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News On 6
April 29, 2018
Saturday is "Medal of Honor Day" in Tulsa. Three recipients of America's highest military honor were at Veterans Park for a special ceremony after attending different events during the week. Vietnam War Veteran First Sergeant Melvin Morris is from Okmulgee but now lives in Florida. He was awarded theÃâà...
News On 6
April 29, 2018
Police say they expect to arrest a man for DUI after he hit a gas meter, a tree, and rear-ended a TPD patrol car Saturday. Police say the driver, Terry Tow, was doing between 60-70 miles per hour in a 25 mile per hour zone just before the crash near Easton and Gilcrease Museum road around 7 p.m..
News On 6
April 29, 2018
A man was sent to the hospital after his house caught on fire Saturday afternoon. The fire happened near 48th Street North and Birmingham Place around 1 p.m.. A woman said she lived there with her boyfriend and that they were both inside when the fire started. She said her boyfriend ran back inside theÃâà...
Environmental Health News
April 29, 2018
"Tulsa used to be a vibrant, progressive city," laments lifelong Tulsan Barbara Vanhanken, who represents Eastern Oklahoma in the state's 4,300-member Sierra Club chapter. But she acknowledges that Tulsa's 400,000 residents have always been loyal to the oil and gas industry, as the name of its minorÃâà...
News On 6
April 29, 2018
Tulsa Police are investigating an auto-theft in which the victim exchanged gunfire with the suspects. According to police around 4:30 p.m., they received a call from a Tulsa man who said his truck had been stolen early Saturday morning. The man also claimed that on April 13 his house had been burglarizedÃâà...
Tulsa World
April 28, 2018
Marton, who also is director of the Tulsa Immigrant Resource Network, said people who have no criminal record or have committed only minor traffic ... 1 to April 26, Immigration and Customs Enforcement placed holds on about 560 people who were detained in the Tulsa County jail, according jail dataÃâà...
Tulsa World
April 28, 2018
Mark Swift isn't sure what to do at this point, but he knows he doesn't want his yard to become known as Ground Zero for Tulsa's feral hog invasion. ... “It just looked like a Rototiller gone crazy in my yard,” said Mark Swift who lives in northwest Tulsa, about Ãâü-mile south of Gilcrease Museum and its lusciousÃâà...
KOKI FOX 23
April 19, 2018
In Tulsa, while people may refer to the office as the DMV, motor vehicle registration and driver's license services are handled by the Department of Public ... The Tulsa DMV offices might stop taking applicants sooner than the indicated closing times, depending on volume, in order to finish processing by theÃâà...
Tulsa World
April 19, 2018
“You can't even imagine the scale of how big they are, how fast they move and how far they can jump ahead of themselves,” said Tulsa Deputy Fire Chief Andy Teeter. As of 5 ... Teeter was one of more than 30 people from Tulsa County and the surrounding area to head west last weekend to fight the blaze.
KOKI FOX 23
April 19, 2018
TULSA, Okla. - Tulsa police are investigating an armed robbery at an east Tulsa Taco Bell that they say was caught on surveillance video. According to police, on Tuesday, April 10th, two men robbed the Taco Bell. Related Headlines. Tulsa shares plans for new juvenile justice facility Ãâ÷ Judge rules TulsaÃâà...
News On 6
April 19, 2018
Tulsa's "A Better Way" program is now more than a month old. It gives panhandlers a way to earn money instead of begging for it by putting them to work cleaning up the city. Those who complete each workday are paid $65 and given resources to help get them back on their feet. "We had a crew of about 4Ãâà...
KOKI FOX 23
April 19, 2018
Yet another used book store, Frugal Bookworm is located in the London South area of Tulsa. Used books, comics and other book-related gifts are the hearth of the inventory at this indie bookstore run exclusively by women. Frugal Bookworm's total number of books veers in the 45,000 range. For thoseÃâà...
