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Democrat-run cities want to eliminate police departments

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Guess who is defunding their police department? The City of Austin, Capitol city of Texas. That is hard to believe. The Austin City Council, a hotbed of progressive, didn’t completely defund the police – they just cut $150,000,000.00 from the police budget out of a total budget of $4,200,000,000.00. The original budget called for about…

Opposing anarchy

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DA: Tulsa police protect the public America is experiencing a wave of unrest, rioting and protests with symbols of America’s history being prime targets of hate speech and destruction. “I can’t say this is unexpected,” Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler said  on Tulsa Beacon Weekend on KCFO AM970 radio. “This script has been written…

Property auction is online

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The City of Tulsa Surplus Property Auction has moved online and is now open through the Purple Wave auction website:m www.purplewave.com. On this website, potential bidders can view the items available for auction, with photos and detailed descriptions. Then bidders can register and make bids on the items.  Items available in the auction are just…

Baseball in Tulsa next week?

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Baseball returns to ONEOK Field next week, but it’s not the professional minor league variety. The Tulsa Drillers organization will operate a team in the Texas Collegiate League, and host a high school all-star series. For baseball starved fans, this is good news. The TCL is like other summer college baseball leagues around the country,…

Tulsa County Update

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The County Parks Department is prepared to open LaFortune Golf Course and Grill, South Lakes Golf Course and Grill, and the Case Tennis Center at LaFortune.  Changes include: Accepting pre-payments on the LaFortune and South Lakes websites Sanitizing range baskets between use and allowing only single riders on golf carts with the exception for those…

The threat of the coronavirus is real

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The threat of coronavirus is quite real. The next several weeks are paramount in determining the impact this virus has on our communities. Awful national tragedies such as Hurricane Katrina have shown us what happens when government fails to aggressively act preemptively. We have a chance to change our trajectory.  We must mitigate the impact…

Battling Coronavirus

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Due to the coronavirus outbreak, President Donald Trump has declared a national disaster, Gov. Kevin Stitt has declared a state of emergency and Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum is canceling or postponing events with 50 people or more at all city facilities. President Trump and the CDC declared a state of emergency, which will release federal…

No. 1 Baylor beats Cowboys, 78-70

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Five players scored in double figures for No. 1 Baylor Saturday as unranked Oklahoma State fell, 70-78, in Waco, Texas. OSU (11-12, 1-9 in the Big 12) had four players foul out of the game. The Cowboys did have balanced scoring. Cameron McGriff and Isaac Likekele had 11 points each and Thomas Dziagwa and Kalib…

North Dakota State tops ORU 83-76

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FARGO, N.D. – Deondre Burns and Kevin Obanor combined for 46 points for ORU but it wasn’t enough Saturday as the Golden Eagles fell at North Dakota State, 76-83. Burns scored 60 percent of the Golden Eagles points in the opening half putting up 21 on 9-of-11 shooting and ended with 26 points. Obanor had…

Grimes Elementary School

Decision on vote to close four more TPS schools nears

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Later this month, the Tulsa School Board will decide whether or not to close four elementary schools – a decision that would displace 1,200 children. Superintendent Deborah Gist has recommended the closing of Wright Elementary, Grimes Elementary, Mark Twain Elementary and Jones Elementary. Despite more funding from the state – and a host of other…