Mayor G.T. Bynum and the City Council finally agreed to enforce the law and remove an illegal sign from the Greenwood District that reads, “Black Lives Matter.” The sign was painted on the street illegally just prior to the recent visit to Tulsa by President Donald Trump. There was no permit for the sign, which…
The Owasso VFW Post 7180 has canceled their monthly breakfast fundraisers for the rest of the year due to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic. They plan to resume the breakfasts in 2021. VFW Post 7180 will be holding a benefit garage sale on September 18-19, starting at 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. The garage…
Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) Board of Directors passed two resolutions encouraging the adoption of policies and laws to curb obesity in Oklahoma and to protect Oklahomans from the dangers of tobacco. Obesity is an increasing epidemic in Oklahoma. The state places 46th in U.S. health rankings, with 35% of the state’s population being obese….
The Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) Board of Directors approved funding for seven grants to address food insecurity and increase Oklahomans access to healthy and nutritious food. “Many Oklahomans were already struggling with food insecurity and access to nutritious food even before the pandemic,” said TSET Board of Directors Chair Bruce Benjamin, Ph.D. “ The…
The City of Tulsa on September 12 will start an effort to clean up a site in the 36th Street North and Hawthorne area. The goal is to assist in the revitalization of the Hawthorne neighborhood. For two weeks, from Sept. 12 to Sept. 26, Hawthorne residents will receive help cleaning up trash, junk and…
In January, regulators in Pennsylvania put midsize long-term care insurance (LTCI) issuer, Senior Health Insurance Company of Pennsylvania (SHIP), in rehabilitation by court order. In response, the Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) sent out the letter to over 900 Oklahoma consumers with LTCI policies with SHIP to offer help and guidance. Even though OID is not…
Enrollment is up by more than 360 students at Oklahoma State University and retention is at an all-time high despite the challenges of a fall semester with a hybrid of online and in-person classes. The university saw a 1.5% bump in enrollment this fall compared with fall 2019. OSU has slightly more transfer students at…
For the week of August 23-29, Tulsa County saw a 4.36 percent decrease in cases of the Chinese coronavirus. There was a remarkable decrease in hospital admissions, which decreased by 32 percent compared to the previous week. The minimum age of those hospitalized continues to increase, and for the second week in a row there…
House Bill 3619 by State Rep. Terry O’Donnell, which was signed into law in May, ensures local property and business owners beginning Nov. 1 will have the right to connect to any utility legally operating in their area. This protects private property rights and consumer choice and promotes free enterprise, said O’Donnell, R-Catoosa. “This law…
House Speaker Charles McCall has appointed all House members to redistricting committees. Every ten years, the Oklahoma Constitution requires each legislative chamber to redraw its own districts and congressional districts following the release of decennial U.S. Census data. Eight regional redistricting subcommittees will go directly to the public to ask citizens how House districts should…