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Presidential contest shows clear contrasts

October 29, 2020

Americans will pick between two candidates on opposite ends of the political spectrum in the presidential election on Tuesday. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence are facing Democrat Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in an election that could drastically alter the nation. Trump and Pence want to build on the pre-pandemic economic success…

Bynum re-elected mayor, three city councilors win

September 3, 2020

Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum was re-elected to a second four-year term August 25 but he was just less than 2 percentage points away from advancing the November 3 general election. Bynum was just 1,320 votes away from not getting the required 50%-plus-one votes that would have pitted him against Gregory C. Robinson II, who came…

Democrat-run cities want to eliminate police departments

September 3, 2020 Charles Biggs

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

July 2, 2020

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

July 2, 2020

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?

June 25, 2020 Jeff Brucculeri

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

May 7, 2020

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

March 26, 2020 Rep. Sean Roberts

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

March 19, 2020

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

February 13, 2020

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…