Tulsa World
April 19, 2018
5 o'Clock Somewhere Bar, Rivers Edge (country). American Legion Post 308, Les Taber (karaoke). Bluestone Steakhouse, Mike Leland & Angie Cockrell (singer/songwriter). The Colony, Tom Skinner Science Project (rock). The Hunt Club, James Robert Webb (singer/songwriter). Guthrie Green, And ThenÃâà...
Seattle Times
April 19, 2018
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A Tulsa university has started construction on a new $10 million residential building, the first built in more than 40 years. The Tulsa World reports that Oral Roberts University broke ground on the project Wednesday. This is the university's first housing endeavor since 1976. UniversityÃâà...
News On 6
April 19, 2018
Tulsa Police arrested the manager of a massage parlor for human trafficking after a masseuse offered sex acts to an undercover officer. Tulsa Police said an undercover officer went to A1 Massage in the 8000 block of South Memorial Wednesday night after making an appointment. Police said the masseuseÃâà...
KOKI FOX 23
April 19, 2018
Tulsa residents Chester Cadieux and Burt Holmes created the super gas station chain of QuikTrip. The first location opened in Tulsa on Peoria Street in 1958 and, since then, the gas station-convenience store combo has spread throughout Midwestern and Southwestern states to include more than 700Ãâà...
KOKI FOX 23
April 18, 2018
Searching for Tulsa mugshots online is easy thanks to online resources that county officials make available to the public. Inmates may be searched by name and by scrolling through a list of inmates sorted by booking ID. The site also has records of current and recently released inmates. In addition to theÃâà...
News On 6
March 30, 2018
Some Tulsa business leaders are praising lawmakers for their vote on the teacher pay raise, and several also urged lawmakers to continue restoring education cuts made over the years. For the short term, they consider it a crisis averted and take the longer view that it's possible the legislature turned aÃâà...
Tulsa World
March 30, 2018
“We are thrilled to help Tulsa residents protect what matters most to them,” Hinshaw said. “As a full-service insurance agency, we are a one-stop-shop for insurance and financial needs. We're committed to customer service excellence and making insurance processes seamless and stress-free.”Ãâà...
News On 6
March 30, 2018
On Thursday night, they packed Tulsa's Memorial High School to hear from the OEA, TCTA, and other groups. It was an emotional evening as we are just 4 days from the walkout. Hundreds of people packed into the school all with one objective, to support public education. Many teachers said they areÃâà...
Tulsa World
March 30, 2018
The judge presiding over the capital trial for a man charged with strangling a 19-year-old woman in her south Tulsa apartment could hear evidence next month relating to newly received information about two jailhouse informants having professional contact with the same law firm that represented the manÃâà...
News On 6
March 30, 2018
Prosecutors charge a homeless Tulsa man in connection to the beating death of another homeless man on Friday, March 23rd. The Tulsa County District Attorney's office charged 64-year-old Mickey Drake with 1st-degree manslaughter. Police say Drake beat Craig Henderson to death with his own caneÃâà...
News On 6
March 30, 2018
Captain Stan May with the Tulsa Fire Department said 13 kids and two adults went to St. Francis Hospital. He said some were transported by EMSA and some were taken there by their parents. "Once they got them de-conned, which is basically a shower, got them out of those clothes and into some clean,Ãâà...
KTUL
March 30, 2018
Several students at an east Tulsa school have been taken to the hospital due to a "rapidly spreading" rash. College Bound Academy posted to its Facebook page that the school has been evacuated "due to an unidentified rash that is rapidly spreading." The Tulsa Fire Department says 13 kids and two teachers had rashesÃâà...
News On 6
March 30, 2018
Right now, parents are working to figure out what to do when schools shut down Monday. But closing isn't an option for some Tulsa early childhood education centers. Educare is a year-round program and there won't be any walkouts. While there's a lot of negativity surrounding education in our state rightÃâà...
