Tulsa area law enforcement makes holiday season brighter for at-risk youth

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — The Tulsa Botanic Garden is reopening Saturday after being closed for the month of January. The garden's hours in February will be from noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. On Feb. 10, the garden is holding a virtual Lunch and Learn with horticulture staff....

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Mayfest, Tulsa’s popular three-day arts festival, is now under new ownership. When Ahha Tulsa folded in November, Prof. Sean Latham said the future of Mayfest was uncertain. “There were a lot of questions about what was going to happen with its future,” he said....

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Tulsa Public Schools' Hale High School has partnered with Meals on Wheels to build wheelchair ramps for seniors and people with disabilities in the community. This partnership gives students in the construction program the opportunity to apply the skills learned in their classes to serve...

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Coming into contact with opioids, like fentanyl, happens far too often for officers on the job. Tulsa Police Department Officer Danny Bean says it’s nearly impossible to eliminate officers’ risk of fentanyl exposure with their job, but they do their due diligence. “When...

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — The University of Tulsa announced it is buying the Hardest Building in the arts district in downtown Tulsa. The Tulsa Arts and Humanities Council suddenly closed ahha Tulsa, an immersive art museum in the fall, leaving questions about the future of major events like Mayfest.

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Those looking to join the Tulsa Fire Department braced the cold weather during Wednesday morning's ladder climb. It's the final test in the hiring process that requires both physical and mental strength. Aspiring cadets were challenged with climbing to the top of a 100-foot ladder...

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Parking lots across Tulsa remained covered in snow and ice all week, and that may have been by design. The snow finally started melting away Thursday afternoon, but it was a small consolation for those navigating perilous parking lots all week. It turns out, businesses have an incentive not to make their parking lots safer.

TULSA, Okla. — State Superintendent Ryan Walters is proposing an idea he said will help Tulsa kids get educated. "Tulsa Public Schools for years now has been one of the worst performing schools in the state of Oklahoma," he said. "We see this every year when test scores come out."

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — A Bartlesville man has died in an accident on State Highway 123 in Osage County. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, a semi-trailer and a truck were traveling south on Highway 123 in the same lanes. When the semi-trailer slowed to turn east onto County Road 2712, the truck behind did not slow down or stop and slammed into the back of the semi-trailer.

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — The Tulsa Fire Department has tended to 11 structure fires since Sunday. They say fires are more common when temperatures drop. “We know that when temperatures are like they are today, fires are going to be higher," said Andy Little, PIO for Tulsa Fire Department. "People are using alternative methods of heat.”

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Residents of the Regency Park neighborhood in east Tulsa were fighting for peace and quiet at Wednesday night's city council meeting. Neighbors have said the nightclub, Midnight Rodeo, is so loud it's impacting their quality of life. Since then, the night club has found itself with a nuisance violation.

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — The Tulsa Police Department arrested a man they suspect of breaking into multiple businesses in Tulsa between September and January. Police say the Jersey Mikes Subs at 91st and Yale was burglarized on Sept. 9, the Rainbow Spa at 71st and Mingo was burglarized on Oct. 19, the Yum Eats & Sweets at 81st and Harvard was burglarized on Oct. 27, Jan. 6 and Jan. 21, and Albarka at 51st and Sheridan was burglarized on Nov. 9.

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Tulsa police say a man with a warrant was taken into custody Wednesday after he tried hiding from police in the attic of a home. Police say Jerry Strook was wanted on a felony warrant for domestic violence, and they learned that Strook was in a home near Admiral and Memorial.

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — A bookseller and retired teacher from Tulsa is advancing onto the next round of Jeopardy!. Patti Palmer starred in Jeopardy on Feb. 1 and walked away with $32,200. "It was really, when I think about it, kind of an out-of-body experience," said Palmer. "I watch...

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Osage County Sheriff's Office says they arrested a man on Feb. 3 after observing a vehicle traveling 74 miles per hour in a 50 mph marked zone. Around 11 a.m. on Friday, Deputy Castleberry was working a highway safety shift when he noticed a car driving 24 miles over the speed limit.

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — A man suspected of murdering a woman in January has been booked into the Tulsa County jail after recovering from a self-inflicted stab wound. On Jan. 26, police performed a welfare check on 45-year-old Melissa Hunter who had not shown up for work, and discovered her body at Mingo RV Park.

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — A man has been arrested after stealing a trailer and diesel pump from Canadian Public Schools in Pittsburg County, according to the sheriff's office. Pittsburg County Sheriff Chris Morris says Josh Elridge was arrested and booked into Pittsburg County Jail for two counts of grand larceny.

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — The Stillwater Police Department and the Payne County Sheriff's Office arrested a man accused of assaulting a woman after he led officers on a chase. SPD said officers responded to an assault with a dangerous weapon call around noon Tuesday. A victim told officers Donald Laver had threatened to kill her, hit her in the head with a pistol and fired into a wall near the victim.

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — The Tulsa County Sheriff's Office is asking for information about two of its 'Most Wanted' suspects. TCSO says Nicholas Brown is charged with assault and battery by strangulation, malicious injury to property, and escape from arrest. Destin Rodriguez is charged with burglary, possession of stolen...

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Broken Arrow police announced Thursday they have arrested a 15-year-old in the murder of a 16-year-old in January. Ky'Leigh Shaw is accused in the homicide of a 16-year-old near 51st and 145th on January 24. The victim was found in the street, unresponsive with a...