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Tulsa Senate seats up for grabs following filing

April 16, 2020

Candidates for federal, state and county offices in the Tulsa area filed last week despite limitations due to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic. In Senate District 37, Sen. Allison Ikley-Freeman – a Democrat married to another woman – has two Republican challengers – Cody Rogers and Chris Emerson. Three Tulsa area senators were re-elected because no…

TCC, Rogers State have special offers for summer classes

April 16, 2020

Tulsa Community College will move summer classes to online and distance learning following its decision to shift classes for the spring semester. Like many schools across this country, TCC is adapting to the current environment and delivering services to students remotely. “Our faculty and staff have done a tremendous job in shifting operations from in-person…

Online summer course offer at RSU

April 16, 2020

Rogers State University now offers a completely online summer session at a price lower than most major universities. Students can enroll in summer classes at a rate of $249 per credit hour in tuition and fees, which is among the most competitively priced rates in Oklahoma and the nation. This summer rate is available to…

Dept. of Education OKs waivers

April 16, 2020

The U.S. Department of Education (USDE) has granted preliminary approval of Oklahoma waivers allowing public school districts greater flexibility in the spending of existing federal funds. The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) received notification by USDE that it had been approved. The waivers allow schools to repurpose existing K-12 education funds for a number…

Tulsa gas prices continue to drop

April 16, 2020

Tulsa gas prices have fallen 6.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.38/gallon as of Monday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 321 stations. Gas prices in Tulsa are 42.7 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 115.4 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. According to GasBuddy price…

$1m gift to Community Food Bank

April 16, 2020

A $1 million donation from the Richison Family Foundation, established by Paycom’s founder and CEO, Chad Richison, will help the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma provide nearly 25,000 emergency food boxes a month through June. The boxes will be distributed through its network of partner agencies across 24 eastern Oklahoma counties through June. The…

Meals on Wheels matching grant

April 16, 2020

Meals on Wheels of Metro Tulsa, a Tulsa-based, community funded nonprofit serving homebound individuals with nutritious meals and essential services, received a $50,000 Matching Grant from the Helmerich Family Trust to support the organization’s mission to deliver meals and essential services to homebound seniors during COVID-19. The Helmerich Family Trust will match all donations made…

Number of homeless needing help spiking

April 9, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is taking a toll on Tulsa’s homeless population and it could quickly get much worse, according to the Rev. Steve Whitaker, senior pastor and CEO of John 3:16 Mission. “This is stressful,” Whitaker said. “We are being told to shelter in place. The people we serve in some respects are the hardest…

Mend Resource Center helping pregnant women

April 9, 2020

What is Mend Medical Clinic and Pregnancy Resource Center’s is responding to COVID-19 in several ways even though the clinic itself is closed. All the area pregnancy resource centers are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic but so are the state’s abortion clinics. Gov. Kevin Stitt’s issued an executive order to halt elective surgeries so…

Judge reopens Oklahoma abortion clinics

April 9, 2020

U.S. District Judge Charles Goodwin thinks Gov. Kevin Stitt has no right to label abortion as elective surgery and has ordered that the abortion clinics in Oklahoma be allowed to reopen and resume their deadly procedures. Goodwin issued a temporary restraining order Monday to lift Stitt’s ban on surgical abortions in Oklahoma. Stitt issued the…