By Bobby Ross Jr. The 1990s: I graduated from Oklahoma Christian University, married the love of my life and welcomed my three gifts from God into the world. Oh, and I got paid to write newspaper stories. With full knowledge that I’m probably leaving out a few important ones, my Top 10 stories of the decade: 10. Garth Brooks: 1992 My wife, Tamie, and … Continue reading The 1990s in review: My Top 10 stories of the decade
Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK) December 26, 1999, Sunday CITY EDITION Violence: Who’s to blame? Society looks at media, entertainment sources BYLINE: Bobby Ross Jr., Staff Writer SECTION: NEWS; LENGTH: 2410 words Bullets fly on television and at the movies, subjecting viewers to scenes of serious violence every four minutes, a recent study found. Certain video games let consumers get in touch with their “gun-toting, cold-blooded murderer side,” as … Continue reading Violence: Who’s to blame? Society looks at media, entertainment sources
Violence: Who’s to blame? Society looks at media, entertainment sources BYLINE: Bobby Ross Jr., Staff Writer SECTION: NEWS; LENGTH: 2410 words Bullets fly on television and at the movies, subjecting viewers to scenes of serious violence every four minutes, a recent study found. Certain video games let consumers get in touch with their “gun-toting, cold-blooded murderer side,” as one advertisement put it. “Kill your friends, guilt-free,” declared another. Some … Continue reading Violence: Who’s to blame? Society looks at media, entertainment sources
A choice, but for whom? BYLINE: Bobby Ross Jr., Griff Palmer, Staff Writers SECTION: NEWS; LENGTH: 2948 words Just as private schools have always done, Oklahoma City’s newest public schools have become a haven for the wealthy and well-educated, a study by The Oklahoman has found. The numbers suggest that the district’s 5-year-old school choice movement – which has coincided with the dismantling of court-ordered desegregation – has produced … Continue reading A choice, but for whom?
Bobby Ross Jr. • Modified: September 13, 1999 at 12:00 am • Published: September 13, 1999 It’s 3:50 a.m., and I can’t sleep. For 31 years, God has blessed me with the world’s best parents and four wonderful grandparents. Some children never enjoy the riches of knowing their grandparents, so I realize how fortunate I am. I can’t thank God enough. The telephone ringing in the middle of … Continue reading Your grandmother knows how much you loved her
They Took a Taste of Oklahoma to Brazil The Daily Oklahoman – Sunday, June 6, 1999 Author: Bobby Ross Jr. , Staff Writer VITORIA, Brazil – Marcus Mendes has a dream. The 8-year-old Brazilian boy wants to learn English and play soccer for Oklahoma Christian University. It’s a dream inspired by Oklahoma missionaries, who had a dream of their own a decade ago. In … Continue reading They Took a Taste of Oklahoma to Brazil
Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK) May 30, 1999, Sunday CITY EDITION ‘MAPS II’ Plan Considered to Help City Schools BYLINE: Bobby Ross Jr., Staff Writer SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 1 LENGTH: 1842 words In an age of sequels, the idea of “MAPS II” intrigues Oklahoma City Mayor Kirk Humphreys. For more than five years, Oklahoma City has collected a penny sales tax to fund the Metropolitan Area Projects. However, the MAPS tax … Continue reading ‘MAPS II’ Plan Considered to Help City Schools
Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK) May 16, 1999, Sunday CITY EDITION GRADE INFLATION: Is an A Still an A? Educators Question Use of High Marks BYLINE: Bobby Ross Jr., Staff Writer SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 1 LENGTH: 2237 words Americans like fast food. They zip in the drive-through and zip out. To hear many educators tell it, Americans like fast grades, too: “Give me straight A’s but hold the mental sweat and … Continue reading GRADE INFLATION: Is an A Still an A? Educators Question Use of High Marks
Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK)
May 4, 1999, Tuesday CITY EDITION
‘They Were in the House That’s Gone’ Victims, Volunteers Flood Area Medical Centers
BYLINE: Bobby Ross Jr., Melissa Nelson, Staff Writers
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 8
LENGTH: 873 words
Outside Hillcrest Medical Center, sirens wailed as ambulances
kept arriving Monday night.
Frazzled medical workers helped old men and women, heads and
knees covered with bandages, into wheelchairs. Nurses and doctors
rolled bloodied babies and young children inside on stretchers.
As the television boomed with reports of deadly tornadoes, Tony
Lawson sat in the emergency room – sweat and shock covering his
face.
“Luckily, it just went over our house, but it took our
daughter’s house,” Lawson, 39, said.
Lawson found his daughter, grandson and a friend amid the
remains of their destroyed home. He rushed them to the hospital and
wasn’t sure how badly they were injured.
“All I know is they were in the house that’s gone,” he said.
The scene was repeated Monday night at hospitals throughout the
Oklahoma City area. At least nine were confirmed dead by hospitals,
and more than 350 patients were treated.
Faith. Family. Fastballs. 