Oklahoma's oil and natural gas industry provides for one-third of the total economic output in the state as well as more than 350,000 jobs, a new report shows.
The full Senate voted in favor of legislation strengthening laws dealing with violence against people who work in hospitals and health-care facilities. Senate Bill 1290, the Medical Care Provider Protection Act, by Sen. Darrell Weaver, was approved last week and now moves to the House of Representatives.
A couple of El Reno veterans were honored over the weekend when a group of people showed up and installed flag poles in their front yards and then raised Old Glory while reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.
The Taste of Sacred Heart annual benefit for El Reno's Catholic school brought in some $133,000 Saturday night. At left, auctioneer Ken Reding with Sacred Heart Principal Shannon Statton and art teacher Sierra Wilson hold auction items. At right, Statton and Father Lance Warren do the same. (Photographer/Erin Thompson)