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- Mosquito tests positive for West Nile virus, Tulsa Health Department confirms
Friday - 06/29/2018 - 10:48 AMThe months of July through October are typically the highest risk months for exposure to West Nile in Oklahoma, though the health department begins its mosquito surveillance program each May.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - State regents approve tuition, fee increases an average 4 percent, but some schools have no increase
Friday - 06/29/2018 - 01:00 AMOklahoma State Regents for Higher Education will approve fiscal year 2019 budgets and tuition rates for the state’s public institutions.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gilcrease Expressway extension cost, toll rate to be higher than initially expected
Thursday - 06/28/2018 - 07:30 PMThe price to build the five-mile extension is now estimated to be approximately $340 million, up about $40 million, with the toll $1.85 for vehicles traveling the full length of the new roadway, state officials said Thursday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Family of Dena Dean meets with Tulsa County District Attorney's Office
Thursday - 06/28/2018 - 05:45 PMFamily members of Dena Dean met Thursday with personnel from the Tulsa County District Attorney's Office, a possible sign that authorities — shortly after the 20th anniversary of Dean's death — are close to having a case filed against the…
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Heat advisory to be in effect Thursday afternoon as temperatures reach nearly triple digits in Tulsa
Thursday - 06/28/2018 - 07:00 AMThe National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for the Tulsa area on Thursday afternoon and evening due to pervasive warmth.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Report: Oklahoma drops into the bottom 10 states for child well-being
Thursday - 06/28/2018 - 01:00 AMThe state ranked 44th out of 50 states.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - State regents hear budget pitches from colleges, universities
Thursday - 06/28/2018 - 01:00 AMOklahoma State Regents for Higher Education meet to hear budget/tuition presentations from all 25 colleges and universities Wednesday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ponca City woman sentenced for ricin possession in failed 'murder-for-hire' plot
Thursday - 06/28/2018 - 01:00 AMLayman, 38, pleaded guilty in February to unregistered possession of ricin. The extremely hazardous toxin, derived from castor beans, has no known antidote.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Man accused in ambush-style shooting charged with murder
Wednesday - 06/27/2018 - 08:56 PMProsecutors charged a man on Wednesday with murder after he allegedly ambushed, shot and killed an acquaintance of his romantic companion in late June at a north Tulsa residence.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - EMSA issues medical heat alert; area under heat advisory today, Thursday
Wednesday - 06/27/2018 - 05:51 PMThe National Weather Service said heat index values will be 105 to 110 degrees Wednesday and during the afternoon and evening on Thursday.
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- Man accused of indecent act on public bench downtown
Friday - 06/29/2018 - 12:31 AMTulsa police arrested a man Thursday afternoon on allegations he masturbated on a bench adjacent to the Tulsa World and next to the Reunion Center in downtown Tulsa.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - John Klein: Award-winning Internet business can reach the world from anywhere - including Tulsa
Friday - 06/29/2018 - 01:00 AMTulsa-based Spherexx.com has grown from three workers in the kitchen of a south Tulsa home to 64 employees servicing about 4,000 clients worldwide.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Remembering Dana Gilpin: Late Tulsa artist, animal advocate was ‘glittery, creative force’ for good
Thursday - 06/28/2018 - 05:30 PMGilpin died June 24 at 64. A memorial service is set for 11 a.m. Saturday, June 30, at All Souls Unitarian Church.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Crash closes I-244 in downtown Tulsa
Thursday - 06/28/2018 - 01:10 PMThe eastbound, northbound and westbound lanes of Interstate 244 in downtown Tulsa's Inner-Dispersal Loop are closed due to a collision.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dozens of candidates with education ties advance after Tuesday's primaries
Wednesday - 06/27/2018 - 09:18 AMOf the nearly 800 Oklahomans who filed to run for office this year, the Oklahoma Education Association identified 112 candidates as educators, education support professionals, administrators, retirees or Oklahomans with an immediate family member who works in education.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - John 3:16 Mission opens live-in recovery program for homeless women
Thursday - 06/28/2018 - 01:00 AMMerry Kimbell was put out on the street more than two decades ago after a series of bad choices caused strife between her and her sister, with whom she was living.
