Tulsa gas prices have fallen 5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.73/gallon Monday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 321 stations. Gas prices in Tulsa are 7.4 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 46.8 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. According to GasBuddy price reports, the…
The deadline for absentee ballots for the August 25 runoff election and Tulsa municipal election is 5 p.m. on August 18. That ballot includes a state and county runoff primary election; a City of Tulsa municipal election; five City of Tulsa proposed charter changes; a bond election for the City of Jenks; a sales tax…
The Tulsa County Election Board has received calls from voters who have been contacted on their personal cell phones by political campaigns. Election officials said those campaigns did not get the phone numbers from their office. Phone numbers are not part of the publicly available voter lists and are not available under the Open Records…
Three Republican runoff races – one for the State Senate and two for the State House – will be on the August 25 ballot in Tulsa. The ballot will have: Tulsa municipal races, including for mayor and seven city councilors Five proposed changes to the Tulsa City Charter A Jenks City bond proposal A Glenpool…
STILLWATER – Oklahomans are being asked to go against their natural curiosity and green-thumb tendencies, setting aside mail deliveries of mystery seeds from China instead of planting them. The packages turned up in several other states as well, including Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Ohio and Washington, according to reports from those states’ departments of agriculture. Many…
Tulsa unemployment rate drops The City of Tulsa had an unemployment rate of 8.1% in June, which is the 25th best in a national survey of U.S. cities by WalletHub.com. That June figure was 117% higher than June of 2019 and 140% higher than January of 2020. According to WalletHub.com, The national unemployment rate is…
As of August 3, there are 38,602 confirmed positive cases of the Chinese coronavirus in Oklahoma. There have been 644,042 tests for the virus in Oklahoma with 599,461 negative results. Statewide, there are 628 patients in hospitals. Since the pandemic began, there have been 3,275 total hospitalizations with 561 total deaths. The City of Tulsa…
The Broken Arrow Public Schools will start the school year in person on August 19. All staff and students in the third grade and up will be required to wear masks as part of the reaction of the coronavirus pandemic. Students who don’t want to attend in person have the option of signing up for…
The speed limit has been extended to 80 mph on some stretches of Oklahoma’s turnpike system. The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority approved raising the speed limit on rural segments of selected turnpikes from 75 mph to 80 mph. That includes the Kickapoo Turnpike which is scheduled to open later this year. These segments total 104 miles…
STILLWATER — Oklahoma State University will require students living on campus this school year to complete a COVID-19 test before checking in to campus housing. The university, in its effort to provide safe housing and move-in procedures, also is implementing a staggered move-in schedule for campus residents. All residents are assigned a specific date and…