Welcome to Steve Lackmeyer’s OKC Central live chat. Each week, Steve hosts a live chat, giving readers a chance to ask questions about Oklahoma City development and growth as well as an opportunity to ask direct questions of OKC newsmakers like Mayor David Holt and Dan Straughan, the executive director of the Homeless Alliance. Steve […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KFOR) — Oklahoma City officials said they are expected to to salt and plow nearly 2,000 miles of streets. The Oklahoma City’s Street Superintendent Chris Daniels said his crews are working 12-hour shifts, salting and plowing the roads. “We got 30 trucks out on the roads and have snowplows and salt equipment […]
Whether the skies are sunny, snowy or icy, Dan Straughan’s goal is clear when temperatures plummet. “It’s super basic: Nobody dies,” said the Homeless Alliance executive director. “No person experiencing homelessness in Oklahoma City has died from hypothermia in the last decade, and that’s because the emergency system has been able to respond. And that’s […]
Oklahoma City’s new animal shelter is getting closer to becoming a reality after the city’s MAPS 4 advisory group unanimously approved preliminary reports for the building’s design and budget. City leadership is hopeful the upcoming MAPS 4 animal shelter can lessen longtime issues of overcrowding with the existing shelter and, in turn, reduce persistent bouts […]
UPDATE 9:42 P.M. Oklahoma City Police have confirmed that the person hit by the vehicle in South Oklahoma City died Sunday night. Originally police had said that the person received critical injuries but around 30 minutes later that changed to deadly injuries. ORIGINAL: OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KFOR) – One person was hit by a vehicle […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KFOR) – A person was arrested after leading police on a chase through the northwest side of Oklahoma City Sunday night, according to Oklahoma City Police. UPDATE: Person dies after being hit by car in SW OKC >;elm:context_link;itc:0″ class=”link “>| MORE LOCAL NEWS > UPDATE: Person dies after being hit by car […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, Ok (KFOR) — In 2022, there were 74 homicides in Oklahoma City. That number drops to 72 for 2023. This time though, fentanyl related deaths are included in that number. “Seven of those are fentanyl-related deaths, whereas in 2022 and prior, that was never counted,” said Gary Knight, with OKC Police. Push to […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — While more than 100 animals have been adopted from the Oklahoma City Animal Shelter since last week, the shelter says they’re still nearly 50 percent over capacity. To help with the overcrowding, the shelter is hosting the Smooch a Pooch event to get as many dogs into foster and fur-ever homes […]
Former Oklahoma City Police Chief Sam Gonzales, who led the department during the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in 1995, died Monday from undisclosed causes at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. He was 82. Gonzales was a police recruit in Dallas when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. He told The […]
The Oklahoma City Police Department has reported its third officer-involved shooting of the year. Just after 2 a.m. on Dec. 23 in the 1100 block of SW 26, Lt. John Townsend saw a man on foot, firing a rifle into a residence, police said. Townsend stopped his car and confronted the suspect holding the rifle, […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The Oklahoma City Parks and Recreation is asking Oklahomans do not throw away your Christmas trees. City officials are asking residents to consider turning it into free mulch with help from the City of Oklahoma City. Thousands get food and toys in Christmas Eve giveaway OKC residents can drop off natural Christmas […]
After early plans were revealed for a 134-story skyscraper in Bricktown, many Oklahoma City residents are asking questions about what would be the second-tallest building in the nation. The 1,750-foot apartment tower would be behind only the 1,776-foot One World Trade Center in New York City. Here’s what we know so far. More: OKC could […]