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Other Oklahoma County officials run unopposed By Ryan Horton Choctaw Times Most Oklahoma County officials failed to draw challengers for this year’s election cycle. Oklahoma County voters will weigh in on a rematch of the 2020 race for sheriff, as incumbent Republican Tommie Johnson was the only county office holder to draw an opponent. That challenger…
By Ryan Horton Choctaw Times Statewide candidate filing was last week, April 3-5. Candidates filing for federal, state, and legislative offices filed with the Secretary of the State Election Board at the State Capitol, located at 2300 N. Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City. A total of 285 candidates filed for all legislative, statewide and congressional races in…
Area Sports
By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon The Midwest City boys soccer team lost to El Reno 5-3 in a controversial overtime match Friday night at Rose Field. The Bombers scored first in overtime on a goal by Isaiah Frazier with 7 minutes remaining in the first OT period. The score should have given Midwest City…
By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon Three Mid-Del wrestlers earned all-state honors. Carl Albert’s Kasen Miller and Del City’s Deontre Buttram and Liam Daniels were selected to the Oklahoma Coaches Association Large West All-State Team. Buttram and Daniels were both individual state champions for the Eagles. Buttram pinned Lawton MacArthur’s Braden Brown in the third…
Business
By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon Crews have started work on a new Whataburger restaurant in Midwest City. Whataburger is building a new location at 5925 SE 15th St., near the Regal Warren Theatre. The restaurant will fill the last vacant property along SE 15th St. in the Sooner Rose shopping center. “I’m glad they’re…
By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon Employees at a Starbucks in Midwest City voted to unionize last week. Union organizers asked for higher wages, better working conditions and consistent working hours. Following a 13-3 vote, the store at 7203 SE 29th St. will join the Starbucks Workers United. It is the fourth store in the…
Education
By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon Shelly Schultz didn’t know what to expect on election night. She gathered with friends at Tacos 4 Life April 2 and watched as results slowly trickled in for the Mid-Del School Board Office No. 4 race. It was her first run for public office, and she was facing incumbent…
By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon JULIAN “STRIPPY” BIGGERS Julian “Strippy” Biggers has been involved in education and youth sports for much of his life. The longtime special education teacher and coach worked at Carl Albert Junior High School for nearly three decades and has helped with the Oklahoma Coaches Association and Special Olympics for…
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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
Since September, I have attended several Oklahoma County Commissioner meetings opposing the jail site at 1901 E. Grand Blvd. I have listened to my community oppose the site and give valid reasons why this location is not a suitable one. The location at 1901 Grand has come off the list and gone back on the…
By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon One person died following a wrong-way crash in Del City early Sunday morning. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the accident happened in the eastbound lanes of I-40, just west of Scott St. about 2:54 a.m. A woman driving a Nissan Versa westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-40…