Project Get Fit!, is a new initiative to increase health and wellness for schoolchildren across Oklahoma with a focus on five high-need districts. The project is made possible by a $1.825 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Project Get Fit! is designed to improve student access to nutrition, increase physical education…
The Military History Center will present a POW/MIA Event on September 15. The program to honor POW/MIA soldiers will take place at the Military History Center in Broken Arrow at 10 a.m. The Military History Center is at the intersection of College and Main Street in Broken Arrow. U.S. Army veteran Bill Grisez is the…
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter has taken action in response to a South Carolina federal judge’s ruling that overturned Pres. Donald Trump’s attempt to delay the contentious Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. The judge’s decision reinstates the 2015 WOTUS rule immediately in Oklahoma and 25 other states. Hunter led an alliance of organizations…
In Tulsa, The Church at Midtown and Victory Christian Center will hold classes in September for (Dave) Ramsey Solutions’ Financial Peace University (FPU). More than 5 million people have positively changed their financial future through FPU. Created by financial expert Dave Ramsey, the nine-week digital course provides families and individuals with practical tools to gain…
An evening with three best-selling and award-winning authors will include delicious food and will support Tulsa City County Library’s Ruth G. Hardman Adult Literacy Service. As part of National Literacy Awareness Month, TCCL and the Tulsa Library Trust present “Chapters: A Casual Evening of Books, Bards and Bites” September 20th at 6:30 p.m. at Hardesty…
On July 18, the Oklahoma District Attorneys Association (ODAA) installed its new leadership for a one-year term and Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler will represent Region 5. District 8 District Attorney Brian Hermanson, Kay and Noble Counties, was installed as president of the association. District 6 District Attorney Jason Hicks, Caddo, Grady, Jefferson and…
An estimated 16,000 students are enrolled in courses from Accounting to Veterinary Technology for this semester at Tulsa Community College. TCC has four main campuses – Metro, Northeast, Southeast, and West as well as the Riverside Community Campus and Aviation Center at the Richard Lloyd Jones Jr. Airport and the Owasso Community Campus. New this…
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter charged a former board president of the Down Syndrome Association of Tulsa for allegedly embezzling money from the organization. Jamie Harper faces 19 counts of embezzlement and one count of engaging in a pattern of criminal offenses after an investigation by the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Unit. A complaint filed…