Steve Lackmeyer

1 week ago | web.archive.org | Steve Lackmeyer |Carla Hinton |Jordan Gerard

Steve Lackmeyer Carla Hinton Jordan GerardThe OklahomanDillon Awes, an Oklahoma City IT employee, is a pastor who preaches that LGBTQ+ individuals should be executed. City employees who are LGBTQ+ express fear for their safety, given Awes' access to their computers and the lack of security at City Hall. Awes' history of hateful rhetoric was publicly known before his city employment, but Oklahoma City's hiring process did not include online searches of applicants.

1 week ago | usatoday.com | Steve Lackmeyer |Carla Hinton |Jordan Gerard

Co-workers of Dillon Awes say the City Hall information technology employee is polite and friendly at his job. In his second job as a church leader, however, he says people who are LGBTQ+ should be tried for abomination and executed. "They should be lined up against the wall and shot in the back of the head,” Awes is heard saying in a recording of a June 5, 2022, sermon at his former church in Texas.

1 week ago | oklahoman.com | Steve Lackmeyer |Carla Hinton |Jordan Gerard

• Dillon Awes, an Oklahoma City IT employee, is a pastor who preaches that LGBTQ+ individuals should be executed. • City employees who are LGBTQ+ express fear for their safety, given Awes' access to their computers and the lack of security at City Hall. • Awes' history of hateful rhetoric was publicly known before his city employment, but Oklahoma City's hiring process did not include online searches of applicants.

3 weeks ago | oklahoman.com | Steve Lackmeyer

• The plant will be located at MidAmerica Industrial Park, on a site with historical ties to munitions production. • The facility will produce a wide range of centerfire cartridges for various markets, including law enforcement and the military. CBC Global Ammunition, one of the world’s largest ammunition manufacturers, is set to build a $300 million plant that will employ 350 workers at the MidAmerica Industrial Park in Pryor in northeast Oklahoma. Gov.

3 weeks ago | oklahoman.com | Steve Lackmeyer

• Downtown OKC's Main Street remains in disrepair with crumbling curbs, damaged sidewalks, and dirty, nonfunctioning globe lights. • While other property owners responded quickly to requests for cleanup before the bombing memorial events, City Hall and Downtown OKC Partnership have not addressed Main Street's issues. • The Downtown OKC Partnership says cleaning the globe lights sets a precedent for unpaid work, while the city has not provided a timeline for repairs.