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LEDGER PHOTO BY KYLETTA RAY Employee Development Coordinator Craig Akard, right, of the City of Lawton Human Resources Department, talks with a prospective applicant during a career fair hosted by the City of Lawton at City Hall on April 29. Hilton Garden Inn in Lawton will host a career fair on May 14.

LEDGER PHOTO BY KYLETTA RAY Employee Development Coordinator Craig Akard, right, of the City of Lawton Human Resources Department, talks with a prospective applicant during a career fair hosted by the City of Lawton at City Hall on April 29. Hilton Garden Inn in Lawton will host a career fair on May 14.

Nearly 600 jobs available at Lawton career fair

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, May 6, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – Toward the end of last month the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) reported a decline in new unemployment claims but an increase in continued claims.
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Summit to buy gas assets of CenterPoint

News Staff
Sunday, May 2, 2021
Summit Utilities, Inc., of Centennial, Colo., has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Arkansas and Oklahoma gas distribution assets of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. for $2.15 billion in cash.
Elijah Vick stands in front of his Brew Brother Coffee shop in the renovated Owl Court office in the Old Britton area of Oklahoma City. LEDGER PHOTOS BY MIKE W. RAY

Elijah Vick stands in front of his Brew Brother Coffee shop in the renovated Owl Court office in the Old Britton area of Oklahoma City. LEDGER PHOTOS BY MIKE W. RAY

Business is Brewing in Old Britton

News Staff
Thursday, April 29, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – One of Oklahoma City’s oldest surviving Route 66 motels from the 1930s has survived the bulldozer twice and been transformed.
FILE PHOTO BY DEBI DeSILVER - Icicles hang from a rooftop following February's winter storm in central Oklahoma

FILE PHOTO BY DEBI DeSILVER - Icicles hang from a rooftop following February's winter storm in central Oklahoma

Stitt signs 'securitization' legislation

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, April 29, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – A pair of measures to allow extraordinary energy costs incurred by utilities during the subfreezing February winter weather to be “securitized” was signed by Gov. Kevin Stitt on April 23 and went into effect immediately.
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