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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Benjamin Lewis

    City council discusses cost recovery for some fire department responses (opens the original)

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    Get our top OU and Norman stories in your inbox. Norman City Council discussed implementing a cost recovery system for fire department responses during its study session Tuesday night. The proposed system would bill insurance companies and potentially at-fault individuals for motor vehicle incidents that require a fire department response. Other incidents, such as hazmat situations and certain fires, could also be subject to cost recovery measures. Norman Fire Department Deputy Chief Joel Chesse

  2. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Benjamin Lewis

    City Council Oversight Committee to continue noise ordinance discussion (opens the original)

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    Get our top OU and Norman stories in your inbox. The Norman City Council Oversight Committee, for the 17th time since 2016, discussed potential amendments to Norman’s noise ordinance Thursday amid recent OU fraternity concerts featuring notable musicians. Conversations centered largely on concerts hosted at OU fraternity houses along ‘Greek Row,’ an area covering portions of Elm and College Avenues. These events, which have drawn artists including DaBaby and The Chainsmokers to Norman, hav

  3. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Benjamin Lewis

    ‘Sock filled with rocks;’ OUPD warns of aggravated assault on Campus Corner (opens the original)

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    Get our top OU and Norman stories in your inbox. The OU Police Department reported an aggravated assault by an unknown man on Campus Corner early Sunday night. According to an OUPD alert, the suspect was allegedly swinging a sock filled with rocks on University Boulevard around 9:30 pm Sunday. The alert states the victim was struck in the head by the makeshift weapon, resulting in serious injury requiring medical attention. The alert described the suspect as a white male with a beard wearing a b

  4. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Benjamin Lewis, Spencer Windholz

    Committee to not move forward with Ward 5 deannexation discussions (opens the original)

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    Get our top OU and Norman stories in your inbox. The Norman City Council Business and Community Affairs Committee decided to end discussions of a potential deannexation of property east of 60th Avenue, which includes most of Ward 5, during its meeting Thursday afternoon. The issue was raised by committee chair and Ward 8 Councilmember Scott Dixon. Dixon expressed during the meeting that he doesn’t have “ulterior motives” behind the discussion. “It's been in the public sphere for over a d

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