Ben Fenwick

Here’s a recent arrival from south of the border that has Oklahomans scrambling to get one: the chiminea. Chimineas ” as well as a variety of other fire pits ” can be had throughout the metro area. Kathy Emmert, owner of Statuary World Patio & Fireside, said the cooler weather has a lot of customers […]

Oklahoma State Treasurer Scott Meacham said he studied the coal vs. gas argument for several months after he first heard about Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co.’s proposal to build a massive coal-fired plant near Red Rock. Finally, he gave Chesapeake Energy Corp. a call. “I “¦ said, ‘I think you guys are on the right […]

One Oklahoma City advertising agency handled the ads for each side in the coal vs. gas fight over a new state power plant. Oklahoma State Treasurer Scott Meacham said ad agency Ackerman McQueen called him immediately after he told an executive at Chesapeake Energy that he would advocate against a proposed $1.87 billion dollar coal […]

Each year in September, the population of one part of Oklahoma City swells by hundreds of thousands for 11 days. In 2006, a million people attended the 100th State Fair of Oklahoma ” and this year, it’s expected that the Centennial Expo version of the state fair will top 1 million in attendance. All patrolled […]

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission Monday implied it would reject an application by Oklahoma Gas and Electric to build a $1.87 billion dollar coal-fired electric plant.   During deliberations in instructing staff to prepare an order, the commission indicated that such an order ” to be issued possibly by next week ” would reject the plant, […]

ere certified police officers, although one had been only a month out of training. The other was a five-year veteran of the Noble police force.   “I felt that I had no choice in filing the charges,” he said. “? Ben Fenwick  

An Oklahoma federal judge ordered former state Sen. Gene Stipe to undergo a mental evaluation at a Missouri federal inmate hospital on Tuesday, records show.  According to the ruling filed in the Eastern Oklahoma District Court by U.S. District Judge Ronald White, Stipe appeared disoriented at a probation revocation hearing in Muskogee, prompting the decision.  […]

A rocket contending for a $2 million NASA moon lander prize crashed Saturday at the Oklahoma Spaceport at Burns Flat, according to an industry news publication. The New Scientist reports that Armadillo Aerospace’s Texel moon lander prototype crashed during testing at Burns Flat, roughly two months before it was to compete in at the X […]

The fight has begun over a faith-based initiative set to take effect Nov. 1, which would use tax dollars to fund religious organizations ministering to inmates of Oklahoma’s prison system. Passed in March by the Oklahoma House, House Bill 2101, the “Transformational Justice Act,” purports to “encourage state prisons to partner with faith-based, community and […]

A new bill will sever relations between the Cherokee Nation and the United States, cutting off $270 million in government funding to the tribe, “until such time that they return the Freedmen to full citizenship status,” Rep. Diane Watson, D-California, said Tuesday at the state Capitol.   Watson, a high-ranking member of the congressional black […]