Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Community
Construction crews began work on a Dr Pepper "Fansville" branded water tower attraction on Lindsey Street, backed by a 10-year, $500,000 city contract, with a target completion before OU's first SEC home game on Oct. 17.
Community
The Norman VA Clinic will open dental, physical therapy and optometry services in late fall 2026 and expand from four to six care teams, adding capacity for 2,400 more local veterans as part of a broader Oklahoma City VA Health Care System initiative.
Community
The Norman Arts Council will host a free Artist Grants Artist Talks event at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, at MAINSITE Contemporary Art, where local grant recipients will discuss how the $1,500 awards shaped their work in Norman.
Community
Norman Animal Welfare is among more than 40 Oklahoma shelters reducing or waiving adoption fees Aug. 24-30 as part of the Adopt Your MVP campaign, which aims to close a 9,700-animal gap to statewide no-kill status.
Community
Norman's year-round even-odd watering schedule remains in effect without escalation as neighboring Edmond moves to Stage 2 restrictions and Deer Creek bans irrigation entirely amid worsening drought across the Oklahoma City metro.
Community
The University of Oklahoma announced its 2026-27 Presidential Speakers Series lineup, bringing Pulitzer-winning oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee to Norman on Sept. 9 and Nobel economist Daron Acemoglu on April 6, 2027, with reservations for the fall dinner now open.
Community
Early voting for the Aug. 25 Runoff Primary Election opens Thursday, Aug. 20, at six Cleveland County locations, including three in Norman and one in Noble, with hours running through Saturday at 2 p.m.
Community
Terry "Buffalo" Ware, the Norman sideman and mentor who played with Ray Wylie Hubbard, John Fullbright and Willie Nelson over a 60-year career, died Aug. 5 after a battle with lung cancer at age 76.
Community
More than 70 dogs from Norman Animal Welfare flew cross-country on Thursday, Aug. 13, as part of Dog Is My CoPilot's 50,000th animal transport since 2012, giving local shelter dogs a second chance at adoption in communities with greater capacity.
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The Salvation Army of Cleveland and McClain Counties and Great Clips will provide free haircuts to shelter guests and community members at the McKown Center in Norman on Wednesday, Aug. 26, from 4 to 6 p.m.
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Norman's 2026 Residential Fall Cleanup runs five consecutive Saturdays from Sept. 26 through Oct. 24, with free curbside collection staggered by polycart service day and free Transfer Station access each weekend.
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