With all the Mid-Del high school football seasons having come to an end, it’s time to switch our focus from the field to the hardwood. Basketball season started Tuesday. It’s still a bit too early to make any concrete assessments of your favorite high school basketball teams. Nonetheless, EastWord sat down with each coach to talk about last...
Thanksgiving is a time for us all to look back on the blessings we have been given throughout the year and give thanks to those who have made our lives better.
These students and teachers in the eastern Oklahoma County have gone out of their way this holiday to make a difference in our community.
At Choctaw High School, the National Honor Society, Giving...
Industrial parks are a dime a dozen across the country but ones that offer railroad access are scarce.
On Monday, the City of Midwest City broke ground on the new Soldier Creek Industrial Park, which will cost $2.6 million to develop but $1 million is being funded by a federal grant.
City leaders were joined by U.S. Rep. James Lankford and other local...
Midwest City citizens are urged to prepare for the upcoming winter weather season.
"In recent years we’ve experienced winter weather storms, including devastating ice storms and blizzards," Midwest City Emergency Manager Mike Bower said. "We all need to be aware of these natural threats we face in our community and take responsibility to make sure we are properly prepared when disaster strikes."
EastWord News has taken its coverage of sporting events to a whole new level. On Tuesday, Derek Lewis, EastWord sports reporter, and Ronny Stevens, EastWord correspondent and Carl Albert High School student, live streamed the Carl Albert High School basketball game at Lawton MacArthur. Thursday, December 05, 2013
Sean Reed had been considering taking the tests to become an enrolled agent (EA) for some time but hadn’t pulled the trigger to do it.
But this past summer, Reed who works at his family’s business Reed’s Tax Service located at 2231 S. Air Depot Blvd. in Midwest City, decided the timing was right to pursue it. He recently passed his exams and is now an EA.
EAs are the only federally licensed tax practitioners who specialize in taxation and also have unlimited rights to represent taxpayers before the IRS.
"I didn’t know what they were until about three years ago," Reed said. "I had an IRS agent in here and she asked if I was an enrolled agent. She advised me to become one."
Reed said there were three tests to prepare for and he began studying in late summer.
After "Thor: The Dark World" topped the box office for two straight weeks, it was time for its blockbuster competition, "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" to show up.
And show up it did. With a budget estimated at $50 million more than the franchise starter "The Hunger Games," this second installment upped the ante for effects and suspense.
"Catching Fire" picks up in the months after the 74th Annual Hunger Games. Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) are preparing for their tour of the districts as the new victors when unrest in the districts sends the pair back into the arena.
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