Lawyers across Oklahoma will provide free legal advice on April 28 during the annual statewide celebration of Law Day. Oklahoma residents may call 405-493-9131 or 918-551-6022 to speak to a licensed attorney at no charge. Those with legal questions also have the option to email [email protected] to access the service. “This is the 47th year…
Oklahoma’s open race for the U.S. Senate got national attention this week as former EPA Chairman Scott Pruitt filed for the empty seat left by the retirement of U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe. Pruitt, a former state senator from Broken Arrow and former Oklahoma Attorney General, was the EPA chief briefly after being appointed by former…
OKLAHOMA CITY – Five doctors with the Azerbaijan Operational Capabilities Concept Battalion participated in a medical knowledge exchange at the Oklahoma National Guard Regional Training Institute in Oklahoma City, March 28-April 1. Five weeks went into planning this point-of-injury knowledge exchange under the National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program, which involved the participation and support…
City of Tulsa Street Maintenance personnel are working on emergency joint and panel repairs on the 71st Street bridge over the Arkansas River through the month of April into early May. During this work, traffic will be limited to one lane in each direction on the bridge. Gov. Kevin Stitt issued a proclamation for April…
Science teacher Tamarah Danzy and principal Aubrey Flowers have received the national Milken Educator Award. Milken Educator Awards Senior Program Director Greg Gallagher and state officials presented the prestigious awards, each of which comes with $25,000. Danzy teaches science at the Union Eighth Grade Center in Broken Arrow, within the Union Public Schools district. She…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Weight loss jokes such as the one that goes, “I’m on a seafood diet. When I see food I eat it,” might give you a laugh but they won’t help you lose weight. After all as we age our metabolism slows down and that’s what causes those extra pounds. Right? Wrong! Researchers…
Oklahoma Blood Institute has less than half of the blood supply needed, threatening a critical blood shortage for local patients, and creating an immediate need for blood donors. The national blood supply has stayed near emergency levels for months, having never recovered from COVID-related challenges. Oklahoma’s supply has faced similar challenges, as well as blood…
High school juniors and seniors across the state have an expanded opportunity for a low-cost college option through dual credit, also called concurrent enrollment. Tulsa Community College is launching High School Plus One across Oklahoma providing virtual college courses for eligible high school juniors and seniors beginning Fall 2022. This means high school students can…
Silver Service members are inviting the public to a luncheon at 11:45 a.m. on May 21 at Oaks Country Club. An auction will be held at 10:30 a.m. A book review of Life of the Party by Pamela Digby (presented by Mary Helen Stanley) will follow the lunch. Silver Service is a Tulsa organization founded…
A project to install bike lanes on West 11th Street from Boulder Avenue to Denver Avenue, and then on West 12th Street between Denver Avenue and Southwest Boulevard has started. Completion of the project is scheduled for mid-May or sooner, depending on weather conditions. Lane closures will alternate between the curb lanes and the inside…