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Dapper Dog ribbon cutting held - October 30, 2018
The Chamber held a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Dapper Dog on Monday. Owners of Dapper Dog are Ellen and Paul Garrison. Dapper Dog is a mobile hot dog stand. They offer great hot dogs, brats and ho...
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Construction to resume on Oklahoma American Indian museum - October 29, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Construction is expected to resume in January on the long-delayed American Indian Cultural Center and Museum in Oklahoma City. Blake Wade, CEO of the Native American Cultural a...
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Lawsuits claim cheaper drilling plan used in gas rig explosion - October 29, 2018
QUINTON, Okla. (AP) - Two lawsuits allege that the operator of a gas well that exploded in southeastern Oklahoma used a cheaper and quicker drilling plan despite experts' advice. The Tulsa World re...
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Stinson publishes poetry book - October 29, 2018
TONKAWA -- Northern Oklahoma College Language Arts instructor Dr. Don Stinson recently published a book of poetry. Stinson’s poetry collection, Flatline Horizon, contains poems written over a num...
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Chamber Chat - October 29, 2018
We will have a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Monday at 11 a.m. for Dapper Dog at the Chamber Office located at 5th and Grand Avenue. Please join us. We have had 50 ribbon cutting ceremonies this year. That...
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Memorial dedicated to homecoming parade crash victims - October 28, 2018
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - Officials in Stillwater have dedicated a memorial to the four people killed and 50 injured in a homecoming parade crash at Oklahoma State University. OSU professor Kyle Easth...
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Ex-Oklahoma lawmaker waives hearing on sex battery charge - October 28, 2018
(Information from: The Oklahoman, http://www.newsok.com) OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A Republican former state senator has waived his preliminary hearing on a charge of grabbing a female Uber driver and kis...
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Oklahoma prosecutors resist push for prison alternatives - October 28, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Since the days of frontier justice, lawmakers in conservative Oklahoma have viewed harsh prison sentences as the politically expedient solution to crime. That approach has impose...
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Autopsy: Police shot Oklahoma man holding knife 10 times - October 27, 2018
(Information from: The Lawton Constitution, http://www.swoknews.com) LAWTON, Okla. (AP) - An Oklahoma Medical Examiner report says a man killed by police in July was shot 10 times. The Lawton Consti...
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Escaped Oklahoma inmate recaptured in Kansas City, Kansas - October 27, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An escape from an Oklahoma prison has been recaptured in Kansas City, Kansas. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections says in a Friday news release that 35-year-old Alvaro Rodrigu...