Photo Courtesy: Greenwood Cultural Center (TULSA, Okla.) Sunday will be 99 years since a mob of white residents attacked black residents, homes and businesses in the Greenwood District in Tulsa, ultimately leveling “Black Wall Street”, one of the most successful African-American communities in the country at the time. Hundreds of
(TULSA, Okla.) Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) is celebrating their own this week. Officials released the following statement to recognize their first responders: EMSA is celebrating its frontline healthcare heroes and all EMSA Team Members for EMS Week 2020. EMS Week, May 17th through 23rd, is celebrated nationwide to honor
(TULSA, Okla.) “FreedomFest”, an annual 4th of July celebration, has been postponed to slow the spread of Coronavirus, organizers announced Tuesday. “Due to CDC recommendations to prevent spreading COVID-19, and uncertainty about large public gatherings in the near term, the annual Folds of Honor FreedomFest presented by QuikTrip, originally scheduled
(CHOCTAW COUNTY, Okla.) An Owasso man is dead after an accident on a road construction site on Wednesday. We’re told it happened northeast of Boswell around 4 p.m. Troopers said Homero Barron Alarcon, 37, was operating a Sheepsfoot Roller, a type of soil compaction equipment, when he went
Artwork Courtesy: Charlize Branch (SALT LAKE CITY, Utah) In 1847, the Choctaw Nation gathered up $170 and sent it to Ireland to aid them during the Great Famine, a devastating time of disease and starvation across the pond. Today, Ireland is paying back that favor in a big way. A
Photo Courtesy: NASA, ESA and the HST Frontier Fields team (STScI), Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt (HOUSTON, Texas) Space Center Houston is holding a virtual campout this Friday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., and everyone is invited. Organizers said the new program is for guests who would like to
Photo Courtesy: Robert James/OK Steel and Wire in Madill (BRYAN COUNTY, Okla.) Preliminary data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was released Thursday, detailing the tornados that spun through multiple counties Wednesday night, killing two people. The first tornado report was received seven miles southwest of Pauls
(TULSA, Okla.) How do we value our success? By who we are? What we have? Or what we do? And how could living through a pandemic change that? Alexie Foster is a licensed professional counselor who founded the company Healing, Actually. “We have a really unique opportunity here where we
(DURANT, Okla.) “I don’t know what’s wrong with him,” a woman is heard saying at the end of a 911 call on January 12, 2017. An 11-week-old baby in her care had stopped breathing. She was performing CPR. Colbert EMS arrived and transported the baby to Texoma Medical
(OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) On Sunday at 9 a.m., the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum honored 168 family members, survivors and first responders killed in the terrorist attack at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in 1995. Due to social distancing efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’
(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) “Although we will miss the face-to-face interaction with our customers, this time of quarantine really exposed what needed to be changed for our business.” Kyle Steppe has owned KC Hemp Co. with his wife Heather since May 2018. The business sources their hemp oil from USDA certified
(BIXBY, Okla.) Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, many outreach centers have been forced to increase their output, and Bixby is no different. We’re told the Bixby Outreach Center has doubled the number of families they serve with food and resources on a weekly basis. Families have lost their jobs, and