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Just Between Friends saves money

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(PRNewswire) – Just Between Friends,  North America’s largest and leading children’s and maternity pop-up consignment community marketplace, is committed to providing a resource for families to help make money-saving switches this summer. The next sale in Tulsa is July 15-17  at Rhema Rec Center, 1421 West Kenosha Street in Broken Arrow. As the cost of…

The outdoor sign of Boston Avenue United Methodist Church in downtown Tulsa

Gay “Pride” support

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The outdoor sign Boston Avenue United Methodist Church in downtown Tulsa showed that congregation’s support for the Tulsa “Gay Pride Parade” on June 26. The church opened its restrooms and gave access to water fountains to parade goers. Some of the other sponsors for the weekend activities that promote homosexuality included American Airlines, KHITs 106.9…

SCOTUS makes changes in McGirt

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State can prosecute non-Indian criminals The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled the State of Oklahoma has the authority to arrest and prosecute non-Indian criminals who victimize Indians living on tribal reservation land in the state. “This Court has long held that Indian country is part of a state, not separate from it,” the majority opinion…

Gov. Stitt, Hofmeister, Lankford post primary victories

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Gov. Kevin Stitt won the Republican primary June 28 and Joy Hofmeister, a former Republican, won the Democrat primary – both by impressive margins. They will face each other in the general election November 8. U.S. Sen. James Lankford doubled the vote total of challenger Jackson Lahmeyer, a Tulsa pastor, in the race for one…

Tulsa desperately needs poll workers for August, November

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The Tulsa County Election Board has an immediate need for poll workers for the upcoming August 23 runoff election and November 8 election. The recent pandemic and labor shortage has left many of the counties across Oklahoma in critical need for poll workers on election day. Poll workers are compensated for their time and, in…

West Nile Virus case in Oklahoma

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The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) is reporting the first human case, and death in 2022 caused by West Nile Virus (WNV) in a Central Oklahoma resident. The patient was hospitalized before passing away. WNV spreads through the bite of an infected mosquito. In Oklahoma, WNV is primarily spread by the Culex mosquito, which…

New tuition/fees for state colleges

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The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education has set new tuition and mandatory fee levels for Oklahoma’s public colleges and universities. Nine institutions across the state system of higher education are not increasing tuition and mandatory fees for resident undergraduate students in 2022-23. Tuition and mandatory fees for in-state undergraduate students will increase an average…

Oklahomans assist Ukrainians in need

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This summer, dozens of Oklahomans looking for an easy, hands-on way to help Ukrainians in need are volunteering as conversation partners at ENGin. ENGin, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, pairs Ukrainian youth with English-speakers for free online conversation practice and cross-cultural connection. The program complements humanitarian aid by giving Ukrainians skills to support themselves in the longer…

Street rehab work in West Tulsa

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A street rehabilitation project on Southwest Boulevard between West 23rd Street and West 40th Street has begun. During this project, traffic will be limited to one lane in each direction in the work area. Access will be maintained for all residents and businesses. Work to be done on this 1.8-mile section includes mill, patch and…

Grant to fund research into lupus

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The National Institutes of Health awarded the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation a new grant to better understand lupus. OMRF scientist Swapan Nath, Ph.D., studies genetic variants, or mutations, thought to play a role in lupus, a disease in which the immune system becomes unbalanced and attacks the body’s own tissues. Lupus can result in damage…