Oops. Our bad. She’s not an educator. She’s a former dentist who made a mint pulling teeth and filling cavities. If she had decided to be a schoolteacher, she might not have that million bucks. Instead, she’d probably be working a second job to make ends meet. According to a story in The Oklahoman, Barresi […]
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Rumor has it
The rumors started after the company released a statement about its lawsuit about the parts of the Affordable Care Act that it doesn’t like, namely the parts having to do with contraception (you know, the part Hobby Lobby’s owners, the Green family, maybe, possibly don’t understand). Hobby Lobby Inc. claims the healthcare mandate goes against […]
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Public help, private growth
Brent Bryant, OKC’s economic development program manager, said the public financing is being used as an incentive to bring more growth to the downtown area. “We’re turning the lights back on in three historic buildings,” he said. “The $12 million in TIF money is creating right at $88 million in additional investments. This will put […]
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Getting involved
As a successful spinal surgeon, Ed Shadid became a wealthy man with all sorts of riches and blessings. He has enjoyed the best of the best because cost has never been a factor. Yet, for this longtime Oklahoma City resident, something was missing. Then it happened. An epiphany hit Shadid as he was trapped inside […]
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Life after prison
“You have fines and parole fees you have to pay when you are released from prison,” Smith said. “Without a job, it makes it even more difficult.” Smith isn’t alone. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections’ 2012 Annual Report states it released more than 34,000 state inmates over the past four years. To help those released […]
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Energy FC open soccer tryouts this weekend
Head soccer coach Jimmy Nielson and his coaching staff will oversee the tryouts, a media statement said. Applications are now being accepted at energyfc.com. Walk-ups are welcome during open tryout days, as well. Registration is $200, 8:30-9:30 a.m. Feb. 15. Saturday will include two training sessions from 10 a.m.-noon and 3-5 p.m. Sunday scrimmage will […]
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Haunter
Abigail Breslin (August: Osage County) stars as Lisa, a teen who’s the only one in her happy family of four to notice that for some reason, they’re re-living the same foggy Sunday in the ’80s over and over and over and over. Keeping her forever 15, it’s a cyclical grind of missing laundry, Atari Pac-Man, […]
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Mayoral candidate denied access speak at City Council meeting
Nelson, 76, addresses the council regularly during the public comments section of the council agenda. Since filing for office, Nelson has been told twice he could not make any remarks to the council unless they involved an agenda item. Dilapidated buildings and abandoned structures are routinely considered by the council. In a letter to Oklahoma […]
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The biggest cover-up, like, ever
That was one of Inhofe’s comments after listening to Fox host Bill O’Reilly interview President Obama before the Feb. 2 Super Bowl. “And I’m talking about compared to the Pentagon Papers, Iran- Contra, Watergate and the rest of them. This was a cover-up in order for people right before the election to think there was […]
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Get in line
Born in Tulsa and raised in Yukon, Brooks broke records when his fans bought 240,000 tickets in 90 minutes on January 30. The demand for the £54 ($106.83) passes for July 25 and 26 was so great that Aiken Promotions added a third show on the 27. Peter Aiken, of Aiken Promotions, told the Belfast […]