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Amnesty for parking, moving violation tickets

Tulsa Beacon

Tulsa Municipal Court is providing two amnesty sessions for citizens who have outstanding citations for parking and traffic moving violations. The parking amnesty will be October 28-November 8. The first amnesty session will be limited to parking tickets. As of today, the City currently has 66,857 unpaid parking citations, which total $2.6 million. During the…

New laws helps sheriffs

Tulsa Beacon

County sheriffs throughout Oklahoma have received support with the passage of Senate Bill 244 this past session.  The measure, by Senate principal author Michael Bergstrom, R-Adair, and House principal author Rep. Zack Taylor, R-Seminole, ends a practice that often resulted in county jails having to pay for the cost of housing inmates awaiting transport to…

Oklahoma Young Republicans elect Sen. Dahm, Sen. Silk

Tulsa Beacon

The Oklahoma Young Republicans at their state convention elected a new slate of officers by acclamation. Among the officers chosen to lead the youth organization were Sen. Nathan Dahm, who will serve as vice chairman for the 1st Congressional District, and Senator Joseph Silk, who will serve as vice chairman for the 2nd Congressional District….

Costs keep rising for senior citizens

Tulsa Beacon

WASHINGTON, D.C. — “It’s a fact that the cost of providing services at senior citizen facilities increases annually for any of a variety of reasons. It’s also a fact, however, that most seniors living in assisted living facilities and senior housing don’t have the resources to pay steadily increasing rates, particularly when they exceed the…

Civil Air Patrol gets scholarships

Tulsa Beacon

Civil Air Patrol’s 2019 scholarship finalists have received 91 awards collectively worth $154,570. Each year, CAP provides financial assistance to select, deserving cadets through academic and flight scholarships based on merit or needs-based awards. The scholarship portfolio is announced each fall, and finalists are named the following spring and summer. “For the first time, we…

Rep. Hern to speak to GOP women

Tulsa Beacon

U.S. Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, will speak at the October 8 meeting of the Republican Women’s Club of Tulsa. The luncheon will be from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Crown Plaza Hotel and Convention Center, 7992 S. Lewis Ave. The cost is $20 for members, $22 for non-members. Reservations are required and must…

Kickapoo Turnpike officially named

Tulsa Beacon

OKLAHOMA — The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) Board of Directors voted to approve the Kickapoo Turnpike as the official name of the Driving Forward initiative’s Eastern Oklahoma County corridor construction project at its monthly board meeting. “We are honored to recognize the Kickapoo Tribe through the naming of the Kickapoo Turnpike,” Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation…

Free cataract surgery for veterans

Tulsa Beacon

EyeCare Associates of South Tulsa will be celebrating their 3rd Annual “Giving Thanks By Giving Sight” on November 8 in honor of Veteran’s Day by volunteering their time, staff, clinic and surgery center to provide free cataract surgery to veterans in need. Board-certified Ophthalmic surgeon, Dr. Dan Langley, graduated from Washington State University and obtained…

How is the progressive movement affecting millennials?

Tulsa Beacon

WASHINGTON, D.C. – “Any man who is under 25, and is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains.”  The origins of this quotation are uncertain. Numerous variations of it have been around for nearly 150 years and have been attributed to…

Stitt appoints Gary Cox to OSDH

Tulsa Beacon

Gov. Kevin Stitt announced has appointed Gary Cox as Oklahoma Commissioner of Health, a position that requires Senate confirmation.  Cox  began leading the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) on September 13.   “Gary Cox is a respected and dedicated public health leader in our state who brings over 40 years of experience to his new…