Tornadoes touched down Monday evening in rural Oklahoma and large hail pelted parts of Kansas as an outbreak of dangerous storms brought the possibility of strong twisters staying on the ground for many miles. Forecasters have issued a rare high-risk weather warning for the two states, the first for Oklahoma in five years. “You can’t … Read more
Denver restaurateur Kelly Whitaker is getting back to his roots. The Oklahoma native announced this week that he has purchased Nonesuch, a 22-seat chef’s counter restaurant in Oklahoma City. Bon Appétit named the fine-dining spot the No. 1 best new restaurant in America in 2018. “If this restaurant were in New York or anywhere else, … Read more
The tallest skyscraper in America, set to soar to a height of 1,907 feet, is poised to break ground in June in an unlikely place —Oklahoma City. Proposed by developer Scot Matteson, The Legends Tower is anticipated to surpass the heights of New York City’s One World Trade Center and Chicago’s Willis Tower. The Oklahoma … Read more
To tip or not to tip? Unfortunately, that is not the question when visiting the U.S. Because, on the other side of the Atlantic, it’s simply a matter of how much to cough up. What makes it worse is that it’s now par for the course to have a card-reader shoved under your nose asking … Read more
The US state of Alabama has executed a convicted murderer using the method of nitrogen asphyxiation. This is the first time that the method of capital punishment has been used in the country. Kenneth Eugene Smith was convicted in 1989 for murdering a pastor’s wife in a killing-for-hire. Smith had appealed to the US Supreme … Read more
Oklahoma state representative Justin Humphrey is sorry he proposed a bill that would have designated gang members of Hispanic descent—and no other racial or ethnic group—as terrorists. But he’s also not sorry and wants people to know he was “not wrong.” Responding to the outcry over the text of his legislation, HB 3133—which proposes that … Read more
An Oklahoma couple decided to ditch city life for a month and move to an abandoned lighthouse on a secluded island in Alaska – where their only neighbors are a pod of humpback whales. Five Finger Island Lighthouse, which sits in the body of water known as Frederick Sound off the coast of Alaska, has a white … Read more
