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Some Foyil property and business owners are raising concerns about public safety following the closure of the town's police department. We have been investigating what led up to the closure and what it means for the community ever since a viewer reached out about a traffic ticket they were unable to pay.

Crisis in Foyil: Locals voice concerns with inconsistent law enforcement

Jenks, OK

JENKS, Okla. (KTUL) — Home to where emergencies have been responded from for decades, the Jenks Central Fire Station recently had an emergency of its own. "This is totally uninhabitable now because of mold. It is totally shut down. That’s why we have the signs on the door that says closed to the public," said former Jenks city councilor Kaye Lynn.

When will new fire station become a reality in Jenks?

Oklahoma State

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — A recent report from the Southern Poverty Law Center identified 13 hate groups in Oklahoma, and several of them make regular appearances at your local school board meetings. For nearly 20 years, Moms For America has promoted a "love of liberty" that counters what they...

Southern Poverty Law Center identifies 13 'hate groups' in Oklahoma

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Westlake Ace Hardware and The Salvation Army in Tulsa are holding their annual fan drive in hopes to provide local citizens with tools to stay cool during the hottest months of the year. The Fan Drive will take place until June 18 at all local...

Ace Hardware and Salvation Army host annual fan drive

FOYIL, Okla. (KTUL) — A Foyil business owner said he believes the police department failed at its original purpose prior to closing down last month. A spokesperson with the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET) told NewsChannel 8 Friday that someone from the department let CLEET know it would be going inactive last month.

Crisis in Foyil: Business owner voices police frustrations

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Terence Crutcher Foundation's summer elementary school program launched for the second year in a row on June 5 at the OSU-Tulsa Conference Center. The program is called Project T.E.A.C.H. standing for Transforming Educational Achievers through Community Healing. The program focuses on reading, but they also...

Terence Crutcher Foundation launches summer school program second year in a row

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — One of the semifinalists in the Sun-Maid Board of Imagination competition is Tulsa local, Isabelle Murphy. If selected as one of the final five of the 15 remaining candidates, Isabelle will have the opportunity to weigh in on the creation of potential new products for the Sun-Maid brand.

Tulsa girl named Sun-Maid Board of Imagination semifinalist

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Tulsa County-City Library's summer reading program has started and families are lining the river's edge for stories, songs and dancing. Enjoy "Storytime in the Park," Thursdays at 10 a.m. on June 8, 15, 22, and 29 at the QuikTrip Plaza at River Parks. Each program...

'Storytime in the Park' kicks off with Tulsa summer reading program

Kansas State

Catoosa, OK

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Representative Terry O'Donnell says he is hopeful Catoosa will receive Route 66 Bike signs soon. Recently, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation announced and unveiled the first round of US Bike Route 66 signs at Buck Atom's Cosmic Curios. O'Donnell says the designation of Route 66...

Representative Terry O'Donnell plans for more Route 66 bike signs

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — On June 5, Mother Road Market, Oklahoma's first and only nonprofit food hall, announced they were nominated for Best Food Hall in the USA Today 10Best Reader's Choice Awards. MRM now seeks local support on its journey to first place. Starting June 5, the public...

Mother Road Market nominated for USA Today Best Food Hall

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living named ten of Oklahoma's skilled nursing and assisted living facilities as recipients of the 2023 Bronze Commitment to Quality Award. The award goes to organizations that meet rigorous standards of improvement for those in...

10 Oklahoma nursing and assisted living facilities receive national improvement awards

TULSA, Okla. — High schools are scrambling trying to find teachers to come to their school in Oklahoma. Some teachers are retiring, others transferring, or leaving the profession. Teachers in Oklahoma are short by 4,000. That’s how many emergency certifications there were this year. Tulsa Public Schools and Union...

High school teacher shortage in Oklahoma, schools offering big incentives

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Tulsa Police Department and Tulsa Fire Department are on the scene where a car crashed into Edison Preparatory High School Tuesday morning. Tulsa police said a young woman drove into the parking lot and confused the gas and brake pedals. She drove almost entirely through the building into what is believed to be either a performing arts classroom or a band room.

