Headlines for Friday, August 21, 2015:
- State Senator pleads guilty to embezzlement charges. (Tulsa World)
Muscogee (Creek) Nation faces an $18M gaming budget shortfall. (Tulsa World)
Oklahoma County misses a deadline on an October vote for a new jail. (Journal Record)
New OG&E proposals affect solar panel users. (NewsOK)
A vote to tear down the nearly 90 year old Film Exchange Building gets delayed. (NewsOK)
- Lawton comes up with a plan to help homeless veterans. (Journal Record)
The public and private sectors are coming together to help Oklahoma City school students. (NewsOK)
Oklahoma City’s First National Center is hemorrhaging tenants amid code violations and utility cutoffs. (NewsOK)
Oklahoma exceeded last year’s earthquake record. (Enid News & Eagle)
Earthquake insurance might not cover man-made quakes. (KFOR)
Chickasha is looking into options to keep Grady Memorial Hospital’s operating room open. (Journal Record)
The Muskogee City-County Port Authority approves a plan to expand industry incentives. (Muskogee Phoenix)
Oklahoma State University students are collaborating with NASA on deep space habitats. (Fox25)
Tulsa is getting the world’s first public library Starbucks. (Tulsa World)
