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The voter registration deadline for the Feb. 10 Norman City Council election is Friday, Jan. 16.
01/15/2026

The voter registration deadline for the Feb. 10 Norman City Council election is Friday, Jan. 16.

ICYMI: Gov. Kevin Stitt joined officials Tuesday to celebrate Oklahoma’s first independently owned electric vehicle char...
01/15/2026

ICYMI: Gov. Kevin Stitt joined officials Tuesday to celebrate Oklahoma’s first independently owned electric vehicle charging station at Crest Shopping Center in Norman.

Gov. Kevin Stitt joined officials Tuesday to celebrate Oklahoma’s first independently owned electric vehicle charging station at Crest Shopping Center in Norman.

A burn ban is now in effect for Cleveland County.
01/14/2026

A burn ban is now in effect for Cleveland County.

A grass fire along northbound lanes of Interstate 35 was extinguished Wednesday morning, according to the Norman Fire Department. Following increased fire danger, a burn ban was issued by the

A new sculpture, standing 20-feet-tall and made out of decommissioned dumpsters, now lounges on the hillside outside the...
01/14/2026

A new sculpture, standing 20-feet-tall and made out of decommissioned dumpsters, now lounges on the hillside outside the city of Norman’s Household Hazardous Waste Facility.

UPDATE: The fire is now under control.The Norman Fire Department is currently working to control and extinguish a grass ...
01/14/2026

UPDATE: The fire is now under control.

The Norman Fire Department is currently working to control and extinguish a grass fire along the northbound lanes of Interstate 35, according to a social media post from NFP.

The Norman Fire Department is currently "fighting" a grass fire along the northbound lanes of Interstate 35, according to a social media post from NFP.

Local organizations held two Norman City Council election candidate forums on Monday, where candidates for council were ...
01/13/2026

Local organizations held two Norman City Council election candidate forums on Monday, where candidates for council were asked about their views on homelessness, development and growth in the city.

PHOTOS: Norman North's SPUD reveals over $150,000 was raised for this year's recipients during a closing ceremony Monday...
01/13/2026

PHOTOS: Norman North's SPUD reveals over $150,000 was raised for this year's recipients during a closing ceremony Monday. See more photos: https://bit.ly/49BSdRM

CHICKASHA, Okla. — A 12-year-old boy, missing more than a week, was found alive Sunday, according to the Oklahoma State ...
01/12/2026

CHICKASHA, Okla. — A 12-year-old boy, missing more than a week, was found alive Sunday, according to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.

Norman’s “Floating Restaurant,” located along Ed Noble Parkway, has been sold by Fleske Commercial Group.
01/09/2026

Norman’s “Floating Restaurant,” located along Ed Noble Parkway, has been sold by Fleske Commercial Group.

“He’s a chef and he’s also a waiter."Beau Billingsley can do it all for the Norman High boys basketball team, but his be...
01/09/2026

“He’s a chef and he’s also a waiter."
Beau Billingsley can do it all for the Norman High boys basketball team, but his best attribute is passing and getting his teammates open.

Beau Billingsley drove in the paint, spun toward the hoop and dodged two defenders to get to the rim.

Uncanny Art House opens a David Lynch tribute exhibition Friday featuring original works from Michael Horse, who portray...
01/09/2026

Uncanny Art House opens a David Lynch tribute exhibition Friday featuring original works from Michael Horse, who portrayed Deputy Tommy ‘Hawk’ Hill on “Twin Peaks.”

Nearly five years removed from professional football, Jason Witten will be coaching tight ends for the Sooners in 2026.
01/08/2026

Nearly five years removed from professional football, Jason Witten will be coaching tight ends for the Sooners in 2026.

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The Norman Transcript is Norman's oldest continuous business. Its history surpasses that of the City of Norman and of the University of Oklahoma, being founded in 1889 when the area was opened to settlement.

One of the persons on the settler train headed to Norman was Ed P. Engle, a newspaperman who, when the train arrived in Norman, walked one block west through three-inch high prairie grass to stake a business lot at what is now the northeast corner of the intersection of West Main Street and Santa Fe Avenue.

The first edition of Norman’s pioneer newspaper came off the press a few weeks later on July 13, 1889. In 1912, J.J. Burke, who had purchased The Transcript in 1903, and remained its editor until 1920, established a free daily newspaper. Later, The Transcript became a regular daily, which was merged with its weekly edition in 1917.

Fred E. Tarman joined The Transcript in 1922 as editor and remained in that position until his retirement in 1969. Harold R. Belknap became editor and publisher at that time. Don Frensley later became publisher. The newspaper was sold to Donrey Media Group in 1985 and to Community Newspaper Holdings Inc., in 1998. Mark Millsap serves as current publisher. Long-time editor Andy Rieger retired in 2015, and Caleb Slinkard has served as the Transcript’s editor since August, 2015. In September of 2017, Community Newspaper Holdings merged with Raycom Media, Inc.