Construction began in January on the $24 million, 228-unit Level Urban Apartments at the corner of Northeast Second Street and Oklahoma Avenue. According to local developer Richard McKown, who heads City Center Properties, the project will be a mixed-use community housed in a contemporary, four-story building with an urban grocer and a restaurant located on […]
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Roses for Nick
An Edmond teen killed in a tragic accident will be remembered on a float promoting organ and tissue donation during the 122nd Rose Parade on New Year’s Day in Pasadena, Calif. Nick Van Stavern is among 60 organ, eye and tissue donors nationwide who will be remembered with memorial “floragraph” portraits on the Donate Life […]
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Ask, tell
Trey Watts looked out his office window on a recent blustery, December day. A string of multicolored pennant streamers flapped in the breeze at the used car dealership in north Oklahoma City where he has worked for 11 years. On his desktop computer, Watts checked for breaking news concerning the upcoming vote in Congress to […]
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A local nonprofit helps Oklahomans begin their journey to sobriety with a variety of substance abuse and addiction services
The single mother of four grown children took a bus from Ardmore to Oklahoma City about five months ago, returning to the small acreage near Lake Stanley Draper where women go to get help for drug and alcohol addiction. After 15 years of alcoholism, Amy (not her real name) came to the facility, which eventually […]
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Pooling resources
In the state’s current economic climate, governmental entities and not-for-profit agencies must think creatively to fund new capital-building projects and provide new services to their respective patrons, stretching tax dollars and operating funds further than ever before. An innovative partnership between three such organizations ” the city of Edmond, the YMCA of Greater Oklahoma City […]
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November is National Novel Writing Month, where the goal is 50,000 words in 30 days
You know that story idea that’s been scratching at the back of your mind for years? The one you’ve had so long it seems like a memory? It’s time to turn that into a novel. November is National Novel Writing Month, or “NaNoWriMo,” as its organizers call it. Described as the world’s largest writing challenge […]
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Local engineer Roger Johns worked at ground zero of the Chilean miner rescue operation
Roger Johns drove through four security checkpoints to reach the drill site. He saw the family members’ faces when he passed. They lived in the tent city named Camp Hope. “It’s a pretty emotional deal. You drove that road every day, and all those family members are there, greeting you at the mine,” Johns said. […]