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Thanksgiving gasoline prices rise

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Tulsa gas prices have risen 4.2 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.19/g today, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 321 stations. Gas prices in Tulsa are 0.4 cents per gallon lower than a month ago, yet stand 18.9 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. According to GasBuddy price reports, the…

Editorial: Give thanks this Thanksgiving

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Tulsans, Oklahomans and Americans have a lot to be thankful for. Americans live in the most affluent nation in the history of the world. Americans enjoy more freedoms than other people can even imagine. That’s why so many are so desperate to come to America and make a new life. Who should be thanked on…

Here’s my list of some of the things I am thankful for

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I love that America takes at least one day a year to give thanks. For me, that begins with thanks to God and our Lord Jesus Christ. Every good thing and every perfect is from above, coming down from the Father of lights. Image if one of your children never thanked you for all that…

City closings

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City offices will be closed on November 28-29 to celebrate Thanksgiving. Emergency responders will still be available.  City offices will be closed on December 24-25 to celebrate Christmas and January 1 for New Year’s Day.

St. Paul is the top city for Thanksgiving

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Top Cities for Thanksgiving St. Paul, Minnesota            Scottsdale, Arizona            Virginia Beach, Virginia                 Orlando, Florida                 Denver, Colorado               Gilbert, Arizona                  Louisville, Kentucky            Raleigh, North Carolina                 Irvine, California                Norfolk, Virginia Chandler, Arizona Henderson, Nevada Mesa, Arizona                  Minneapolis, Minnesota Plano, Texas Miami, Florida Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky Colorado Springs, Colorado Fort…

Safety tips for Thanksgiving turkeys

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STILLWATER  – For many families celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday, the centerpiece on the table is the turkey. Oven roasted, deep fried or whatever the cooking method, making sure the turkey is handled safely from the store to the table is of utmost importance. Food safety starts at the grocery store, whether buying a fresh or…

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“When I am weary and cannot sleep.I count my blessings instead of sheep.And soon I fall asleep… Counting my blessings. When my bankroll is getting small.I think of when I had none at all.And I fall asleep, counting my blessings.” – Sung by the late Bing Crosby in White Christmas. You get in trouble when…

A Four-Year Thanksgiving

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There is probably no book that sets forth Thanksgiving as well as Bob Greene’s true story of the American spirit, Once Upon a Town. As he puts it, he was not sure he would find it on a long hot drive across Nebraska.  He was seeking: the best America there ever was or at least…

John 3:16 Mission,The Salvation Army seek more donations for Thanksgiving

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The annual Thanksgiving food drive by John 3:16 Mission plans to provide up to 4,000 baskets for struggling families plus feed more than 2,500 meals over Thanksgiving. The Mission needs donations of 88,000 pounds of food to accomplish this goal. On from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on November 17, John 3:16 Mission will collect…