Category: Feature

When the final buzzer sounded at the 2025 district championship game, The Academy girls basketball team erupted in celebration. It was a hard-fought battle against Apache High School but they had won by one – or so they thought.  Later that night, long after the gym had emptied, The Academy’s Coach, Brendan King, sat in…

Known for guiding Oklahomans through stormy skies, KFOR meteorologist Mike Morgan has spent the past fifteen years building something far more grounded: an intricate, working steam railroad on his family’s north Oklahoma City property. And he hasn’t done it alone. His son, Tanner Morgan, has been by his side at every curve.  The 27-year-old head…

As a child, Marc Mead loved building houses out of cardboard boxes. Even his earliest attempts had an elevated level of technicality, with sliding balcony doors and a working elevator made from a mustard lid and a spool of thread.  “I made crude furniture out of bottles and scraps, scavenging pieces from my broken toys…

Edmond teen Cole Harvey doesn’t spend much time on video games or social media. Most afternoons, you’ll find him barefoot on the mat at Pride Mixed Martial Arts training, teaching, and preparing for his next fight. That focus paid off in October when the 17-year-old, known in the ring as “The Slaw” – a more…

A year ago, the Soltani Music School at Thatcher and Boulevard was not on Ali and Andrea’s radar. After years of performing professionally and giving private music lessons in their detached garage, however, the space had reached capacity. It was time to expand, but few businesses wanted to share real estate with such noisy neighbors. …

In 1954, a festive Downtown Edmond is adorned with Christmas decorations hanging over Broadway Ave. Garlands and a “Merry Christmas” wreath are strung across the road. Classic cars line the street in front of familiar storefronts like Safeway and Anthony’s, capturing the small-town holiday spirit that filled Edmond’s downtown during the postwar years.