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Fall Home Expo Packs Expo Square With 100+ Vendors, $30,000 Backyard Prize
More than 100 vendors filled the Exchange Center at Expo Square in Tulsa this weekend for the Fall Home Expo, which closed Sunday with rescue dogs, a sprawling garden-train display and a shot at $30,000 in home improvements up for grabs. Organizers billed it as the newest home show in the market, and it leaned into that identity with more than 60 categories of home products and services under one roof.
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You Watch Molten Glass Turn Into Your Own Ornament at a Tulsa Hot Shop
I expected a quick craft class and maybe a few photos, not a glowing blob of liquid glass spinning at the end of a steel pipe a few feet from my face. Tucked inside a public park in Oklahoma, a working hot shop lets regular folks step up to the furnace and shape something real.
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Tulsa 10: Nov. 10-16
Gilcrease Museum will host the Annual Eddie Faye Gates Program on Nov. 10 at 5:30 p.m. Featuring the likes of Don Thompson, Michelle Burdex, Lynn Wallace and Autumn Brown, the panel of guests will explore the lasting impact of Eddie Faye Gates’ work. Taking place at Rudisill Regional Library, this event is free to attend, though registration is required. More information here.
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Mother Randle, last known survivor of Tulsa Race Massacre, celebrates 112th birthday
Dozens of friends and family gathered Friday night at All Souls Unitarian Church to celebrate the 112th birthday of Lessie Benningfield Randle, the last known survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre. The night was part celebration, part commemoration for Randle’s century-long fight for justice. In 1921 she witnessed a white...
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Tulsa County and Little League Baseball argue over more than $100,000 in utility charges
TULSA, Okla. — Tulsa County says Tulsa Little League owes more than $100,000 in unpaid utility bills and interest. The nonprofit says it was never billed and that its utilities are paid in full. The dispute is playing out in court, where the Board of County Commissioners sued Tulsa...
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At 112, Mother Randle remains a powerful presence as Tulsa marks her milestone birthday
TULSA, Okla. — Family and friends gathered Friday morning to celebrate a historic milestone for Lessie Benningfield Randle, also known as “Mother Randle,” the last known living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The celebration was held at All Souls Unitarian Church in midtown Tulsa in...
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About 15,000 Aetna Medicare Advantage and employer-plan members in the Tulsa area have been out of network at Hillcrest hospitals since Nov. 1
About 15,000 people in the Tulsa area with Aetna Medicare Advantage or employer coverage have been out of network at Hillcrest HealthCare System since Nov. 1, when the two sides’ agreement expired without a replacement. As of Nov. 7, no new contract has been announced. Hillcrest and Aetna each say they remain willing to keep […] The post About 15,000 Aetna Medicare Advantage and employer-plan members in the Tulsa area have been out of network at Hillcrest hospitals since Nov. 1 appeared first on The Money Overview .
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Tulsa’s future schedule takes on new stakes in expanded College Football Playoff
Tulsa’s nonconference schedule won’t need an overhaul to meet the College Football Playoff’s new scheduling standard. In 2027, the first season of the expanded 24-team playoff, the Golden Hurricane are scheduled to face Arkansas, Texas Southern, Oklahoma State and Louisiana Tech. Pair those games with an eight-game American Conference schedule, and Tulsa would have 11 qualifying opponents — one more than the required minimum.
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Tulsa PAC Ditches Temporary Theater Plan Ahead of $135M Renovation
Tulsa Performing Arts Center — Venue Scheduled For Renovation. The Tulsa Performing Arts Center Trust has abandoned plans to build a temporary standalone theater in the parking lot it owns on Cincinnati Avenue, scrapping an idea that had been floated as a stopgap venue while the downtown arts hub undergoes a major renovation. The decision affects a site planned directly east of the entertainment venue, and comes as the Trust prepares for a closure that will upend performance schedules for Tulsa's resident arts companies.
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Two Tulsa high schools make significant graduation gains despite statewide decline
TULSA, Okla. - Oklahoma’s latest school report cards show fewer schools receiving low grades, but the state’s reported four-year graduation rate has declined. While the statewide graduation rate dropped, two Tulsa high schools—McLain High School for Science and Technology and Daniel Webster High School—were among a small group of schools showing significant improvement.
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John 3:16 Mission launches Thanksgiving food drive to help Tulsa families in need
TULSA, Okla. — Thanksgiving is right around the corner and many families are worried about how they’ll put food on the table this year. John 3:16 Mission is doing all they can to make sure no family goes without a holiday meal. The shelves at John 3:16 Mission...
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MetroLink Tulsa launches 8-week body camera pilot
TULSA, Okla. - MetroLink Tulsa is launching an eight-week body camera pilot program for its LinkAssist paratransit operators and road supervisors, exploring new ways to enhance safety for frontline employees. The AXON Body Camera Pilot Program will examine how wearable cameras can provide an additional layer of protection and documentation...
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National Weather Service plans to launch severe weather warning system late 2027
The National Weather Service is fine-tuning an advanced severe weather warning system slated to launch by late 2027 or 2028. Threats-In-Motion (TIM) are thunderstorm and tornado warnings that continuously update as a storm progresses. It is the first stage of a next-generation forecast framework called Forecasting A Continuum of Environmental Threats, or FACETs.
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Inola Smelter opponents react to Mazzei’s win, want answers after election suggests project support
INOLA, OK - The fight over a proposed aluminum smelter in Inola is not over, even after the candidate who publicly supported the project won Oklahoma’s governor’s race. Casey Jones, executive director of the Grassroots Coalition, and Christine Roan, founder of Protect Inola, have spent months organizing residents and pushing for more information about the proposed facility.