🌱 Buzz From Home Alone Arrested In OK + $84M Coliseum Revamp

Happy Thursday, neighbors! Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Mild with partial sunshine. High: 70 Low: 53.

Here are the top three stories in Oklahoma City today:

1. Devin Ratray, who played “Buzz McAllister” in the first two movies of the Home Alone series, was in Oklahoma City earlier this month for the Oklahoma Pop Christmas Con. Ratray and his girlfriend went to Mickey Mantle’s Steakhouse the night of Dec. 8 where he became "intoxicated." Later that night, Ratray reportedly consumed more alcohol then got into a fight with his girlfriend and assaulted her. Ratray was charged with domestic assault and battery by strangulation, a felony, and domestic assault and battery, a misdemeanor. (poncacitynow.com)
2. An Oklahoma City coliseum is set to get an $84 million revamp. On Tuesday, council members got an update about the Maps 4 latest project: the Jim Norick Arena. The Fairgrounds Coliseum is getting a revamp that will modernize the venue that brings in more money than any other publicly owned facility in the city. (KOCO Oklahoma City)
3. Police are investigating after a victim was found shot to death in southwest Oklahoma City.
   Around 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oklahoma City police were called to an area near S.W. 19th and Westwood Blvd. to check the welfare of someone lying in the roadway. (KFOR Oklahoma City)

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From my notebook:

• Oklahoma City University is now closed through Monday, Jan. 3. (Facebook)
• The team at Oklahoma Caring Foundation would like to wish their friends, partners, donors, and supporters a Happy Holidays!" (Facebook)
• The Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum will be closed on Friday, Dec. 24 and Saturday, Dec. 25. The Memorial remains open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. (Facebook)

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About me: Helen Eckhard is a marketing assistant at Lightning Media Partners. She is a self-professed logophile who is currently pursuing her master’s degree in library science. Outside of work, you can find Helen constructing crossword puzzles, knitting, or devising increasingly crafty ways to kill off characters in her mystery novels.