The ubiquitous Ford F-150, arguably the state’s most popular vehicle and certainly the country’s best-selling pickup, operates because of a key component produced in an eastern Oklahoma town with origins tied to French fur traders.
Sallisaw’s SLPT Global makes oil pumps for F-150s, Jaguars and Land Rovers, says Chris Thomas, the company’s human resources director. The plant, originally opened by...
The 34th Annual Chili Bowl Nationals at the River Spirit Expo Center in Tulsa runs Jan. 13-18 with more than 350 entrants in an event that packs about a $30 million wallop to the local economy.
Competitors vie for more than $250,000 in payouts by racing in midgets, vehicles about half the size of traditional cars. The Jan. 18 final...
Go to Ti Amo Ristorante Italiano any night you choose and join the crowd at the cozy horseshoe bar. Perhaps order an orangecello – a flavorful, orange liqueur, brewed in-house for a month – and look across the grand, spacious dining room. Chances are you see a tall, debonair man winding his way from table to table as he...
It’s a small house on Grand Lake that makes an enormous first impression.
The project is the inaugural dwelling in a series of homes called 94 West, being developed by Phillip Uzzel, a Tulsa-based entrepreneur, and architecture firm Selser Schaefer.
“In 2015, I was looking for something that had not been done in Oklahoma,” Uzzel says. “I approached Selser Schaefer Architects...
Tracy Letts
The acclaimed actor-playwright-screenwriter has roots in the state ... and he wants his young son to appreciate them.
Tracy Letts hasn’t been back to Oklahoma from New York as much as he’d like in the past few years, but that will soon change.
His son, Haskell Letts – named for a grandfather named for Charles Haskell, Oklahoma’s first governor –...
In scores of towns and cities across Oklahoma, Main Street revitalization depends upon everything from public grants and private investment to getting residents to shop local. City leaders agree that drawing people to activities and attractions is crucial in helping downtowns spring back to life.
“A big part of the success is all the amazing festivals and events held every...
Winter is here and with it comes the usual headaches for anyone forced to venture into the cold. Oklahoma, which doesn’t usually see a lot of snow, gets its fair share of ice and sleet, which can make travel treacherous.
The state’s largest population centers – Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Lawton – get about one 4-inch snowfall every few years,...
Money is often a pressing concern for those wanting a college education. With the student loan debt crisis continuing to worsen, alternatives to traditional higher education have emerged.
Holberton School, a tuition-deferred institution for software engineering, may provide academic outlets for some Oklahomans. The San Francisco-based school, which opens its Tulsa campus in early January, allows students to pay tuition...
The proposal was pretty much a no-brainer for David Charney, founder and CEO of Capital Homes.
After an Arkansas investment group approached him about a housing development project at Emerald Falls, a defunct golf course on the eastern edge of Broken Arrow, he moved on the opportunity and added to Oklahoma’s growing list of converting fairways to backyards.
“I reviewed the...
As a kid growing up in Locust Grove, Jimmie Tramel was obsessed by comic books. He can still recall individual issues – the way the covers jumped from the spinner racks, the new characters introduced inside, even the distinct smell of the pulp paper – that he bought at hometown locations, like Fleming Drug and the In-N-Out convenience store,...
