Delayed weeks by COVID-19, a film crew from Oklahoma City-based Boiling Point Media battled sub-freezing temperatures and blowing snow over the weekend to continue shooting the film The Adventures of Jurassic Pets: The Lost Secrets.
Shooting was expected to continue at different locations in the city.
The Union City Fire Department had a sizable fire Jan. 4. A short video posted to the Union City Fire Department Facebook page shows firefighters battling a blaze at an oil field site.
Fortunately, there was no collateral damage. Union City Fire Chief David Jones spoke about the response to a fire at an oil field location.
“It was about 11 at night and apparently, it’s some kind of compressor separator station,” the chief said.
Sen. Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle, is calling for the removal of Don Spencer as the executive director of the Oklahoma Second Amendment Association (OK2A) after making comments Paxton said could put the lives of legislators and other elected officials in danger.
At an event held in Duncan last month, Spencer told the audience, “We win at the ballot box, so we don’t have to go to the ammo box.” Paxton said the comment crossed every conceivable line of decency.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement after a bill imposing critical sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project failed to meet the 60-vote threshold needed to advance:
“The Senate had another chance to get it right on Nord Stream 2, but Democrats let this opportunity to stand up to Putin pass us by.
“For years, there has been wide bipartisan support to stop this pipeline from becoming another tool in Putin’s arsenal to further bully his neighbors.
Haven’t settled on resolutions for 2022?
Experts at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation have a few suggestions for healthy commitments you can still check off the list this year.
Get moving
OMRF physician-scientist Hal Scofield, M.D., said adding movement like taking the stairs or a short walk can pay dividends.
“You don’t have to sign up for a marathon,” Scofield said. “The greatest health benefits come from changing habits by small increments that fit your current lifestyle.”
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Protective Insurance Company vs. D Circle Logistics Inc. for $2,141.24 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Tinker Federal Credit Union vs. Kelli J. McDaniel for $5,573.66 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Discover Bank vs. Saralyn A. Elliott for $2,214.40 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Discover Bank vs. Robert Zamarron for $5,229.67 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
The second time around made little difference in the efforts to build a new airport terminal at the El Reno Regional Airport as bids for the proposed project came back higher than the first go-around.
With that in mind, the city council denied all bids received and instead may look at converting an existing hangar into a new terminal.
Mayor Matt White said it made no sense to “chase” a matching grant of $500,000 from the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission with the low bid submitted for the project still costing the city more than was budgeted.
One of Oklahoma’s most well-known ambassadors of music will bring his fiddle-playing magic to El Reno for a concert at the Centre Theatre.
El Reno High School’s cheerleading squad is usually 16 strong but due to positive COVID-19 tests and quarantines from close contacts, the squad was down 12 members to four during last week’s basketball game against Del City at Jenks Simmons Field House. Those cheering were, from left, Kyston Haines, Faithe Hunt, Ja’Niya Loreto and Audri Loy.
Best Western Hotels & Resorts has announced the appointment of local Oklahoma businessman John Kelly as the board chairman for 2022.
Kelly owns and operates the Best Western Plus Yukon. The property has achieved incredible quality assurance scores, achieving nine perfect scores in the past nine years.
The property has also received numerous accolades from Best Western Hotels & Resorts including eight consecutive outstanding quality awards and four MK Guertin Awards.
