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Tulsa Town Hall is celebrating its 75th anniversary as it applauds its past, celebrates its present and looks to the future.

"It doesn't really surprise me," the Catoosa High School junior said. "Coming from my own experience, before I came out I had thoughts of suicide because I wanted to be accepted in the world," he said.

Gov. Brad Henry has appointed Judge William C. Hetherington, Jr., to the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals.

The University of Oklahoma will receive $650,000 for a 5-year study to collect and analyze genetic data from different populations in Peru.

University of Oklahoma President David Boren says there are no plans for tuition increases, layoffs or unpaid furlough days are planned despite budget cuts.

The doors of the Nob Hill Inn open at 8 a.m., "so you start off fresh," says John Plessinger , whose father bought the bar at 420 East Colfax Avenue in 1969 and put it in his then-21-year-old son's name.

By day, Valerie Shelton-Tabor serves as an assistant public defender in the Dallas County Public Defender's Office .

By Nanette Light Kevin Reineking wants to preserve his love for Jack Daniels, so he's casting it in iron.

OKLAHOMA CITY a ' Attorney General Drew Edmondson wants the state tobacco trust's board of directors to help fund a cancer research and treatment center at the University of Oklahoma.

OKLAHOMA CITY The upcoming MAPS 3 tax issue election has drawn formal opposition with the filing of a political committee, Not This MAPS Coalition, with the Oklahoma City clerk's office.

A 49-year old former Oklahoma City dentist murdered last week in Fargo, North Dakota left behind a history of legal problems in Oklahoma.

Alumnus Mark D. Orgren will address the question of, a oeWhy Fredonia is the nationa s a ground zeroa in the battle for clean, abundant, affordable energy,a in a guest lecture on Monday, Nov.

Guided by a penchant for self-reflection and thoughtful discussion, Presbyterians have long been pulled in conflicting directions in their perceptions of their shared religious mission - with a tension that sometimes divides hearts as well as congregations, according to a media release.

The physical therapy table backstage at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center shares a room with three washers and dryers, but laundry isn't what people were in line for Thursday night.

When things look bleak on the Israeli-Palestinian peace front, very often Israel and Syria start talking about making peace with one another, analysts noted.

Ada native and Miss Oklahoma 2009, Taylor Treat, will be making an appearance at this year's homecoming parade for East Central University, Evelyn Martin of the Miss Ada Pageant said.

It's called "the broadest collaboration that's occurred in health care in this region." It's called "the broadest collaboration that's occurred in health care in this region." University of Oklahoma-Tulsa Professor Dr.

Mark Perkins is the Independent frontrunner for the Mayor of Tulsa and Tom Adelson's most challenging contender.

University of Kansas scientists are embarking on an initiative that has the potential to have an enormous impact on the region in terms of human health, agriculture and sustaining natural resources.

WASHINGTON a ' President Obama said Wednesday he has appointed University of Oklahoma President David Boren as a co-chairman of an intelligence advisory board.