http://www.ardmoreite.com/section/ ardmoreite.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:53:47 +0000 http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130618/NEWS/130619733?rssfeed=true Tue, 18 Jun 2013 9:07:05 For The Ardmoreite http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130618/NEWS/130619733 The Oklahoma Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans will have a monument dedication at noon Saturday in the Confederate section of Rose Hill Cemetery in honor of the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War.
The monument honors 190 Confederate veterans buried in Rose Hill Cemetery. The event will be at the north end.
Ardmore was the site of the Confederate home in Oklahoma, and many of those residents are buried [...]]]> http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130618/NEWS/130619734?rssfeed=true Tue, 18 Jun 2013 8:00:00 +0000 By Michael Pineda michael.pineda@ardmoreite.com http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130618/NEWS/130619734 The map for city operations was set Monday night during the bi-monthly Ardmore City Commission meeting with the passage of the 2013-14 fiscal year budget. Appropriations in the amount of $60,398,126 were approved, with $51,613,816 in expenditures and $8,784,310 in transfers.
A collective bargaining agreement between the city and the International Association of Firefighters, Local No. 1881, was approved, and a memorandum of understanding with the [...]]]> http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130618/NEWS/130619735?rssfeed=true Tue, 18 Jun 2013 8:00:00 +0000 By Michael Pineda michael.pineda@ardmoreite.com http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130618/NEWS/130619735 The Ardmore Development Authority Board of Trustees voted to take the bull by the horns and move forward in attempting to secure sales tax funding.
In a 7-0 vote, the board approved a motion to approach the Ardmore City Commission and ask for a special election for sales tax supporting economic development. The current sales tax will expire Sept. 30, as Ardmore residents elected not to renew it in November 2012.
http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130617/NEWS/130619772?rssfeed=true Mon, 17 Jun 2013 8:00:00 +0000 http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130617/NEWS/130619772 June 17 - June 24
Sites are located at the Senior Citizens Center at 220 13th Ave. SE and the Sutton Center at Ardmore Village, 1550 Knox Road NW.
Monday: Salisbury steak, green peas, mashed potatoes, yeast roll, gravy, fruit salad.
Tuesday: Meat lasagna, tossed green salad with tomatoes, summer squash, garlic bread, melon.
http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130617/NEWS/130619773?rssfeed=true Mon, 17 Jun 2013 8:00:00 +0000 http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130617/NEWS/130619773 MARRIAGE LICENSES
Tyler Scott Barnes and Sydney Oneal Roberts, both of Ringling.
Stephan D. Smith and Morgan Faith Harris, both of Ardmore.
Justin Dale Shrader and Emily Erin Cranford, both of Ardmore.
Anthony Paul Meredith Jr. and Allison Helen Jessup, both of Lone Grove.
Joshua Wayne [...]]]> http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130613/NEWS/130619877?rssfeed=true Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130613/NEWS/130619877 East Central University received a $6,000 rebate check from CenterPoint Energy to go toward the purchase of boilers for the new Chickasaw Business and Conference Center.
 
Lambert Mechanical installed the boilers.
 
The Chickasaw Business and Conference Center's grand opening is scheduled for Aug. 22.
]]> http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130613/NEWS/130619891?rssfeed=true Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:52:47 http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130613/NEWS/130619891 The Greater South­west Historical Museum is having a t-shirt design contest.
Anyone is eligible to submit a design before July 22.
Those entering are asked to design a one-­color screen print design to be printed on a color t-shirt. Work size can be no larger than 10 inches by 13 inches.
Submission require­ments must be original artwork digital or on nice sketch [...]]]> http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130611/NEWS/130619954?rssfeed=true Tue, 11 Jun 2013 9:46:55 http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130611/NEWS/130619954 A contract for highway improvements has been awarded to Love County. The Oklahoma Depart­ment of Transportation said the project involves one mile of resurfacing and bridge improvements on Interstate 35 near the north half of the inter­change at Winstar Bou­levard.
Sen. Frank Simpson (R-Ardmore) said the state awarded a contract of nearly $7.5 million to Silver Star Construction Co., Inc. The company, based out of Moore, was the lowest [...]]]> http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130611/NEWS/130619985?rssfeed=true Tue, 11 Jun 2013 9:45:05 http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130611/NEWS/130619985 Consumer Credit Counseling is recognizing Homeownership Month free courses aimed at helping buyers learn the new rules for homeownership before jumping into a purchase.
CCCS, a nonprofit provider of financial education and a HUD-approved local counseling agency, will offer 12 live housing-related webinars throughout the month. The agency also offers one-on-one counseling sessions that review the basics of budgeting and credit, as well as [...]]]> http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130610/NEWS/130619990?rssfeed=true Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130610/NEWS/130619990 The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is asking for the public’s help in locating a gauge containing radioactive material that was stolen from the back of a pick-up in Ponca City. The Troxler Model 3430 gauge is used to measure the density and moisture content of soil. The gauge represents a low threat of exposure as long as the gauge is not unlocked. If unlocked, the source can pose a risk to human health.
 
