
President Joe Biden has bestowed the nation’s highest military honor to four Army soldiers for heroism that he says went above and beyond the call of duty during the Vietnam War. Biden presented the Medal of Honor to Spc. Five Dwight W. Birdwell, Spc. Five Dennis M. Fujii, retired Maj. John J. Duffy as well as Staff Sgt. Edward N. Kaneshiro, who was honored posthumously. Speaking in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday, Biden praised their heroism and lamented that they hadn’t received appropriate recognition until now. The president said he was “setting the record straight”
On Tuesday, July 5, President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Honor to four U.S. Army soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War, and one of them is from Adair County.
City staff members have recently received several inquiries about a boil water order in Cleveland County.
The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention details how to stay cool during extended periods of high temperatures.
When Oklahoma voters went to the polls for Tuesday’s primary elections, {em style=”font-size: 12px;”}Oklahoma Watch{/em} reporters met them to get their perspectives on the state of the state.
For the last month, Oklahoma resident Katherine Kent has been raising funds for an expungement.
The Biden administration took another step to improve relations with the nation’s nearly 575 Native American tribes by signing an agreement giving the Cherokee Nation greater control over road improvements within its reservation.
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding state authority to prosecute some crimes on Native American land is upending decades of law in support of tribal sovereignty. The Wednesday ruling veers from the trend of increasing tribes' ability to prosecute all crimes on reservations, regardless of who is involved. Federal Indian law experts say the high court's decision in an Oklahoma case is concerning. While it doesn't directly impact tribal court systems, the experts say it does not enhance tribes' right to govern themselves on their own territory. It also cast tribes as part of states rather than the sovereign nations they are, infuriating many across Indian Country.
The August GOP runoff for U.S. Senate between U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin and former Oklahoma House Speaker T.W. Shannon will pit two Trump loyalists against each other.
Despite distributors increasing prices on certain fireworks, some vendors in Cleveland County say business is booming.
The following building permit activity was reported by the Development Services Division of the City of Norman for June 16-22.
The City of Norman has a day of activities for all ages planned through the evening and invites everyone to come celebrate Independence Day with local music, food, brews and a fireworks finale.
Even though Microsoft and other companies have been trying for years to move us to a “passwordless future,” passwords, and all of their hassles, are the current reality.
As unhoused people who stayed at Norman’s recently-closed overnight homeless shelter now brave the outdoors every night, their determination to stay visible to city officials has strengthened.
Four City Council wards will gain and lose residents, three will increase and one will lose population if the council gives a new map final approval.
One person was killed Friday morning in a head-on collision on Highway 9.
OKLAHOMA CITY — More than 60 new laws took effect Friday in Oklahoma, dealing with everything from Holocaust education to vehicle title changes.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma lawmakers have passed so many conflicting laws aimed at curtailing abortion in recent months that no one — not even the lawmakers — knows which is the supreme law of the land, according to a lawsuit filed Friday.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Despite nationwide pressure to overhaul gun regulations, many Oklahomans remain passionate defenders of their right to own firearms and ardent supporters of the Second Amendment.
There are more civilian firearms in the United States than there are civilians, more licensed gun dealers than grocery stores and McDonald’s franchises combined and more deaths by firearms than by traffic accidents. Guns are an indelible part of the entirety of American culture, an aspect venerated or vilified depending on who’s engaged in the conversation.
Yellow Dog Coffee Company’s owners stand behind a donation to a homeless advocacy group from money initially given to them to repair their business.
Two prominent nonprofits that work closely with unhoused people in Norman have submitted requests for proposal to build a new overnight shelter to the city following the closure of the city’s former shelter.
Oklahoma’s appeals court set execution dates Friday for death row inmate Richard Glossip and five others.
Authorities are investigating a body found Friday morning near the Valero at the northeast corner of Gray and Flood avenues.
A small museum inside a Victorian historic Norman house has multiple opportunities in July for people of all ages to learn about the city’s past.
At the recent Tony Awards ceremony, Natasha Katz won the Tony Award for lighting design for "MJ The Musical."
Mangum is in Greer County, out in the rural southwest part of the state. It’s the kind of small town where you might see a car driving down the street with a guy sitting in the open trunk pulling a lawnmower behind.
Editor’s note: The Transcript has chosen not to list the names of the three boys charged in this case because they were under 18 at the time of the incident in question.
Clear skies. Low near 70F. Winds light and variable..
Clear skies. Low near 70F. Winds light and variable.
The following building permit activity was reported by the Development Services Division of the City of Norman for June 23-29.
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OR COMPLETION ISSUED:
4520 E. Franklin Rd. — Fayak, Jordan, Franklin Warehouse Medical Marijuana Buildings, $357,000 (Combined), Ward 5
2220 36th Ave. NW, Suite 100 and 110 — Mirage Homes LLC, Office Building, $500,000, Ward 3
3010 Classen Blvd. — Mark S Group, Corporation Buffalo Wild Wings Renovation, $500,000, Ward 7
927 N. Flood Ave., Suite 103 — JS Properties of Norman, The Child’s Room LLC Childcare Remodel, $2,000, Ward 4
1017 N. Flood Ave. — Brentwood Pointe Partners, Push Xotics Medical Marijuana Remodel, $30,000, Ward 4
3001 Oak Tree Ave., Apartment 7 — Norman JV TIC LLC, Oak Tree Apartments, $50,000, Ward 7
5005 York Dr. — Johnson Controls Inc., New Solar Panels/Carports, $1,112,107, Ward 8
3099 E. Imhoff Rd. — L A F M C Rentals LLC, AT&T Replace/Upgrade Antennas, $15,000, Ward 5
3301 24th Ave. NW — NFL Learning Norman OK, Construction Trailer, $10,000, Ward 8
591 Interstate Dr. — Lynn, Sakena, Front 2/3 of Building for Future Addition, Not Reported, Ward 2
209 W. Apache St. — 209 W. Apache LLC, SCO Development Apartment Building, $800,000, Ward 4
1601 McGee Dr. — Norman Public Schools, Monroe Elementary Fine Arts/Shelter Addition, $2,126,643, Ward 2
728 S. Flood Ave. — Norman Public Schools, McKinley Elementary Fine Arts/Shelter Addition, $2,000,000, Ward 4
728 S. Flood Ave. — Norman Public Schools, McKinley Elementary Classroom Addition, $2,126,643, Ward 4
242 24th Ave. NW — Oklahoma Electric Cooperative, OEC Warehouse Addition, $500,000, Ward 2
• Thirteen permits for new single family residences were issued with a total reported value of $4,146,510. The average reported value was $318,962, one of which applied to the city’s Home Energy Rating System (HERS/Energy Rating Index Program) and one to the city’s Visitability Program.
• Fifteen permits for additions or alterations to residential properties were issued with a total reported value of $751,510.
• One demolition permit was issued for 4400 W. Main St. Lot 97.
• Three applications for new single-family residences were submitted with a combined reported value of $2,453,680. The average reported value was $817,893.
• Seven applications for addition/alterations to residential properties were submitted with a reported value of $324,077.
• One demolition application was submitted for 305 E. Boyd St.
Celebration Of Life Service "Party" for Jim Jay Jinkins Sunday July 17th, 2022. 1p-3p The Norman Depot 200 S. Jones Ave Norman, OK 73069
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