With the cost of groceries increasing, many families in Tulsa need help filling their tables with a special Thanksgiving meal. The John 3:16 Mission is hosting food drives at various grocery stores around the Tulsa metro Saturday, November 8, 15, and 22, from 9 am to 2 pm (see locations below). Stop in and shop…
ONEOK 107th Annual Tulsa Veterans Day Parade – The 107th Annual Tulsa Veterans Day Parade, presented by ONEOK! The parade been marching, unbroken, since 1918 at 3rd and Boston in downtown Tulsa on November 11th. Jenks 2nd Annual Veterans day Dinner – Hosted by the Jenks Veterans Advisory Council. It will held on Sun,…
OKLAHOMA CITY – Beginning Nov. 1, a new law updated existing diagnostic mammography law to ensure diagnostic and supplemental breast cancer services are covered with no out-of-pocket costs under health benefit plans. Services covered are recommended by medical experts for early detection of breast cancer. The law’s House author is Rep. Melissa Provenzano, D-Tulsa. “Early…
OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Bill 54, a measure championed by Senator Darrell Weaver, R-Moore, during the 2025 legislative session, will soon take effect on November 1 and expand the definition of Aggravated DUI under Oklahoma law. The new law strengthens Oklahoma’s efforts to protect motorists and families by including additional offenses such as causing a…
For three weeks now, parts of the federal government have been shut down after Democrats successfully prevented the passage of legislation that would keep the government open, operating at existing funding levels. By the start of November, the shutdown is expected to result in the loss of funding for the federal food-stamp program, now referred…
Property Owners Can Reclaim Seized Land OKLAHOMA CITY – After Nov. 1, the Oklahoma Transportation Commission will be required to notify previous property owners if the land they sold to the Commission is going to be offered for sale. The property owners would then have the right to repurchase at their original selling price. The…
OKLAHOMA CITY – For Lorene Bible, Nov. 1 can’t come soon enough. That’s the date House Bill 1001 takes effect. The bill, authored by Rep. Steve Bashore, R-Miami, adds accessory to murder in the first or second degree to the list of crimes requiring an offender to serve 85% of their prison sentence before being…
OKLAHOMA CITY – A new law requiring cultivated- or manufactured-protein food products – including those derived from plant or insect proteins – to be clearly labeled as distinct from meat takes effect Nov. 1. Rep. Jim Grego, R-Wilburton, authored House Bill 1126. The measure requires food manufacturers to clearly disclose that cell-cultivated or cultured products…
OKLAHOMA CITY – Two historic measures reforming Oklahoma’s fines and fees systems will take effect Nov. 1, offering more Oklahomans leaving incarceration a better chance to get on their feet. House Bill 1460 and House Bill 1462, authored by Rep. Tammy West, eliminate several fines and fees while securing victim restitution payments. “For too long,…
Monday, Governor Kevin Stitt announced the Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) and Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) had begun clean ups of state property across Oklahoma City as part of Operation SAFE. Operation SAFE, which began in Tulsa, is the state’s initiative to restore safety and cleanliness by removing homeless encampments, trash, and debris from state-owned…