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Two decades after a governor’s task force warned the spread of invasive trees would mean millions in economic losses the damage is ongoing, but things could swing in 2023.
Read moreCheyenne, OK – Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) last week announced an addition to his District Office staff following the hiring of Pilar Cipollone as a Field Representative. Since moving to Oklahoma City in 2005, Pilar has served on various community boards, including as the Hispanic Liaison & Director of Family Services for Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity. She currently serves as the Vice President of the SW 29th District Association, a nonprofit organization that promotes growth and improvement for the district and its surrounding community. Pilar will serve Oklahoma County, including Southwest Oklahoma City and the surrounding communities. She will represent Representative Frank Lucas at meetings and events while also conducting staff outreach on behalf of the office.
Read moreA discovery at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation is shedding new light on a particularly devastating form of multiple sclerosis.
Read moreNew York (UPI) Money spilled onto the streets in Brooklyn Wednesday from an overturned getaway car after the speeding vehicle rammed into a panel truck.
Read moreThe Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden’s Postdoctoral Fellow in Animal Behavior, Dr. Chase LaDue, led a study published in Theriogenology Wild, a scientific journal for wildlife reproduction research, about the range of changes in male Asian elephants during musth (pronounced “must”) in human care and wild populations.
Read moreOklahoma Secretary of Agriculture Blayne Arthur has been named President of the Food Export Association of the Midwest USA. Arthur had previously served on the Food Export–Midwest Board of Directors.
Read moreLong before there was an “American Banjo Museum,” there was a National Four-String Banjo Hall of Fame. Established in Guthrie, Oklahoma in 1998 and during the 15 years that followed more than 70 individuals and entities in the four-string banjo world whose career accomplishments might have otherwise gone unrecognized were honored by the Hall of Fame. In its infancy, the American Banjo Museum itself was an extension of the Hall of Fame, bestowing annual honors upon jazz age four-string banjo pioneers as well as the contemporary artists, educators, manufacturers, and promoters who carried on the traditions of their predecessors.
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