Steve Lackmeyer

1 month 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.

1 month 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.

1 month 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.

2 months ago | oklahoman.com | Steve Lackmeyer

Trader Joe's will open a second, larger Oklahoma City location at 6920 Northwest Expressway. The new store will occupy a former Party City space and is significantly larger than the existing Nichols Hills location. The expansion follows Whole Foods' announcement of a second Edmond store. Trader Joe's operates approximately 500 stores nationwide, specializing in private-label products.

2 months ago | oklahoman.com | Steve Lackmeyer

• Construction of the final stretch of Oklahoma City’s Deep Fork Trail is on hold due to a dispute over its planned route through a nature preserve. • The Kirkpatrick Family Fund, which owns the Red Ridge Nature Preserve, argues that the trail would harm plants and wildlife and wants it rerouted. • Trails advocates contend that the trail is compatible with conservation efforts and that rerouting it would be costly and delay completion.