On the Horizon: Prescription Addiction

Across the country, pharmacy robberies are on the rise, partly because of the increasing demand for prescription drugs.  According to law-enforcement, prescription painkillers rank second behind marijuana as the country's most common illegal-drug problem.

Prescription drug abuse cuts across all age groups and economic classes; often times sneaking up on people and taking over their lives.  Prescription drug addiction is a problem that often does not end up in rehab; in this week’s video blog we explore the impact prescription addiction is having on our prisons.

Alisa Hines

On the Horizon: A Marine’s Love Story

My experience with doing stories with war veterans is those who have seen the most, talk the least.  I think there are some memories they had just rather forget.

Put Charles Migliorino in that category.  It was only by chance I heard his story.  He was interviewing for an associate district judge appointment, and I was a member of the Judicial Nominating Commission interviewing him.  It was after the interview was over, he added, almost as epilogue, the thing he was most proud of in life was letting a sister hear her dead brother’s voice for the first time in 40 years.

I was fascinated, as I think you will be in this week’s video blog, with this Marine’s Love Story.

Rob McClendon

On the Horizon: If you build it, they will come

Many rural communities around Oklahoma are building tech parks in the hopes of attracting big business and in Pryor, that gamble is paying off.  Google announced in 2007 that it would build a data center right here in Oklahoma.   All because of availability of land, electrical infrastructure, a very high quality excellent workforce, and a business climate that was really conducive to making things fast and simple; which is what many rural communities have to offer.

Now because of the recession, it’s taken quite a while to get up and running but just recently, they held the grand opening of their newest Google data center.  In this week’s video blog, see the connections going on in Pryor, Oklahoma.

Alisa Hines

On the Horizon: Financially Strong

The U.S. economy is on the minds of many Americans and is it is not a positive thought to most. From unemployment to a failing stock market, people are unsure of their future. What lies ahead? What about my children? What about my retirement?

For those living in Oklahoma there is a light at the end of the tunnel and it is a bright one. The market crash did not hit the state nearly as hard as the rest of the nation and jobs are springing up all over. In this week's video blog see how from aerospace and energy to small business the economy in Oklahoma is on the up and up.

Andy Barth