Tulsa World
March 30, 2018
Retirement is here for the Tulsa Business and Legal News that ceases publication today, March 30, 2018, after more than a century of serving this city and legal community. It's been quite a ride being part of the Tulsa Business and Legal News, also known as the Tulsa Daily Commerce and Legal News,Ãâà...
Tulsa World
March 29, 2018
Those "alarming" snapshots of Tulsa, where 1 in 7 people have a mental illness, are in a new study that illustrates the dire situation Oklahoma is mired in through disinvestment from and stigmatization of mental-health and substance-abuse care. Together those statistics — and many others in the reportÃâà...
News On 6
March 24, 2018
A father is breathing a sigh of relief after his daughter fell into a grease trap at the Tulsa Hills Panera Bread. His quick thinking may have saved her life. It's a parent's worst nightmare. The father turned around, and his little girl was gone. Panera said the company that services the grease traps was just thereÃâà...
Muskogee Daily Phoenix
March 24, 2018
A Wagoner man was involved in an early Friday morning collision resulting in the death of a Tulsa resident, Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported. According to OHP, Jordan Cox, 24, of Tulsa, who was driving a 2002 Mitsubishi Montero, was pronounced dead at the scene. The wreck took place about 5:25Ãâà...
News On 6
March 24, 2018
A new trampoline park is in the works at 51st and Harvard, an area where vacant buildings are growing. Neighbors and nearby businesses hope the park sparks revitalization. “Oh my God, it was busy, busy. We did lots of oil people were around here,” said Laverne Harmer with Country Club Barber Shop.
News On 6
March 24, 2018
Five families are looking for a new place to stay after a fire at an apartment complex. Flames sparked shortly before 6 p.m. Friday evening at Magnolia Manor Apartments near I-44 and Yale. TFD said it had to call in extra crews to help contain the fire because of high winds. One neighbor said he opened hisÃâà...
KTUL
March 24, 2018
Thousands are expected to attend the March for Our Lives rallies across the country, and in Tulsa, student organizers are preparing Guthrie Green for Saturday's event. She hasn't experienced much in her young life; in fact, she's still a high school student, but that's not stopping Carissa Lovell from standing up for what sheÃâà...
RSL Soapbox
March 24, 2018
Another early season meeting in 2016 saw a struggling Monarchs side steal a 1-0 victory with only two shots on goal after Tulsa went down to 10 men early in the second half. Last season it was Tulsa under their new head coach Dave Vaudreuil who ended the Monarchs 10 game unbeaten string a weekÃâà...
Tulsa World
March 24, 2018
A Tulsa man who is accused of shooting at two people outside a QuikTrip was charged Friday in Tulsa County District Court with two counts of shooting with intent to kill and one count of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Robert Hogard, 25, is accused of shooting at a man and the convenienceÃâà...
Tulsa World
March 24, 2018
A new indoor cycling boutique studio is set to open in south Tulsa next month. CycleBar will open April 12 at 9110 S. Yale Ave., Suite B, and will feature a 50-cycle studio with classes that are centered around rhythm riding with weights and choreography. “They call it a party on a bike because there areÃâà...
Tulsa World
March 22, 2018
Among celebrity guests at past Wizard World Tulsa shows: William Shatner, Sebastian Stan, Eliza Dushku, Norman Reedus, Bruce Campbell, Dean Cain, Ralph Macchio, Sean Astin, Henry Winkler, Lou Ferrigno, James Marsters, Jon Bernthal, Robert Englund, Michael Rooker, Vince Neil, Tom Felton, TheÃâà...
KTUL
March 13, 2018
(KTUL) – Starting Monday, Tulsa teachers are only working their contracted hours as part of their “Work the Contract” protest to gain lawmakers attention. Teachers at Key Elementary met outside in their parking lot at 7:15 a.m. and all walked into school together at the same time. Angela Mitchell, who teachers sixth grade,Ãâà...
News On 6
March 13, 2018
Environmental artist Patrick Dougherty is in Tulsa right now, building an art display at the Chapman Centennial Green near 6th and Main in Downtown Tulsa. Volunteers helped him gather the sticks, and he is weaving them together into sculptures. Dougherty, who was born in Oklahoma and has sculpturesÃâà...
