by Michael Kinney Media | May 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
By Michael Kinney Back on March 24, Lawton Mayor Stan Booker ordered all non-essential businesses to close. That included hair salons, nail salons, tattoo parlors and all other non-medical establishments. Yet, there was one business that was able to stay open...
by Michael Kinney Media | Apr 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
(Photo by Michael Kinney) By Michael Kinney When Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Wednesday his Open Up and Recover Safely (OURS) plan, it caught many of the state’s residents and city officials off-guard. The three-phased approach sets the stage for the opening of...
by Michael Kinney Media | Apr 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
This story on the Oklahoma City Bombing is from 2015 By Michael Kinney OKLAHOMA CITY — On April 18, 1995, Oklahoma City resembled most mid-major cities in America. Sprawling in some areas, but old and run down in other parts as residents continued to move...
by Michael Kinney Media | Apr 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
By Michael Kinney Michael Kinney Media On the evening of April 3rd, my cell phone rang with a number I didn’t recognize. Normally, when that happens, I usually don’t answer it because of telemarketers. But in these days of social isolation, you sometimes welcome any...
by Michael Kinney Media | Apr 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
(Photos by Michael Kinney) By Michael Kinney Michael Kinney Media NORMAN– Earlier this month, Oklahoma was lambasted nationally and internally by many for the rate it had been testing people for COVID-19. As recently as April 3, the state was last in the nation...
by Michael Kinney Media | Apr 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
By Michael Kinney When COVID-19 first began to strike around the world, there were preconceived notions about who was getting affected. The initial theory was that it only attacked the elderly and the very young and it was just like the flu. But as more and more...