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Comments AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File Former Oklahoma football players Seth McGowan and Trejan Bridges are facing felony arrest warrants in connection with an alleged armed robbery.  Norman Transcript, warrants were filed for McGowan and Bridges in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, on charges of robbery, conspiracy, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Sooners head coach Lincoln Riley told reporters on Thursday that McGowan and Bridges were no longer with the program.  "They're not members of our program anymore," Riley said.  Riley's announcement came after Nolan Clay of The Oklahom...

Educational Racial Justice For Norman Public Schools, a group aimed at bringing attention to reported incidents of racism and negative experiences in the school system, outlined demands for NPS in an Instagram post. The demands included ending the student resource officer program, teaching an instate ethnic studies program, providing a student resource coordinator for Black, Indigenous and students of color and requiring diversity and inclusion training for faculty and staff.  According to The Norman Transcript, the district’s school resource officer program has placed Norman police o...

After two vacancies in one year, nearly a dozen new and former candidates applied for the Norman City Council’s interim Ward 2 seat.  The Ward 2 carousel began after the sudden death of former Ward 2 councilmember David Perry last August. The seat was filled by a city council appointee and former Ward 2 councilmember, Joe Carter, who did not seek permanent election in the February 2021 election.  OU Russian Professor Matt McGarry won the February election with 51.34 percent of the vote, according to the Oklahoma State Election Board. McGarry resigned the following month to accept a...

Submitted Apr 19, 2021 In the March 26 article "Critic of managed care, Standridge profited from current Medicaid system," The Norman Transcript's choice to focus on Sen. Rob Standridge's pharmacy ownership ignores the fundamental problems with privatizing our state's Medicaid program. I am writing today to address this oversight. One of the most pressing concerns that Sen. Standridge and others in health care have with Oklahoma's managed care scheme is that it will not improve health care as promised. If implemented, managed care will actually lead to a decrease in services for some of our s...

The City Sentinel April 5, 2021 By Patrick B. McGuigan Patrick B. McGuigan, Publisher, The City Sentinel Analysis for The Southwest Ledger Pat McGuigan  Oklahoma City, April 1, 2021 – In the public square, each... By Staff Report The City Sentinel Staff Report  OKLAHOMA CITY -- School choice advocates recently praised the Oklahoma Legislature for advancing two landmark education bills that, taken together,... By Patrick B. McGuigan The City Sentinel Endorsements The City Sentinel’s endorsement philosophy, detailed in print and online in recent years, leads the newspaper to make the best...