Midwest City asking voters to extend sales tax
By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon This fall, Midwest City voters will be asked to approve a sales tax to support capital improvement projects and parks. City officials are seeking to extend an existing .4015% sales tax that is currently dedicated to the renovation and upgrade of the city’s wastewater treatment facility. The proposal would…
Read MoreMidwest City council declares apartment complex dilapidated
By Jeff Harrison Managing Editor Midwest City officials are putting pressure on a problematic apartment complex. The city council last week declared the Midwest Point Apartments, 1200 N. Air Depot Blvd., as a dilapidated building and gave the property owner 30 days to remedy the issues. The city’s chief building official reported structural issues, water…
Read MoreMidwest City Juneteenth Day celebration planned for June 17
The City of Midwest City and the Juneteenth Midwest City Committee will be hosting the first ever Juneteenth Midwest City Family Festival on June 17 at Joe B. Barnes Regional Park. The Juneteenth Midwest City Festival will be a free family friendly event aimed at celebration, education, culture, and unity. It will take place from…
Read MoreFrom pre-K to senior year, Destiny Christian sends off 24 graduates to the next chapter
Alyssa Dalley-Schofield Staff Writer Destiny Christian School held their catwalk and graduation Friday with a graduating class of 24 seniors. Starting the day with senior breakfast, the seniors prepared for their catwalk through the halls of their school. Many of these seniors started in pre-K at Destiny and got to walk the halls of their…
Read MoreDiaz claims medals at State
By John Martin Staff Writer YUKON — Ariana Diaz is an All-State basketball player, has been selected for Homecoming and Miss Titan honors at Carl Albert High School and now is the proud owner of three medals from the OSSAA State Track and Field Championships held at Yukon High School last weekend. Diaz gutted out…
Read MoreDel City tops state medal stand with relays
John Martin Staff Writer YUKON — The Del City Eagles survived a stirring battle with Mid- Del neighbor Carl Albert to post their season best time and win the gold medals in the 400 meter relay at the OSAA Class 5A State Track and Field Championships at Yukon High School last weekend. The Eagle foursome…
Read MoreDouglas destroys state record
By John Martin Staff Writer YUKON – Midwest City Lady Bomber sensational junior De’Yanna Douglas completed her sweep of the competition in the shot put during the 2023 season with an OSSAA Class 6A State Record heave of 46-9 for the gold medal at the State Championships at Yukon High School Saturday. Douglas picked up…
Read MoreTitans dominate in title run
By Jeff Harrison [email protected] JENKS – According to Murphy’s law, anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. That wasn’t the case Saturday afternoon when Carl Albert’s Declan Murphy took the mound against Bishop Kelley in the Class 5A state championship. The sophomore simply laid down the law. Murphy threw a one-hit complete game to…
Read MoreTitans take sixth at state tennis tourney
By Jeff Harrison [email protected] OKLAHOMA CITY – After a long day, Carl Albert’s boys tennis team was still standing. The Titans had all six players place at the Class 5A state tournament last Saturday at the OKC Tennis Center. TJ Niles and Carter Reese led the way with a fourth-place finish at No. 2 doubles.…
Read MoreCarl Albert’s Westlake rallies for top 10 finish
By Jeff Harrison [email protected] Keegan Westlake cracked the top 20 after the first 36 holes at the Class 5A boys golf state tournament. But the Carl Albert sophomore believed better things were ahead. And he was right. Westlake shot a two-over-par 74 on the final round to finish tied for ninth place at the Territory…
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