Car crashes into Edison Preparatory High School building

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — "This last year has had more shortages than I've ever seen," said Lindy Rowland, Pharmacist. "And I've been here in Tulsa pricing pharmacy for 42 years.”. We’re going on eight months of a nationwide Adderall shortage, the drug used to treat ADHD. The FDA...

Adderall almost absent at Tulsa pharmacies

Fort Gibson, OK

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Fort Gibson Police Department is looking for 16-year-old Brighton Eakes-Johnson who was reported missing on June 5. She reportedly has a medical condition that requires seizure medicine that she does not currently have access to. Her last known location was Super 8 Motel near West...

Fort Gibson police search for missing teen

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — The state of Oklahoma seeking to charge 17-year-old Ni’avien Lee Golden, accused of the deadly shooting at McLain High School's homecoming, as an adult. Police say the teenager shot four people at the homecoming game. A 17-year-old died, and three others were hurt, including...

State of Oklahoma files motion to charge 17-year-old as adult

Sapulpa, OK

SAPULPA, Okla. (KTUL) — A Sapulpa Police Department cruiser was involved in a three-car collision. The collision occurred on Wednesday morning at the traffic light at Highway 66 and West 81st Street South. The Sapulpa officer was heading northbound on 81st when a pickup driver allegedly ran a red...

Sapulpa Police Department cruiser involved in Highway 66 collision

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Science Museum Oklahoma is turning back the clock by hosting an adults-only, 21 years and older event, SMO21: Game On!, on June 16. SMO21: Game On! features childhood favorite games ranging from card games to board games to role-playing games.

Science Museum Oklahoma hosts SMO21: Game On!

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — The Sapulpa Police Department made a Facebook post on the evening of June 6 requesting the public's help finding a burglary suspect. The suspect, Dakota Dale Deckard, was involved in several burglaries in Sapulpa over the last few weeks. On the morning of June 6,...

Sapulpa Police Department arrest burglary suspect after standoff

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol began its week-long free summer program called Cadet Lawman on June 4-10 at Connors State College in Warner, Okla. The program is offered to students between their junior and senior years of high school. So far, 5,155 seniors from across the...

Cadet Lawman Academy hosted by Oklahoma Highway Patrol

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported a woman was heading westbound on Oklahoma State Highway 31 when her vehicle crashed after striking a deer. The crash occurred at approximately 10:56 p.m. on Tuesday in Pittsburg County. The woman, identified as 61-year-old Glenda Gibson, was reported to have...

McAlester woman dies in Pittsburg County crash after car reportedly strikes deer

Creek County, OK

Kellyville, OK

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) - A man from Creek County was reported missing during the early hours of Wednesday morning by Oklahoma Highway Patrol. The Silver Alert was issued by OHP on behalf of the Creek County Sheriff's Department for 81-year-old Bill Ward. Ward was last seen on Tuesday, June 6,...

Oklahoma Highway Patrol cancels Silver Alert for Creek County man

Tennessee State

TULSA, Okla. — According to Mental Health in America, almost one in five Americans are living with a mental health condition. That is about 47.1 million Americans. One Oklahoma police department is teaching its officers how to deal with mental health cases in the field. “There is an 80...

Oklahoma officers training to deescalate people suffering from a mental health crisis

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — The Tulsa Police Department said in a Facebook post that they are working on a shooting near 41st and 129th East Avenue. One man is in critical condition after being shot several times with a semi-automatic rifle. The shooter has fled the scene and is...

1 in critical condition after shooting in southeast Tulsa

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — At around 9:20 on June 5, officers responded to a shooting at a house near East 46th Place and South 87th Avenue. Officers say one individual was shot and transported to a local hospital. They believe the victim was in his early 60s, but it...

1 injured after shooting in south Tulsa

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — For years the Okie Goodness has done two things to people's mouths; made them water with the fantastic pizzas created inside, and smile from ear to ear in appreciation of the outside. "It's a 1958 vintage airstream," said owner Bret Perkins, who proudly displays pics...

Brazen thieves steal unique Airstream food truck

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Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce to host candidate forum ahead of City Council elections

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — The Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce is hosting a candidate forum Thursday night ahead of the upcoming City Council elections in April....

Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce to host candidate forum ahead of City Council elections

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