Jordan Gerard

4 weeks ago | oklahoman.com | Jordan Gerard

John Pettis Jr. fondly recalls growing up in northeast Oklahoma City and going to the park on Frederick Douglass Avenue where he played football and went swimming. He remembers going to the Douglass Community Center, which at the time, only about a quarter of the center could be used due to environmental issues. Pettis, 42, said there is still a lot of work to do to help that part of the city, and that's why he is running for the Ward 7 Oklahoma City Council seat, a position he previously held.

4 weeks ago | oklahoman.com | Jordan Gerard

• Camal Pennington is running for the Ward 7 Oklahoma City Council seat in a runoff election on April 1. • Pennington aims to make the northeast side of Oklahoma City "the best place to live" within the next decade. Fourth-generation Ward 7 resident Camal Pennington learned a lot from watching notable Oklahomans make a difference in their communities, like the late Willa D. Johnson, who served as Oklahoma City’s first Black councilwoman.

1 month ago | oklahoman.com | Jordan Gerard

The Oklahoma City Council has awarded a demolition contract to Midwest Wrecking Co. to dismantle the current home of Prairie Surf Studios and make way for the new arena that will be the home of the Oklahoma City Thunder. The council approved the contract and bonds, which will cost about $11.4 million.

1 month ago | oklahoman.com | Jordan Gerard

The city is seeking public input on a project that will replace the bridge at May Avenue and Northwest Expressway. The bridge collapsed in 2016 after a truck carrying construction equipment hit it and destroyed three beams. Noted as one of the city's busiest intersections, there have been 377 collisions in the past 10 years, with one fatality and seven serious injuries, the city said on its project website. Most crashes occur on the ramp connections to May Avenue and Northwest Expressway.

1 month ago | oklahoman.com | Jordan Gerard

Food trucks parked in Bricktown could lose a few hours of business if a proposed city ordinance passes the Oklahoma City Council soon. The Oklahoma City Traffic and Transportation Commission voted on March 17 to move forward with a proposed ordinance that would require food trucks to shut down from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. in Bricktown. In his memo to the commission, Police Chief Ron Bacy wrote that the goal is to address crowd control and decrease criminal activity.