The Journal Record

The Journal Record is a daily publication focused on business and legal news, located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The newspaper's main office is situated in downtown Oklahoma City, and it also has reporting teams at the Oklahoma State Capitol and in Tulsa.

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The Role of Cryptocurrency in Everyday Transactions: Is Picoin the Future of Digital Payments?

2 days ago | journalrecord.com | Jon Stojan

Due to high market volatility, a lack of regulation, and a reliance on supply and demand, cryptocurrency has historically been a speculative asset at best. However, increased stability and institutional recognition have been moving digital assets in a promising new direction—enough that crypto is actively considered for real-world transactions.
Committee questions mental health chief about $43M gap

1 week ago | journalrecord.com | Jeff Elkins

OKLAHOMA CITY — A bipartisan House committee questioned Oklahoma Mental Health Commissioner Allie Friesen Thursday about a multi-million dollar shortfall. The select committee, announced earlier this week to review finances at the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, held its first meeting Thursday afternoon.
Doctor reflects on rescue 30 years after 1995 bombing

1 week ago | journalrecord.com | Kathryn McNutt

OKLAHOMA CITY — Dr. Camisa Stewart was the emergency department director at a Guthrie hospital when the bomb tore through the Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995. She was at home in northwest Oklahoma City when she heard the explosion. “It looked like the whole wall moved,” she said. Stewart hurried to the emergency room at what was then Baptist Medical Center to see how she could help and learned first responders were asking for physicians to come to the site.
Former Oklahoma governor recalls community strength in wake of 1995 bombing

1 week ago | journalrecord.com | Jeff Elkins

OKLAHOMA CITY — If former Gov. Frank Keating wasn’t previously aware of the Oklahoma standard before April 19, 1995, he would learn that day. For Keating, leading the state through its darkest day was far and away the biggest challenge he could have been tasked with, especially just three months into the job. Coincidentally, he started that April morning with Mayor Ron Norick’s prayer breakfast not far from the Alfred P.
Lankford: Oklahoma needs global markets to stay strong

1 week ago | journalrecord.com | Kathryn McNutt

OKLAHOMA CITY — The U.S. needs to make new trade deals quickly to end economic uncertainty and keep the supply chain moving, Sen. James Lankford said Wednesday. Lankford, R-OK, was the keynote speaker at an U.S. Global Leadership Coalition discussion about the role of U.S. international engagement and America’s security and economic prosperity. Oklahoma “is very global and very engaged in a lot of places,” he said. “It helps every consumer.
Oklahoma events attract thousands, millions in spending

1 week ago | journalrecord.com | Heide Brandes

On the weekend of April 26 to 28, an anticipated 19,000 runners will converge in Oklahoma City for the 2024 Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon, “A Run to Remember.”In 2023, all 50 states and 17 countries were represented by 18,804 runners who registered to take part in six Oklahoma City Memorial Marathons that year, while thousands more were on hand to support or take part in the weekend’s activities, including more than 2,500 race-day volunteers.
Edmond to sue owner of nuisance home

1 week ago | journalrecord.com | Kathryn McNutt

EDMOND — The City Council directed the city attorney on Monday to file a lawsuit against the owners of a single-family residence that has been cited for code violations repeatedly over the past three years. City Attorney Madeline Sawyer said she would do so this week. The house at 916 Elmwood Drive was declared a public nuisance due to trash and weeds first in March 2022 and again on Nov. 25, 2024. “I plead with you to give us one last chance.
On the Town: Oklahoma City celebrates Western arts and florals

1 week ago | journalrecord.com | Lillie-Beth Brinkman

Lillie-Beth BrinkmanOklahoma City welcomed and hosted artists and florists, actors, musicians, writers, cowboys and more at various events over the weekend, including at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum for the 64th annual Western Heritage Awards and the Oklahoma City Museum of Art for Art in Blooms.
Oklahoma urges federal tax credit for caregivers

1 week ago | journalrecord.com | Jeff Elkins

OKLAHOMA CITY — State lawmakers urge the state’s congressional delegation to pass a federal version of Oklahoma’s first-of-its-kind tax credit for working family caregivers like Leah Dees and Jeremiah Williams. The engaged couple lives in a multi-generational household with Jeremiah’s father, Bill Williams. Jeremiah works full time away from the house, and Dees, a freelancer, takes on caregiver duties during the day for Bill, who is a senior diabetic.
Stitt appoints Travis Jett to Oklahoma Supreme Court

1 week ago | journalrecord.com | Jeff Elkins

OKLAHOMA CITY — Gov. Kevin Stitt on Monday announced he’s selected Travis Jett as the next Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice. Jett will succeed former Justice Yvone Kauger, who served on the court from 1984 to 2024, but resigned in December after losing her retention election in November. The Judicial Nominating Commission sent three nominees from a pool of 14 applicants to Stitt in March: Jon Parsley, an Oklahoma district judge for Texas county, appointed by Gov.