Midwest City trying to acquire more land for hospital district development
By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon Midwest City officials say they need to acquire additional property for a project to redevelop the area around SSM Health St. Anthony – Midwest. And they’re taking a more aggressive approach to getting it. The city council recently approved a resolution of necessity to acquire 2813 and 2816 Parklawn…
Read MoreMid-Del Tinker 100 honors first-responders
By Malana Bracht Midwest City Beacon The Mid-Del Tinker 100 Club last week honored first responders, leaders within the first responder community, and awarded scholarships to local students of first responder families. Held at the FNB Community Bank Ballroom at Rose State College, local and state organizations celebrated the awards in a community effort to…
Read MoreHospital Authority buys more land on SE 29th St.
By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon The Midwest City Memorial Hospital Authority is acquiring more land near SE 29th St. and Douglas Blvd. The Authority agreed to buy 1.75 acres at 8912 – 8920 SE 29th St. near the southeast corner of the intersection, through an assignment of commercial land contract with Sooner Investment. Sooner…
Read MoreCity council approves zoning request for trampoline park
By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon Midwest City leaders approved a zoning change that would allow a former grocery store to be converted into an indoor trampoline park. Sky Zone plans to transform the vacant Mini Max grocery store building,10011 SE 15th St., into an indoor trampoline park. The council approved a request to amend…
Read MoreMidwest City de-annexes mobile home park
By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon Midwest City is losing a little ground. The city council recently agreed to de-annex the Riverside Mobile Home Park in an effort to settle an ongoing dispute between the city and owners of the park. Under the agreement, the mobile home park will revert back to the jurisdiction of…
Read MoreFlying High at state
Del City junior wins state title By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon OKLAHOMA CITY – Serinity High had a unique outlook before her state championship match Saturday night at the OSSAA high school wrestling championships. The Del City junior didn’t try and pump herself up or visualize winning. Instead, she expressed gratitude before the 6A…
Read MoreCarl Albert girls swim team takes silver
By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon JENKS – The Carl Albert girls knew they had work to do on day two of the Class 5A state meet. After the preliminaries, Shawnee was alone in first place, while the Lady Titans and Altus were tied for second place. That didn’t intimidate them. Carl Albert rallied to…
Read MoreTitans go back to back
Carl Albert boys win close race for Class 5A state championship By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon JENKS – Winning back-to-back state titles seemed like a tall task for the Carl Albert boys swim team. The Titans lost more than half of their top scorers from last year’s state championship team. And they hadn’t beaten…
Read MoreHome Goods coming to Midwest City
Home furnishing retailer to open in former Dick’s Sporting Goods building By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon Home Goods plans to open a store in Midwest City. The popular home furnishing store will be located in the former Dick’s Sporting Goods building, 7095 SE 29th St. Home Goods recently signed a lease for the building…
Read MoreMid-Del, Crutcho start sports co-op
By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon Students at Crutcho School will be able to participate in sports at Midwest City Middle School next year. The Mid-Del School Board recently approved an OSSAA application to conduct cooperative pilot activities between Mid-Del and Crutcho schools. Under the agreement, Crutcho students will be able to participate in Midwest…
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