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🌱 Patch AM: Which 27 cities can you reach nonstop from Oklahoma City?
And check out Farmers Market at Scissortail Park on the Oklahoma City Patch calendar
Coffee in hand, Oklahoma City? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Which 27 cities can you reach nonstop from Oklahoma City?
- What $25 million in federal money will change at Will Rogers Courts
- What's coming to replace that empty hotel on Northwest Expressway?
Also on today's calendar: Farmers Market at Scissortail Park and 9 more events.
And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, OKC ZOO ..!
Today's riddle: Where do math teachers go on vacation? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Saturday: Sunny and toasty conditions, with a high of 101 and low of 77 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Sunday: Partly sunny and hot, temps: high: 101, low: 77.
- Monday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 101 and low of 76 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. What cities can you fly to nonstop from OKC's Will Rogers Airport? (news9.com) — If you're flying out of Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, you now have 27 nonstop destinations to choose from, including Atlanta, Los Angeles, Miami, and Seattle. The airport also offers seasonal routes like Cancun and a Tampa flight starting March 2027, but schedules can change, so checking airline and airport websites before booking is essential. 
2. Federal grant to help revitalize Westwood Exchange neighborhood, Will Rogers Courts (okcfox.com) — A $25.1 million federal Choice Neighborhoods grant will help transform Oklahoma City's Westwood Exchange neighborhood and the aging Will Rogers Courts housing over the next eight years. Residents can expect new housing, an urban farm, a Head Start facility, and expanded services and education opportunities, with construction starting late next year and first move-ins targeted for mid-2029.
3. Long vacant Oklahoma City hotel set for new life (oklahoman.com) — A long-vacant 10‑story hotel on Northwest Expressway in northwest Oklahoma City is being redeveloped into a roughly 200‑room dual‑brand Hilton, anchoring a new mixed‑use project on the 4.5‑acre site. The former Hilton Inn Northwest, most recently a Wyndham, has been a problem spot and homeless encampment, but its sale to Champion Hotels coincides with nearby bridge and corridor improvements.
4. Oklahoma City police searching for woman missing since Wednesday (koco.com) — Oklahoma City police are asking for your help finding 35-year-old Modesta Pardon, last seen around midnight Wednesday at a laundromat on Northwest 23rd Street and possibly taken against her will. She's described as 5-foot-2, about 130 pounds, with brown hair and eyes, last wearing a white shirt and blue jean shorts; anyone with information should call 911 immediately.
5. Oklahoma City to release water from Canton Lake to raise Lake Hefner levels (koco.com) — Oklahoma City officials will begin releasing water from Canton Lake on Sept. 17 to raise Lake Hefner by just over four feet, helping stabilize a key local water source after hot, dry weather. The 16,000-acre-foot transfer, the first since 2024, will travel down the North Canadian River and should start reaching Lake Hefner within three to five days.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oklahoma City
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- Farmers Market at Scissortail Park →
Scissortail Park, 300 SW 7th St, Oklahoma City, OK, 73109
9:00 am - Oklahoma City Time Travelers Vintage Expo 2026 →
Oklahoma City Convention Center, 100 Mick Cornett Dr., Oklahoma City
10:00 am - Scraps To Soil - 1st Saturdays at the OKC Farmers Public Market →
Okc Farmer's Public Market, 311 S Klein Ave, Oklahoma City
11:00 am - 7th Annual Prevention & Recovery in the Park →
Scissortail Park, 300 SW 7th St, Oklahoma City
6:00 pm - The Flowing Current: Where Music Meets Water - the Oklahoma Baroque Orchestra →
Westminster Presbyterian Church, 4400 N Shartel Ave, Oklahoma City
7:30 pm - Labor Day; No School
Angie Debo Es Edmond, OK 73013 - Chamber office closed - Labor Day
Yukon Chamber of Commerce 10 W Main St #130, Yukon, OK 73099 - Labor Day-No School
Orvis Risner Es Edmond, OK 73013 - đ˘ Labor Day - No School
Charles Haskell Es Edmond, OK 73013 - Singo →
9101 S Western Ave, Oklahoma City
7:00 pm - Scissortail Park-Monarch Tagging →
650 S Hudson Ave, Oklahoma City, OK, 73109
9:00 am - Oklahoma's Credit Union Moonlight Movies: 10 Things I Hate About You →
Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W Reno Ave, Oklahoma City
6:30 pm
Saturday September 5
Monday September 7
Tuesday September 8
Wednesday September 9
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- I just had the most pleasant experience at a tag agency ever!
Most of the agencies I've been to have been very cut and dried, rude, disrespectful and at times mean! @Westlake Tag Agency (122nd and Rockwell) was… (Nextdoor Country Hollow) - Update: Pet Reunited
A dog who went missing in Oklahoma City, OK, has been safely reunited with their family after 8 hours, 42 minutes. Message from Finder: "She is very… (Nextdoor Reed Park)
- CWI posted a job opening for Dealership Accounting Clerk in Oklahoma City. Apply here.
- Sonic posted a job opening for Cook in Choctaw. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oklahoma City here.
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