State taking ‘baby steps’ in stemming quake activity
A 3.5 magnitude earthquake struck near Cushing on Tuesday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. Cushing is home to the world’s largest crude oil storage facility and is often...
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Without $2,700 permit, Airbnb hosting illegal in OKC
With the advent of the sharing economy, new industries are disrupting traditional economies. At least one Oklahoma City councilman would like to see action on the growing regulatory dilemma posed by...
View ArticleRacial divide widens under Austin’s whitening
AUSTIN, Texas — The millennials have spoken. They have chosen this proudly odd capital city as their own, flooding it with startups and sustaining a local food-truck economy mesmerizing to behold....
View ArticleMAPS 4 could transform Martin Luther King Boulevard
(Editor’s Note: Sandino L. Thompson is a member of the planning committee pushing for a MAPS 4 Neighborhoods effort.) If you regularly drive Martin Luther King Boulevard in northeast Oklahoma City, you...
View ArticleForeign perspectives (including Texas) on NonDoc
NonDoc presents a brief roundup of excerpts and quotes from some of our recent stories that have either come from or been about places outside our home base in Oklahoma. (Yes, it’s Red River Rivalry...
View ArticleLandlords refuse Section 8 renters in Austin
Heiwa Salovitz lived in his East Austin apartment for three years before he decided to move. It wasn’t because the Villas on Sixth — a relatively new development in a rapidly gentrifying part of the...
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Farts trump ‘fear’ at U of Texas mock mass shooting
AUSTIN, Texas — Around 2 p.m. Saturday, a small group of gun rights activists staged a mock mass shooting at the corner of a sidewalk on the edge of the University of Texas campus. The stunt garnered...
View ArticleImmigration limbo: Battles create struggle for identity
AUSTIN, Texas — Ana Flores was 11 years old when she moved from Mexico to Texas. Her older sister had come to America to study and decided to stay on even though she lacked the visa needed to live...
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Lights up: Tower Theater turns on the neon in OKC
The sidewalks around 425 N.W. 23rd Street were all abuzz Friday evening. In the midst of rush-hour traffic, pockets of people milled about as two drones hovered overhead. It was all in anticipation of...
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At SXSW, Obama will find a microcosm of U.S. challenges
AUSTIN, Texas — We don’t yet know when President Obama will touch down in Austin this week. We do know he’ll be in town to shake hands at a Democratic fundraiser and provide the opening keynote for...
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Hacked: No, Dr. Drew doesn’t need your money
It’s not every Monday morning that Dr. Drew Pinsky asks for my help. An email sent just shy of 7 a.m. central time alerted me to the broadcast-medicine legend’s desperate state of affairs: Hi, How are...
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In Austin, local government deals Uber a costly defeat
AUSTIN — Saturday in the tech capital of Texas, citizens voted to drive out popular ride-sharing services Uber and Lyft. Monday, Uber and Lyft suspended operations in Austin. When the City Council...
View ArticleTribute playlist: ‘Craftsman’ Guy Clark dead at 74
Country songwriter Guy Clark died early Tuesday, continuing a 2016 that has spelled the end for music giants such as Merle Haggard and Prince. Clark never had the massive following and kitchen-table...
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Mental health specialists help avert disaster in Austin
AUSTIN — Austin is unique in its approach to serving the mentally ill, according to local mental health and law enforcement authorities. Since 2012, the Austin Police Department’s Crisis Intervention...
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OKC needs an art-house theater for top-10 films of 2016
Oklahoma City needs an independent art-house theater, because the top-10 films of 2016 deserve an audience but might not find a venue in which to play here. In Tulsa, Circle Cinema is that venue,...
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Fight for 15 sparks day of protests at Austin Carl’s Jr.
AUSTIN — At 8 a.m. on the morning of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, a group of protesters set up camp outside of a Carl’s Jr. on Slaughter Lane. It was the beginning of a long day of protests...
View ArticleIf only Oklahoma City could steal the SPAM Museum
Oklahoma City has one skyscraper, a couple of large sporting goods stores, a memorial to tragedy and grief, a canal, a part of a river, a presently mediocre pro basketball team, a minor league baseball...
View ArticlePolice guns are turning up in crimes, but ATF can’t talk about it
By Alain Stephens Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting In the last year, residents of Fort Worth, Texas, have watched as shootings spiked across the city. Month after month, new victims...
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