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'Outdoor Warning System Only': Tulsa Area Emergency Management Agency Explains Use Of Storm Sirens
A lot of people heard storm sirens on Friday when severe weather moved through the area. Even though many people heard the sirens inside their homes, they are designed to alert people who are outdoors. Joe Kralicek is the executive director of the Tulsa Area Emergency Management Agency. He says...
Missing Person from Oklahoma Found in San Antonio During Dramatic Traffic Stop, Texas Rangers Lead Probe into Potential Kidnapping Case
A dramatic police stop in the heart of San Antonio on Friday led to the discovery of a missing person and five minors, potentially unraveling a kidnapping case that originated over 500 miles away in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. The traffic stop, executed by troopers of the Texas Department of Public Safety, became a spectacle for nearby fiesta parade attendees as officers apprehended the driver of a vehicle tied to the case.
Wild onion dinners mark the turn of the season in Indian Country
As winter fades to spring and the bright purple blossoms of the redbud trees begin to bloom, Cherokee chef Bradley James Dry knows it’s time to forage for morels as well as a staple of Native American cuisine in Oklahoma: wild green onions.Wild onions are among the first foods to grow at the tail end of winter in the South, and generations of Indigenous people there have placed the alliums at the center of an annual communal event. From February through May, there’s a wild onion dinner every Saturday somewhere in Oklahoma.The bright green stalks of the onions reach...
Oklahoma woman seeks answers 37 years after the abduction and murder of her best friend, Marilyn Joi Base
“We always called her Joi,” Charlotte Autry, Marilyn Joi Base’s childhood best friend, told Dateline. “She was, absolutely, a joy.”. Charlotte thinks fondly of the childhood she spent alongside Joi in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, just outside of Tulsa. She talked about the blissful, slow-paced lifestyle they led as young girls — running around the farmland behind their properties, playing with horses, and singing in church. “[Joi’s family] had a ditch in their backyard, and they had a swing on a rope — and we would swing over that ditch,” she said. “It was a blast.”
Tulsa City Councilor Posts Bond Following Domestic Assault, Battery Arrest
---- Tulsa City Councilor Grant Miller was arrested Thursday. He is accused of domestic assault and battery. Arrest records show that Grant Adam Miller was booked just before 10 p.m. on Thursday. The victim's mother called the police about a domestic violence incident that happened on Tuesday, according to a...
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