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On Friday, May 27, from 6 to 8 p.m., Preservation Oklahoma, Inc. will host “Masonic Temples in Oklahoma,” the next presentation in its History and Hops series. T.S. Akers, a historian of Freemasonry in Oklahoma, will discuss the state’s Masonic history and architecture in the Carriage House of the Henry and Anna Overholser Mansion, located at 405 NW 15th St. in Oklahoma City.
Read moreOn April 4, the Oklahoma Department of Commerce (Commerce) opened applications for the Oklahoma Innovation Expansion Program (OIEP). Applications closed on Friday, April 15. During the 2022 application period, Commerce received 163 submissions for project funding. Of those applications, 125 projects received awards ranging from $25,000 to $150,000 with the total awards funding reaching $9.241 million. The funding will facilitate $58.065 million in projects. These companies plan to create 767 jobs with a total payroll of $35.4 million.
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Left, the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma was at the Reynolds Wellness Center in Seminole on Monday, providing food boxes and clean up kits to those in need following the May 4 tornado. —Courtesy Photo Regional Food
Read moreThe Oklahoma Family Support Network (OFSN) is offering free trainings in 2022 for anyone who works with children and families in Oklahoma, including the Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support national certification and the Circle of Parents facilitator training.
Read moreThe Oklahoma Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) has announced the National Register of Historic Places designation for the following properties in Oklahoma. The National Register of Historic Places is our nation’s official list of properties significant in our past.
Read moreSchools will be better able to address the mental health needs of their students beginning this coming academic year following the signing of Senate Bill 626. The measure, by Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant, and Rep. Randy Randleman, R-Eufaula, requires mental health facilities providing inpatient mental health care services for minors to share with parents the importance of informing their school about their students’ struggles and care received.
Read moreA good person did not enter a grocery store in Buffalo, New York killing ten people and wounding multiple others. A good person did not enter a church in Laguna Woods, California wounding many and killing one person. A good person did not enter a Houston, Texas flee market killing two and wounding at least three more. These are evil people. The police officer who heroically fought back in the Buffalo grocery store with a gun was a good person. He was trying to protect the other good people who were in the grocery store.
Read more“Before we begin our regular commencement tonight,” said combined elementary/high school principal Jim Albertson, “we have a special award to present. Will Windy Wilson please come up here on the stage with us?”
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