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By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon Midwest City police are investigating a recent break-in at the fraternal order of police lodge. A burglar allegedly smashed two porch lamps near the front door and broke a window on the south side of the building, said Assistant Police Chief Sid Porter. Police do not believe the suspect…
By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon Motorists can expect more traffic delays around Tinker Air Force Base. Officials last week announced plans to close the Tinker Gate for upgrades. The main gate off Air Depot Blvd. will be closed beginning Jan. 28 at 9:30 p.m. and is not expected to reopen until January 2022. To…
Area Sports
By Jeff Harrison Managing Editor EDMOND – Carl Albert swimmers cracked the top three last weekend at the Yukon Invitational The Titans finished second in the boys team standings, and Lady Titans took third in the girls competition on Saturday at the Edmond Schools Aquatic Center. Shawnee won the girls team title with 345 points,…
By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon Mid-Del wrestlers claimed medals last week at the Malcolm Wade Invitational at Carl Albert High School. At least one wrestler from each school reached the tournament finals during the two-day event. The host Titans had eight placers at their tournament – half who placed second at their weight class,…
Business
By Ryan Horton Managing Editor The Choctaw Area Chamber of Commerce has selected John Primo as Chair for the 2021 Chamber Board of Directors. Primo serves as Vice President of IT for Rose State College, and actively serves as an adjunct professor of U.S. History. In addition to other duties, he is the college’s liaison…
Star Skate offering fun and safe experience for all ages By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon The pandemic put a damper on many things in 2020 including entertainment and recreation. People looking for a fun and safe way to get out of the house are finding fewer and fewer options. But many are falling in…
Education
By Jeff Harrison Managing Editor The Mid-Del School District will see a nearly $2.3 million reduction in state aid this fiscal year due to a midyear adjustment to its funding. The district’s initial allocation of state aid totaled about $47 million, according to state education department records. But as a result of the annual midyear…
By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon Mid-Del students will continue with remote learning on Wednesdays through the end of February. Superintendent Rick Cobb, speaking at last week’s school board meeting, said the district will continue using remote learning on Wednesday through the end of February. Decisions about the future will be made on a month…
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The Midwest City, Carl Albert and Del City volleyball teams recently started their fall practices. The OSSAA high school volleyball season officially starts Aug. 10.
Midwest City’s Christian Cook and Del City’s Nate Goodlow and Demontreal Crutchfield took part in the Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Association’s large school all-state game Saturday at UCO’s Hamilton Fieldhouse. Cook led all scorers with 22 points but the West lost 89-84. Crutchfield finished with 7 points and Goodlow had 6 points.
Del City
By Anthony Thomas Contributing Writer Del City unveiled a new fishing pier at Eagle Lake earlier this month. This is the first fishing pier built at Eagle Lake. The city first built a boat ramp around four years ago that is still in place at the lake. The fishing pier was donated and…
By Anthony Thomas Contributing Writer Del City leaders recently approved a measure to remove the railroad lines at E. Reno Ave. and S. Sooner Rd. The track has been out of service for several years and the City of Del City does not have the right of way or authority to repair the re-occurring…