News On 6
March 13, 2018
When police knocked on the door, they say the couple answered and officers could smell a strong smell of marijuana. Inside, police found nearly ten pounds of marijuana, scales and $800 in cash. Both Courtney Griffin and Anthony Zezima were booked into the Tulsa County jail on complaints of being inÃâà...
News On 6
March 13, 2018
"I take pride because I know we worked hard to do what we needed to do to save taxpayers money,” said Brader. In addition to the new jail helping get Tulsa police officers back on the street faster, Mayor G.T. Bynum has committed to increase staffing for Tulsa police. Vision Tulsa is paying for 40 newÃâà...
News On 6
March 13, 2018
It is mysterious and underground - literally. A new speakeasy is set to open in Tulsa's Deco District, and it is just one of a number of things happening in that neighborhood. The speakeasy, two new hotels, a new bank and coffee shop - all on top of dozens of new apartments are part of the Deco DistrictÃâà...
Tulsa World
March 13, 2018
According to a recent report from SmartAsset, retiring with $1 million should last you about 33 years in Tulsa. The study factored in expenses for ... That places Tulsa in the top 25 percentile of cities in terms of how long your retirement money will last, according to a recent report. The study, by financialÃâà...
Tulsa World
March 13, 2018
Teacher Tabatha Ward reads a book with children at Educare III MacArthur near 21st and Sheridan in Tulsa on June 21, 2013. ... The George Kaiser Family Foundation and Tulsa Public Schools are planning to partner to build Educare 4 near the intersection of Pine Street and Harvard Avenue in northÃâà...
Tulsa World
March 13, 2018
The Swearer Center will offer the “Brown in Tulsa Kaiser Fellowship,” in which seven undergraduates will spend a total of eight weeks in Tulsa, interning at local nonprofits that deal with such things as women's health, poverty alleviation, early childhood education, civic enhancement and criminal justice.
U.S. News & World Report
March 13, 2018
They sold the booking part of the business to the Philip Morris Agency, but the memories are secured with stacks of signed guitars, concert-worn costumes and platinum albums that fill the Tulsa office he shares with Roy Clark. His passion project is a video education series that would take students throughÃâà...
Tulsa World
March 3, 2018
Harold Dorsey looked on his Leather Treatment Center in the Tulsa County Courthouse, adjusted the straps on his camera bag and walked toward the exit on Thursday. He was retiring from one career and heading toward another, perfecting his photography skills and taking more pictures. At a reception inÃâà...
News On 6
March 3, 2018
Future firefighters are getting hands-on training with the most dangerous part of their job at the Tulsa Fire Academy grounds. House fires, car fires, and medical emergencies are the most common calls for firefighters in Tulsa, but they train the most on the least common emergency calls involving flammableÃâà...
Atlanta Journal Constitution
March 3, 2018
Tulsa Police officials said Barry Lloyd Baker Jr. is a convicted felon, currently on probation after serving multiple prison sentences. Tulsa ... He is then accused of calling the company, claiming to be a Tulsa police officer, and asking for the phone to be returned because it was stolen from his squad car.
KTUL
March 3, 2018
Carissa Lovell and Sophia Fultz are both seniors at Booker T. Washington and organizers of the March for Our Lives Tulsa. “We were tired of being scared for our lives and thinking at any second there could be a shooter who could come and kill us and our classmates or our teachers,” said Lovell. “It was not OK to be scaredÃâà...
News On 6
March 3, 2018
Robbery Suspect Shot By Tulsa Liquor Store Owner Goes From Hospital To Jail. Posted: Mar 02 ... A man shot several times by a Tulsa liquor store owner last month is now out of the hospital and in the Tulsa County jail. Tyrone Lee's ... They say Tyrone Lee is a suspect in multiple armed robberies in Tulsa.