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Thursday - 06/28/2018 - 01:00 AMPick 3: 2-8-4
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Will Rogers Says
Thursday - 06/28/2018 - 01:00 AM"We’ll show the world we are prosperous if we have to go broke to do it.” — Nov. 18, 1927
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kevin Stitt goes from political unknown to gubernatorial contender
Wednesday - 06/27/2018 - 08:45 PMIn 12 months, Stitt has gone from political unknown to the Republican gubernatorial runoff election. All it has taken is hard work, a persuasive message and a few bucks — around 4.8 million of them.Complete coverage: tulsaworld.com/election2018
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Claremore doctor, patients charged with conspiring to distribute hydrocodone via prescription-sharing
Wednesday - 06/27/2018 - 01:30 PMJeremy David Thomas is named federal indictments that accuse him of prescribing hydrocodone to patients who would have the prescriptions filled and then deliver tablets back to the doctor.
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- Winning lottery numbers for Thursday, June 28, 2018
Friday - 06/29/2018 - 12:00 AMLucky for Life: 3-23-27-47-48 3
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - City program engages Tulsans to help reduce number of derelict properties
Thursday - 06/28/2018 - 07:15 PMJames Wagner gets one version or another of this question all the time: What can I do to help the city?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Special session may not be needed for medical marijuana regulations, House majority leader says
Thursday - 06/28/2018 - 05:15 PMA leading House Republican said Thursday he thinks most and maybe all of the regulatory framework for medical marijuana can be formulated through the state Department of Health and won't require a special legislative session.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Report: Teachers were once told over the intercom to change grades as state investigation into Langston Hughes Academy shows ‘a
Thursday - 06/28/2018 - 01:30 PMState report showed discrepancies in grade transcripts, suspensions and attendance as required by law in what could have been an effort to illegally obtain state funding.From April 27: Superintendent, other staffers suspended after allegations of grade-tampering at Langston Hughes Academy
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Medical marijuana users can't legally own firearms, federal government says
Thursday - 06/28/2018 - 08:03 AMDespite voters approving State Question 788 this week, Oklahomans with medical marijuana cards will likely not be able to legally own or obtain firearms due to federal law.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Late 104-year-old World War II veteran Mamie Dixon, formerly of Coweta, remembered at service
Thursday - 06/28/2018 - 01:01 AMDixon, who lived at Claremore Veterans Center, was a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She died June 7.Related story: World War II veteran celebrates her 104th birthday with cake, powwow
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Health commissioner discusses implementation of medical marijuana
Thursday - 06/28/2018 - 01:00 AMThe medical marijuana that is to be sold in Oklahoma will have to be grown, processed and distributed to dispensaries for resale, said Chip Paul, co-founder of the group that backed Oklahoma's state question.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - First medical cannabis clinic sets up shop in Tulsa, but licensing guidelines and protocols yet to be established
Wednesday - 06/27/2018 - 08:45 PM“That’s the biggest misconception — that we dispense weed,” the co-owner of the clinic told the Tulsa World.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - SQ 788 advocate who was removed from Rogers County marijuana forum wants FBI, OSBI investigation
Wednesday - 06/27/2018 - 06:45 PMChip Paul said Wednesday that he has contacted the FBI, plans to contact the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and is working with the ACLU of Oklahoma because he doesn't believe he will be treated fairly by city and county…
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The last two kids at Laura Dester center leave Wednesday, ending facility's work as a state-run shelter
Wednesday - 06/27/2018 - 02:35 PMThe Department of Human Services asked for an extra 60 days past the June 30 cutoff to carry out the best transitions possible to alternative placements. However, a federal judge sided with the oversight panel, which had cited a substantial…
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