Today, March 19
Job Fair
Posted at 7:52am
The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission semi-annual Job Fair will today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Coca-Cola Bricktown Event Center.
The center is located at 425 E. California Avenue in Oklahoma City.
All job seekers are encouraged to attend. Admission is free. There are no obligations.
This event is sponsored by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission – a proud partner in Workforce Oklahoma , and the International Association of Workforce Professionals.
Questions concerning the event should be directed to Larry Musselwhite at (405) 670-9100.
Continue reading…by Sheila Stogsdill
Oklahoma medical examiners struggle, official says
Posted at 7:37am
By Nolan Clay
The state medical examiner’s office has a backlog of more than 1,100 uncompleted cases, its chief administrative officer revealed Thursday.
The backlog will continue to increase until more doctors are hired, Tom Jordan told the Board of Medicolegal Investigations, which oversees office operations.
“We have three docs in Oklahoma City that can work approximately 30 autopsies per week. We are currently taking in 50 to 60 bodies per week. So you can see that the numbers just don’t work,” he said.
The board last month fired the state’s chief medical examiner, Dr. Collie Trant. Two other positions for pathologists are open.
The medical examiner’s office is a state agency responsible for investigating sudden, violent, unexpected and suspicious deaths. Much of the work involves autopsies that are Continue reading…
by Sheila Stogsdill
Oklahoma blogger attracts cinema
Posted at 7:30am
FROM STAFF REPORTS
The Pioneer Woman is coming to the big screen.
According to Deadline Hollywood, Sony has picked up the rights to the story of Ree Drummond, the Oklahoma blogger who shares recipes, photos and offbeat views of life from her rural ranch. Drummond, who grew up in Oklahoma but went to college in Los Angeles, married a cowboy she met during a visit home and moved to the ranch.
According to Deadline, the story is being developed as a potential romantic comedy vehicle for Reese Witherspoon.
“Black Heels to Tractor Wheels (the book, not the blog) was optioned,” Drummond wrote on Twitter on Thursday. “Think Green Acres meets Harlequin Romance meets (Forrest) Gump.”
On her award-winning Web Continue reading…
by Sheila Stogsdill
Lady Aggies fall in softball triangular
Posted at 7:14am
By Scott Puryear
GOODWELL – The Lady Aggies lost 5-0 to Pittsburg State on Tuesday.
The Lady Aggies left nine runners stranded as Pittsburg State’s Melissa Slayden scattered six hits for the complete game win. All of the Lady Aggie hits were singles.
The Lady Aggies lost 6-0 to Southwestern Oklahoma State. Cassie Chambless pitched a five-hit shutout and two of the Lady Aggie hits came from third baseman Megan Nieuwenhuis.
In Wednesday’s second game, the Lady Aggies and Pittsburg State went at each other in perhaps the best game of the triangular.
Pittsburg State withstood a strong Lady Aggie comeback for their 7-5 victory, as the Lady Aggies ended the game with the bases loaded.
First baseman Destyni Tate-Boggs had three hits for the Lady Aggies while Katie Salazar and Continue reading…
by Sheila Stogsdill
Student Athletes of the Week
Posted at 7:10am
By Scott Puryear
GOODWELL – Oklahoma Panhandle State University recently honored Becky White and Doug Williams as Student Athletes of the Week.
Doug Williams is a talented wide receiver who earned national recognition for his performance last fall. This spring, the 6′5″ two-hundred pounder is working hard in off-season drills in preparation for a great senior season in the fall. Williams is from Mountain View, California and is majoring in Health and Physical Education.
Becky White of the Lady Aggie rodeo team is coming off a good performance in goat tying in the recent Garden City Community College rodeo. The Lady Aggies have served notice that they are a major force to contend with and White is a key Continue reading…
by Sheila Stogsdill
Grain Summary
Posted at 6:50am
OKLAHOMA CITY – Here is the daily grain summary for Thursday, March 18, 2010, as reported by the USDA.
