When Wade Gourley was appointed July 12 as the Oklahoma City Police Department's first new chief in 15 years, he became the organization’s 50th Chief of Police.
Mayor David Holt and the Oklahoma City Council approved an ambitious and unique MAPS 4 package for voters to consider in a special election on Dec. 10.
Leaders from the Homeless Alliance, City Care, The Curbside Chronicle and The Alliance for Economic Development discussed homelessness and its causes at the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber's July Forum.
The OKC Zoo will receive a $10,000 conservation donation that will be awarded to Okies for Monarchs, an initiative of the Oklahoma Monarch and Pollinator Collaborative, that supports monarch and pollinator conservation throughout the state.
Spokies Dash, a new dockless bike system, includes 25 bicycles that may be picked up or dropped off in the downtown, Bricktown, Deep Deuce, Film Row, Uptown, Page Woodson, Paseo Arts District and Plaza District areas.
Sasquatch Shaved Ice, run by the Homeless Alliance, is like an icy beacon of hope not just for snow cone lovers in the Plaza District, but for its employees as well.
With an estimated 100,000 visitors, Grand Opening Weekend (Friday, Sept. 27 through Sunday, Sept. 29) will be a momentous event for Oklahoma City. The Park is looking for volunteers to help fill close to 700 shifts.
We also share a a moment of commiseration over the departure of OKC’s favorite adopted son, Russell Westbrook, Floating Films, the relaunch of abetterlifeokc.com and an interview with Tower Theatre's Chad Whitehead.