http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130610/NEWS/130619997?rssfeed=true Mon, 10 Jun 2013 9:43:26 Michael Pineda michael.pineda@ardmoreite.com http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130610/NEWS/130619997 Recreational wa­ter activities will always be the top attraction for drawing tourists to Lake Murray. But the sum of its parts is what makes it one of the state's premier sum­mer destinations.
Plans have been made and funding secured for a new lodge, which will be­gin construction this year. Then you have Tucker Tower.
One of Oklahoma's most visible landmarks recently underwent a renovation and has [...]]]> http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130607/NEWS/130609825?rssfeed=true Fri, 7 Jun 2013 9:27:06 Erik K. Horne erik.horne@ardmoreite.com http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130607/NEWS/130609825 Kelsey Aubrey is amazed by the sup­port. She knew people cared about the fight against cancer, but her tri­als with the Texas 4000 have made some­thing else even more apparent.
 
To Aubrey, a sophomore at the Univer­sity of Texas, the 4,000-mile bike trek from Austin, Texas, to Anchorage, Alaska, is both uplifting and sad. But the former outweighs the latter.
http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130607/NEWS/130609833?rssfeed=true Fri, 7 Jun 2013 8:44:57 Michael Pineda michael.pineda@ardmoreite.com http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130607/NEWS/130609833 When the dust settled, Nick Blayney had punched his ticket for the Dot Foods National Forklift Rodeo competition in Illinois. And he will be taking three first­-time qualifiers with him.
 
Blayney, Jordan Stowers, Elliot Thompson and Kyle Rhyne finished first in their respective regional competi­tions Wednesday afternoon at the Ardmore distribution center to advance to the next level of competition. [...]]]> http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130606/NEWS/130609871?rssfeed=true Thu, 6 Jun 2013 8:42:40 Marsha Miller marsha.miller@ardmoreite.com http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130606/NEWS/130609871 A power outage blacked out more than 2,760 OG&E customers in Lone Grove Wednesday afternoon.
 
Power was restored, but the question of what caused the blackout re­mains unanswered.
 
Lone Grove City Man­ager Ian O’Neal said pow­er was off for about two hours. Late Wednesday afternoon, O’Neal said he [...]]]> http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130606/NEWS/130609872?rssfeed=true Thu, 6 Jun 2013 8:37:57 Marsha Miller marsha.miller@ardmoreite.com http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130606/NEWS/130609872 Ardmore police continue to probe the circumstances surrounding the death of a man whose body was found early Wednesday at a utility construction site in a north­west neighborhood.
 
Deputy Chief Eric Ham­blin said the body was dis­covered about 7:45 a.m. in a hole dug for utility line installation near the inter­section of 11th Avenue NW and Burch Street. Hamblin said the body was that of an [...]]]> http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130604/NEWS/130609936?rssfeed=true Tue, 4 Jun 2013 11:14:02 http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130604/NEWS/130609936 The Oklahoma Department of Transportation warns motorists to expect various lane closures on north and southbound I-35 at SH-32(exit 15) and on SH-32 under I-35 near Marietta daily Mondays through Thursdays through June as work nears completion as part of ongoing I-35 bridge work.
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There will be a ribbon cutting at noon June 18, and My Dentist will announce the winner of "My Smile Makeover."
 
"Ardmore is the ideal community for the next My Dentist office," said My Dentist CEO Kevin Offel. "Our [...]]]> http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130604/NEWS/130609945?rssfeed=true Tue, 4 Jun 2013 9:11:27 Michael Pineda michael.pineda@ardmoreite.com http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130604/NEWS/130609945 There was little in the way of atten­tion-grabbing items considered in the bi-monthly Ardmore City Commission meeting Monday night, but there are going to be some residents in the south­west part of the city who can be excited following the Public Works Authority portion of the evening.
 
The trustees approved a bid from Steve Bean Construction for the installation of a 12" water line extension. The [...]]]> http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130604/NEWS/130609963?rssfeed=true Tue, 4 Jun 2013 8:00:00 +0000 By Michael Pineda michael.pineda@ardmoreite.com http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130604/NEWS/130609963 Two Ardmore men are sitting in the Carter County Detention Center with the opportunity to ponder if "the juice was worth the squeeze" after being taken into custody following a weekend mini-crime spree that netted them less than $600.
Jeremy Wesley Day, 18, and Zachary Lane Walker, 19, both of Ardmore, were pulled over and taken into custody following armed robberies in Ardmore and Love County Sunday afternoon, police said. The two were arrested [...]]]> http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130603/NEWS/130609964?rssfeed=true Tue, 4 Jun 2013 9:00:39 http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130603/NEWS/130609964 The Davis City Council will meet in a special meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday night. Among the items listed on the agenda are consideration and possible action to elect a mayor and vice mayor.
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