It’s no small task to provide weekly produce deliveries to 1,200 lovers of farm-fresh food, but Local Farm OK makes it happen, and co-owner Ashley Neal is giddy about her part in the enterprise.
“I couldn’t grow anything if my life depended on it … but I cook,” says Neal, who emails a new weekly recipe to those ordering Local...
A fifth generation cow-calf producer in Mustang, the high-octane Kelli Payne grew up in Tabler.
“I don’t think there’s even a stop sign there,” she says.
These days, Payne is taking her livestock acumen to new heights. Oklahoma City’s Oklahoma National Stockyards, the world’s largest stocker and feeder cattle market, announced Payne as their sixth, and first female, general manager in...
See if this sounds familiar: An author from Tulsa, going by her initials and last name, pens a wildly popular series of young-adult novels set in Oklahoma. The books draw attention from Hollywood and, eventually, filmmakers arrive in her hometown to make movies based on what she’s written.
That’s exactly what happened in the early 1980s with S.E. Hinton, who...
Wrongful convictions are not easy to overturn, even when the defense has DNA evidence on its side.
Five to seven years is a typical timetable for working toward exoneration, says Vicki Behenna, executive director of the Oklahoma Innocence Project, which tries to reverse wrongful convictions in the state.
“We call it the innocence movement,” says Behenna, who spent 25 years as...
A photo album of these native Oklahomans is striking. One picture is of an accomplished TV and film actress strolling down the red carpet; there’s an action shot of a Division I college athlete. Other snaps include a successful fashion designer, a health-care professional receiving accolades from the U.S. surgeon general, and an internationally acclaimed poet.
These are images of...
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Emma Sloan
Classen School of Advanced Studies at NortheastAttending: Oklahoma City University
Intended major: Pre-engineering because of my love for math and science. I have always looked up to engineers because of how brilliant they seem.
Biggest influences: My parents. They always push me to do my best and work as hard as I can. I...
Though he has lived in Los Angeles and Dallas and even made it into the top three of Bravo’s reality competition Top Chef, chef Joshua Valentine always comes home, and he’s always been a proud Oklahoman.
Valentine is one of the fortunate handful of culinarians who can say that they went through the apprenticeship program with chef Kurt Fleischfresser at...
Now, more than ever, it’s apparent the far-reaching impact physicians have in the world. Their self-sacrifice, dedication and passion for keeping the world healthy continue to inspire. Castle Connolly’s exclusive Top Doctors listing showcases some of those heroes – Oklahoma’s brightest and most innovative physicians. These selections are truly merit-based, with nominations from peers, esteemed health systems and medical...
Photography by Nathan Harmon
It took Palmer Johnson and his partner, Johnny Callison, about a year to find the perfect midtown Tulsa home, where Johnson could truly flex his long-time love and interest for interior design.
“Even as a child, I liked to rearrange my bedroom furniture constantly,” says Johnson. “I guess you could say my love of interior design is...
