Office deals are in the works to make Devon Energy Corp.'s move into its new headquarters next month easier for Oklahoma City's central business district to swallow, according to Mark Beffort, downtown building owner and real estate executive with Grubb

HERALDâSTAFFâWRITER While Real Estate has made a slight improvement, it is still not where it was several years ago before the market crashed.

Jonathan Crider, 18, of Marlow and Matthew Benjamin, 14, of Tulsa today were named Oklahoma's top two youth volunteers for 2012 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism.