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Cherokees move into new housing addition
TAHLEQUAH – A new housing addition built by the Cherokee Nation in Tahlequah offers tribal citizens – some who’ve waited years – an opportunity to become homeowners under a lease-to-own model. Named after the Cherokee word for house, the 23-acre Galitsode addition is located off Allen...
Bartlesville City Council Approves Grant Applications
The Bartlesville City Council approved two grant proposals Monday during a special meeting. One grant would provide $120,000 worth of funding over two years for mental health services for homeless persons along the Pathfinder Parkway. Police Chief Kevin Ickleberry explains the grant opportunity. Bartlesville Police Chief Kevin Ickleberry explains the...
Cortes Law Firm Tackles Consequence of No Probate in Purcell, Oklahoma
The Consequence of No Probate in Purcell, Oklahoma is a pressing issue that Cortes Law Firm aims to tackle. As a Purcell OK Probate Lawyer, the firm helps clients navigate the tricky waters of probate law, making sure assets go to the right heirs, debts are settled, and beneficiaries get their inheritance without delay.
75 Years Of News On 6: 2003 AirGas Explosion
As News On 6 looks back on 75 years of covering Oklahoma, we're looking at one memorable event from 2003. This week marks 21 years since the explosions and fire at the AirGas plant on North Peoria. No one was hurt, but some homes caught fire. Both News On 6's...
Federal agency joins criticism of Oklahoma education department's financial controls
A federal performance review of the Oklahoma State Department of Education shows that U.S. officials — like state lawmakers — have serious questions about the spending practices within the state agency that’s headed by state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters. The 98-page report, dated July 25, addressed the status of fiscal and program monitoring...
Fertilizer From Human Waste Faces Scrutiny but Remains a Profitable Industry
This story was originally published by Investigate Midwest. The cool morning spring breeze hit Saundra Traywick “like a punch to the face.”. Walking through her wooded 38-acre donkey farm in central Oklahoma, Traywick suddenly found it hard to breathe as the air smelled “toxic” and “like death.”
New Small Business Problems & Priorities Survey: Inflation, Taxes, and Uncertainty Dominate Concerns for Main Street
Oklahoma City – The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) released the eleventh edition of its quadrennial report: “Small Business Problems and Priorities.”. First published in 1982, this report is issued every four years by the NFIB Research Center. The 2024 report is based on a nationwide survey...
Catoosa Football Working On Winning Culture
Sal Guerrero begins his fourth year at Catoosa, his second as head coach. Coming off the 2023 season in which the Indians doubled their win total, goals are high in Port City. The next step is one of consistency, according to Coach Guerrero. "Winning season, playoffs, that's the ultimate goal," says Guerrero. "I'm not trying to take Catoosa where they need to be; I'm trying to get them where they were before." That includes a couple of trips to the state quarterfinals and semifinals within the last 15 years. "I'm trying to get that winning culture to come back and have the community buy-in.”
Controversy swirls around Frank Lloyd Wright’s Price Tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma
A mercurial dispute is underway in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, concerning Price Tower—Frank Lloyd Wright’s only built skyscraper completed in 1956. Price Tower’s current owners—Cynthia and Anthem Blanchard of Copper Tree, Green Copper Holdings, and others—stand accused by the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy of selling original furniture and artifacts from inside the building to a midcentury design collector in Dallas.
USDA and Heartland taking applications for $3.7 million food businesses grant
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Heartland Regional Food Business Center are accepting grant applications from small- to mid-sized farmers and food businesses in the central United States. The first round of Business Builder Grants is worth about $3.7 million, and awardees will receive $5,000 to $50,000. Only projects based in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, […]
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