U.S. No 1 HARD RED WINTER WHEAT: 7 to 8 cents lower. 3.87-4.12
Davis 3.87, Frederick, Hobart, Lawton, Temple 3.95, Miami 3.99, Buffalo,
Clinton, Eldorado, Weatherford 4.00, Shattuck 4.03, Alva, Manchester 4.05,
Banner, Cherokee, El Reno, Geary, Medford, Okarche, Okeene, Watonga 4.06,
Ponca City 4.07, Perry, Stillwater 4.08, Hooker 4.10, Keyes 4.12, Gulf 5.15.
MILO: 2 to 4 cents higher. 4.37-5.92
Eldorado 4.37, Weatherford 5.12, Alva, Buffalo 5.14, Manchester 5.18,
Keyes 5.23, Medford 5.30, Ponca City 5.37, Hooker 5.42, Shattuck 5.57,
Miami 5.92, Gulf 7.77 1/2.
SOYBEANS: Steady to 1 cent higher. 8.35-9.18
Shattuck 8.35, Hooker 8.56, Alva, Buffalo, Medford 8.75, Ponca City 8.89,
Stillwater 8.96, Miami Continue reading…
by Sheila Stogsdill
Livestock Summary
Posted at 6:45am
AMARILLO, TX- Here is the daily grain summary for Thursday, March 18, 2010, as reported by the USDA.
Direct Trade:
In the direct slaughter cattle trade in the Five Major Marketing Areas,
Texas/Oklahoma; Kansas; Nebraska; Colorado; Iowa/Minnesota Not enough sales in
any region to establish an adequate market test. Steers: Live basis; (all
Grades: 0 head). Dressed basis; (all Grades: 1,587 head) 150.00-153.00,
weighted average price 151.55. Heifers: live basis; (all Grades: 0 head).
Dressed Basis; (all Grades: 538 head) 150.00-152.00, weighted average 151.78.
Auction markets:
Sioux Falls Regional Livestock – Worthing, SD Slaughter Cattle Auction
Receipts: 627 Last week: 1002
Compared to last week slaughter steers and heifers mostly Continue reading…
by Sheila Stogsdill
Friday’s Weather
Posted at 6:36am
Today’s forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with with a 50 percent chance of snow showers and rain showers. Areas of blowing snow in the afternoon. Windy. Highs in the mid 40s with lows in the lower 20s. Snow accumulation around 2 inches.
Continue reading…by Sheila Stogsdill
Yesterday, March 18
Gas price spikes hit Oklahoma harder
Posted at 7:59am
BY ROD WALTON
Oklahomans are hit harder by gasoline price spikes because they spend a larger portion of their incomes on driving costs, so they’d better be wary of danger signals ahead this summer, according to a national report released Wednesday.
Oklahoma is fourth in vulnerability to gas prices, both from 2009 and under a scenario in which prices spike substantially, the National Resource Defense Council report indicated. The state is ranked just behind Mississippi, Montana and Louisiana as among the most vulnerable.
Drivers here spent an average of 5.12 percent, or $1,908, of their 2009 income on retail gasoline, according to the NRDC study. Those Oklahoma averages jump to 9.18 percent and $3,278 if gasoline prices spike to summer 2008’s historic levels.
Continue reading…by Sheila Stogsdill
Records located for fined architect
Posted at 7:40am
BY RANDY ELLIS
GUYMON — The unlicensed architect who has been designing Guymon’s new library, fire station and animal shelter has a bachelor of science degree in design and a master of architecture degree from Arizona State University.
The Oklahoman reported Saturday that an employee of the Arizona State University registrar’s office said she could find no record of a Brian Curtis graduating since 1980 with degrees in those fields.
Curtis, 31, told The Oklahoman on Tuesday that even though he goes by the name Brian Curtis and his Scottsdale, Ariz., company is named Brian Curtis Studio Design LLC, his full name is Dennis Brian Curtis.
The Oklahoman was able to confirm Tuesday that Dennis Brian Curtis has undergraduate and graduate degrees from Arizona State University.
Curtis declined to publicly discuss other Continue reading…
by Sheila Stogsdill
