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The City Sentinel July 20, 2021 By Darla Shelden By Darla Shelden, City Sentinel Reporter -- OKLAHOMA CITY – Erica Gomez, owner and operator of Addi’s SugaShack in Norman, will host a fundraiser to... By Darla Shelden The City Sentinel, Staff Report OKLAHOMA CITY -- Rep. Melissa Provenzano, D-Tulsa, was recently chosen to be an Oklahoma State Director for Women in Government. Women... By Darla Shelden The City Sentinel, Staff Report  OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Institute for Child Adv...

Apr 1, 2021 The City of Norman is set to begin a street widening project on Robinson Street Monday, which will impact access to I-35. The first phase of the project will begin Monday on Robinson Street between I-35 and Brookhaven Creek, as crews construct the south portion of the Interstate Drive intersection, according to a news release from the city. During this phase, the southbound I-35 ramp on Robinson Street will close and traffic will be rerouted to Main Street. The eastbound Robinson St...

Digital billboards approved for I-91 in West Springfield Updated Mar 17, 2021; WEST SPRINGFIELD — Electronic billboards will be allowed in one small corner of town, far from retailers and homes. Town councilors this week voted to allow the large signs on a handful of industrial properties between Interstate Drive and Interstate 91, just south of the Holyoke city line. They rejected a citizens’ petition request to allow the billboards along two sections of Riverdale Street (Route 5). “I w...

Can a teens on-site death change Nashvilles construction standards? Some councilmembers hope so Cassandra Stephenson, Nashville Tennessean © Cassandra Stephenson Jennifer Enamorado talks about her brother, Gustavo Enrique Ramirez, who died at 16 after falling 11 stories while working at a Nashville construction site. Enamorado helped introduce the "Get It Right" bill to raise construction standards at Metro projects in Nashvilles Public Square on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Metro...

Digital billboard zone proposed along Route 5, I-91 in West Springfield Updated Feb 17, 2021; WEST SPRINGFIELD — Advertising may be taking to the skies above Route 5 if town councilors support a petitioned zone change. William Fennell, an attorney representing 19 petitioners from West Springfield, spoke at Tuesday’s council meeting about their proposal for an overlay zone to allow digital billboards in the retail district of Riverdale Street (Route 5) and on industrial land facing Intersta...

Police: Suspect steals SUV, commits 3 carjackings before officer-involved shooting Police: Suspect steals SUV, commits 3 carjackings before officer-involved shooting (Source: WMPI) By Jennifer Horton | January 8, 2021 at 11:23 AM CST - Updated January 8 at 6:34 PM ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - A multi-county crime spree that started in Wetumpka ended in an officer-involved shooting in Escambia County, according to law enforcement. Wetumpka Assistant Police Chief Ed Reeves says a man sto...

Inmate who escaped Reality House charged with rape, other charges Lawrence Johnson charged with Rape, other charges on Dec. 10, 2020. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One of the three inmates who escaped Reality House is now charged with rape, three counts of domestic assault and one count of unlawful use of weapon. According to court documents, Lawrence Johnson was found at a motel on Nov. 27 in the 3400 block of I-70 Drive SE. The victim told police that Johnson had assaulted the victim and that the vic...