On August 14, the City of Broken Arrow and the Military History Center hosted the 74th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day) at the Veterans’ Park in Broken Arrow. The event was organized by veteran Frank Reisinger, who was in Tulsa when the surrender was announced. Over 200 hundred veterans and citizens attended….
Over the last two legislative sessions, lawmakers have increased K-12 school appropriations by 20 percent, funneling $638 million more into the system, boosting teacher pay by a combined total average of more than $7,000 apiece, and devoting millions more to classroom funding. Most of the funding increase came during the 2018 legislative session and flowed…
According to a national report, Oklahoma has a lot of 3- and 4-year-olds in public education but the quality of that learned in the bottom third of the rankings. Oklahoma is ranked No. 16 overall but No. 34 in “quality” and No. 27 in “resources and economic support” in WalletHub’s “2019’s States with the Best…
Tulsa is No. 51 and Oklahoma City is No. 24 in WalletHub’s “2019’s Best Places to Flip Houses.” Tulsa’s “market potential rank” is No. 56. Tulsa’s “renovation and remodeling costs” ranking is No. 22. The “quality of life ranking” for Tulsa is No. 143. Oklahoma City’s “market potential rank” is No. 47. Oklahoma City’s “renovation…
OKLAHOMA CITY – Why do some people face a higher risk than others for alcoholism and drug abuse? A researcher at the OU College of Medicine, William R. Lovallo, Ph.D., recently published one of the field’s few studies focused on how a person’s genes contribute to addiction. Lovallo’s research showed that a tiny genetic mutation…
KJRH 2 (Channel 2) has hired Mike Brooks and Vincent Hill as news anchors. Brooks joins Karen Larsen at the anchor desk, alongside Chief Meteorologist Mike Collier and sports Director Cayden McFarland weeknights at 5, 6, and 10. Hill will man the anchor desk Saturday and Sunday evenings. Brooks is a graduate of Oklahoma State…
Voters who want to have their absentee ballots mailed to them for the September 10 Town of Sperry PSO Utility Franchise election should apply now, said Tulsa County Election Board Secretary Gwen Freeman. The deadline for applications for absentee ballots is 6 p.m. September 4. Ballot applications are available at the Tulsa County Election Board…
American Rosie the Riveter Association is trying to locate women who worked on the home front during World War II. Thousands of women worked to support the war effort as riveters, welders, electricians, inspectors in plants, sewing clothing and parachutes for the military, ordnance workers, rolling bandages, clerical, farming, and many other jobs such as…
PAWHUSKA — Michael Joseph Demaro, 44, of Skiatook was convicted and sentenced August 13 on three counts of larceny of domestic animals, cattle. The convictions are the result of an investigation by Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) Special Ranger Bart Perrier. According to Perrier, from June 21 to June 27, 2018, he received…
Tulsa voters will decide the fate of three city proposals on November 12 for a sales tax increase of $639,000,000.00 that would last more than six years. The first proposition is supposed to go for streets and “transportation.” The second proposition is for capital projects (parks, public safety, vehicles, etc.) The third proposition would create…