🌱 Northwest OKC Fire + Tree Lighting Festival Canceled

Happy Friday, neighbors! These are the most important things happening today in town.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and breezy. High: 60 Low: 46.

Here are the top stories in Oklahoma City today:

1. Crews took two people to a hospital after a northwest Oklahoma City home caught fire, according to fire department officials. The fire started around 5:30 a.m. Thursday in the bedroom of a home in the 400 block of Northwest 85th Street, near Wilshire Boulevard and the Broadway Extension. Fire department officials said a young girl was taken to a hospital for smoke inhalation, and an older man was taken for cuts he suffered after breaking a window. (KOCO Oklahoma City)
2. Oklahoma City canceled its annual Tree Lighting Festival in Bricktown. The festival was supposed to begin at 5 p.m on Thursday night. The Virtual Holiday Special will air on Friday, Nov. 26. (news9.com KWTV)
3. The pastor of a popular Oklahoma City church was arrested for an act of "civil disobedience" in support of inmate Julius Jones. (kfor.com)
4. Oklahoma City homeowners are frustrated with an abandoned church in the neighborhood. (KOCO Oklahoma City)
5. OKC Police arrested one person in connection with a string of metro armed robberies. (news9.com KWTV)

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Today in Oklahoma City:

• Community Coffee - Grady's Pub - Yukon Chamber of Commerce (8:00 AM)
• International Yoga Teacher in OKC (9:00 AM)
• Putting Your Garden to Bed - Myriad Botanical Gardens (10:00 AM)
• Stockyards City Tree Lighting - Stockyards City Main Street (6:00 PM)
• Turkey Shoot Free Throw Contest - Moore Chamber of Commerce (6:00 PM)
• 12th Annual Cavett Kids Got Talent Gala (6:00 PM)
• Wine and Palette- Santa - Mustang City Calendar (6:30 PM)
• Ignite. Equip. Mobilize. - Firehouse Community Outreach (7:00 PM)
• Canterbury Youth Voices concert - Yukon Fine Arts Center (7:00 PM)
• Museum After Dark: Lantern Tours - Oklahoma Historical Society (7:00 PM)
• Enchanted the music of Stevie Nicks (8:00 PM)

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— Helen Eckhard

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.