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  • ‘High School Musical’ comes to Nancy O’Brian stage

    Norman North High School students are taking the wacky characters of “High School Musical” — like basketball stud Troy Bolton and drama queen Sharpay Evans — from the screen to the stage this weekend....

    October 25, 2012

  • OU_ND_MEMORIES_LOGO_copy There were no cheap seats on that day in ’57

    As a 16-year-old in 1957, I rode a school bus to Norman with several other Hugo High School football players. We would buy a 50-cent ticket and sit in the south stands of Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Not on Nov. 16th, Statehood Day....

    October 23, 2012 1 Photo

  • 5 strikes, you’re out

    Q: When my 3-and-one-half year-old son misbehaves, I generally take things away from him and he generally responds well. One lingering problem is that he tends to react physically when he’s mad at a classmate instead of talking it out and ...

    October 19, 2012

  • Friends of the Norman Library to host sale

    Readers eager to curl up with a book or shoppers looking for holiday bargains are invited to the Big Book Sale today through Monday, sponsored by Friends of the Norman Library....

    October 19, 2012

  • LDS church lowers missionary service ages to 18 and 19

    OKLAHOMA CITY — In an effort to expand full-time missionary service opportunities for young members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, church leaders recently announced men may now begin serving at age 18 and women at age ...

    October 19, 2012

  • Is it important to attend parent-teacher conferences?

    Q: My daughter makes good grades and doesn’t get in trouble at school. She has friends and is involved in our church youth group. My husband and I are wondering about the importance of attending parent/teacher conferences, as we are very ...

    October 19, 2012

  • Rivermont to host screening

    Rivermont Retirement Community, 800 Canadian Trails Drive, will host a screening of the documentary “Age of Champions” at 2 p.m. Tuesday....

    October 19, 2012

  • Janet McMurray.jpg Janet McMurray tells her story: One step at a time

    The year was 2007. I had finished getting my first-grade room ready to start a new school year. The week before, I had noticed a pain in my right breast. I went to my gynecologist, who said it was probably a fibroid. In three days, I was ...

    October 12, 2012 1 Photo 1 Link

  • Rules to set for dating teenagers

    Q: My daughter is an only child, and my husband and I have always told her she could not date until she turned 16. The problem is she’ll be 16 in two months and likes a boy who we don’t really like. Is it OK to tell her she can’t date at ...

    October 5, 2012

  • What steps to take if you want to attend college

    Q: I am a senior, and no one in my family has ever gone to college. I didn’t think I’d be going either, but I hear my friends talking about it, and now I really want to go. How do I start? — Matt Dear Matt, Good for you! We are so glad to ...

    September 28, 2012