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Get your Blazing Hot Bingo cards for the June game in today's Tulsa World

The first numbers for the June game will be published on Friday, June 1. It's not too late to play the May game and be eligible for a $1,000 grand prize.

 

Skywatch: Cool down this summer with an ice cream cone in the sky, also known as Bootes the herdsman

Sunday: Tonight the gibbous moon and the planet Jupiter are in the same region of the sky. At 9 p.m., the pair is separated by 4 degrees with the bright planet to the west of the moon.

 

Reporter and writer Michele Norris headlines 9th John Hope Franklin Symposium

Titled "The DNA of Reconciliation," this year's symposium begins at 6 p.m. Wednesday evening with a free, public opening session at the Greenwood Cultural Center, 322 N. Greenwood.

 

Chronic shortage of poll workers plagues county election board

"I'm 100 years old and I'm tired," one poll worker told election officials.

 

Resisting Trump in a bright red state

EDMOND, Oklahoma (AP) — Vicki Toombs was watching the returns on election night 2016 when her phone buzzed — a text from her 22-year-old son Beau in Chicago. Beau, who is gay, was afraid that the new administration would end…

 

It's a nine-person race for House District 68, and four are teachers

Nine candidates are vying for HD 68, with seven of those — four Republicans and three Democrats — entered in the June 26 primaries.

 

John Klein: Kentucky woman meets soldier's family 45 years after she first put on bracelet in his honor

Melody Vaught bought a Vietnam POW/MIA bracelet when she was 14 years old and wore it almost every day for the next 45 years until she found out he was "home" and buried at Fort Gibson National Cemetery.

 

NRA re-ignites debate, says OKC killing 'a wake-up call' to governor over constitutional carry

The NRA Tweets that armed bystanders who killed a gunman at an Oklahoma City restaurant should be "a wake-up call" on constitutional carry.

 

Route 66 PatriotFest gives salute to veterans, active military on Saturday

The annual affair had a full slate of exhibits, contests and activities to celebrate the country’s veterans and active military members. The money raised by the festival goes to support various veterans groups and causes.

 

Police work a boar: Tulsa officers rescue lost pig

Officers posted a photograph of the lost pig to their Facebook and Twitter in an effort to find the lost pig's home. Police state they found "the ole gal" Saturday afternoon wandering the 1600 block of North Sheridan.

 

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