Matt Patterson
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Oklahoma City, OK, United States
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French documentary examines Oklahoma's female incarceration rate
Produced in 2021, a French documentary that examines Oklahoma's female incarceration rate has made its debut on YouTube. → Read More
New film details Oklahoma National Guard unit's deployment to Afghanistan
AUG 6, 2016 - "Citizen Soldier," a documentary about an Oklahoma Army National Guard unit's 2011 deployment to Afghanistan, opens Friday at the Quail Springs Mall AMC. → Read More
School for Oklahoma City homeless children kicks of new year
AUG 4, 2016 - The school serves about 75 students and recently added a pre-K program. → Read More
School for Oklahoma City homeless children kicks of new year
AUG 4, 2016 - The school serves about 75 students and recently added a pre-K program. → Read More
Wayback Wednesday: Six Flags over Texas opens its gates
AUG 3, 2016 - On what was likely a hot and sticky day in Arlington, Six Flags Over Texas opened its doors to the masses on Aug. 5, 1961. The park had its genesis thanks to a visit by its founder to Disneyland. Angus Wynne wanted something like it in flyover country. The park that's named after the... → Read More
Wayback Wednesday: Riot at Big Mac
JUL 27, 2016 - By July 27, Oklahoma's summer was in full scorch mode. It was hot everywhere, including the unairconditioned Oklahoma State Prison in McAlester. "Big Mac" as it is known was housing more than 2,000 inmates. It was designed for roughly half that. Overcrowding and stifling heat are a recipe for... → Read More
Help the OKC Zoo name new sea lion pup
JUL 22, 2016 - The Oklahoma City Zoo is looking for help naming its latest addition, a California sea lion born June 25 to mom Pearl and dad Xander. The pups parents were both rescues. Xander came to the Oklahoma City Zoo last year after he stranded himself multiple times on beaches in California and attempts... → Read More
Oklahoma's scandal plagued sheriffs
JUL 20, 2016 - Oklahoma has had a long history of county sheriffs getting themselves into trouble for one reason or another. The latest is Love County Sheriff Joe Russell who was arrested Tuesday, accused of maintaining a house where drugs are kept and of harboring a fugitive. Here's a look at some of the... → Read More
Oklahoma City Zoo contributions aid conservation
JUL 20, 2016 - The Oklahoma City Zoo's conservation efforts have raised $270,000 during the last fiscal year, the zoo reported Wednesday. The zoo has earmarked those funds to support both local and global conservation efforts. The money was raised through the Round Up for Conservation program which... → Read More
Wayback Wednesday: Machine Gun Kelly kidnaps OKC businessman
JUL 20, 2016 - The kidnapping of an Oklahoma City businessman was among the last crimes the notorious gangster committed. → Read More
Oklahomans accused of plagiarism
JUL 19, 2016 - Plagiarism is in the news as Melania Trump, wife of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, has been accused of lifting parts of Michelle Obama's 2008 Democratic National Convention speech. Here's a look at some instances where Oklahomans have been accused of using other people's words... → Read More
Report on OKC home explosion to be released
JUL 18, 2016 - The Oklahoma Corporation Commission is set to release its report on the Jan. 2 gas explosion at 12505 Whispering Hollow Drive that completely destroyed one home and led to the demolition of several more. Oklahoma Natural Gas blamed the explosion on poor workmanship on a weld seam. ... → Read More
Oklahomans cling to optimism despite troubling summer across the nation, world
JUL 17, 2016 - From Orlando, to St. Paul, to Baton Rouge to Dallas, Americans have endured a long, troubling summer. But despite discontent, disappointment and tragedy, Oklahomans continue to cling to their optimism. → Read More
Zoo welcomes Red Panda cub
JUL 8, 2016 - The July 4th holiday weekend brought the arrival of two red panda cubs to the Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden. The cubs were born inside the red panda habitat on Sunday, July 3, to mom Jaya, 9, and dad Lhotse, 2. On Wednesday, July 6, the animal care team discovered one of the cubs... → Read More
Not defined by war
JUL 7, 2016 - They’d first arrived in Oklahoma on April 30, 1975, as war orphans, all on the same plane, 23 young children fleeing the Vietnam War, then in its final throes. Their arrival made headlines, but eventually the story of their journey would fade from public view. → Read More
Wayback Wednesday: Boise City gets bombed
JUL 6, 2016 - In the early morning hours of July 5, 1943 a B-17 bomber was flying low near Boise City in the Oklahoma panhandle. The night mission was just for practice. The bombs the plane was carrying weren't real in the sense they exploded. They were fakes. Good, thing too. Somewhere along the way the crew... → Read More
Wayback Wendesday: Route 66 decommissioned
JUN 29, 2016 - Route 66, also known as the Mother Road, was one of America's greatest infrastructure achievements in its day but as is the case with everything man-made, it had an expiration date. Thirty one years ago this week the United States Highway System removed Route 66 from the system. By that time it... → Read More
Runoffs from Tuesday's primary elections
JUN 28, 2016 - State Representatives Democrats District 16 Ronnie Kell (43 percent) Anna Dearmore (31 percent) District 97 Jason Lowe (46 percent) Chris Harrison (25 percent) Republicans District 8 Tom Gann (33 percent) Steve Dill (31 percent) District 60 Rhonda Baker (47 percent) Chad Slane (38 percent)... → Read More
How the teacher's caucus fared
JUN 28, 2016 - At least 28 teachers, education and school administers District 1 Democrat John Myers Republican Michael Bergstrom District 3 Democrat Rhonda Cox Republican Wayne Shaw District 5 Democrat Stacey Allen Ebert District 9 Democrat Jack Reavis District 11 Kevin Matthews District 13 Democrat Eric Hall... → Read More
Five things about 'Brexit'
JUN 23, 2016 - Citizens of the United Kingdom will go to the polls today to decide whether or not the UK (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) will remain in the European Union. The decision is expected to have long-term economic and political implications for the UK. While Americans sometimes find British politics more complicated than cricket, this issue is fairly straightforward.… → Read More