(TULSA, Okla.) To date, the Tulsa Health Department (THD) has confirmed 8,633 unique positive COVID-19 cases in Tulsa County. 7,127 residents have recovered and 98 have lost their lives. Data and trends are updated at www.tulsa-health.org/COVID19. We continue to see increases in new
(TULSA, Okla.) More than 50 people marched down 71st Street and Memorial Drive in Tulsa Thursday evening to raise awareness of the increase in child trafficking during the COVID-19 pandemic. Demonstrators gathered outside a vacant building near the Woodland Hills Mall to hear information about what is happening to
(TULSA, Okla.) Unsolicited seeds are showing up in mailboxes across the country, including Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry said they have received numerous reports from Oklahomans stating they have received unsolicited seeds from foreign countries. They seeds have been arriving in packages stating the contents are
(TULSA, Okla.) Considered to be one of the deadliest and most destructive massacres in US history, how did the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre remain a secret to so many for so long? VNN takes a look at a variety of factors that contributed to the silence surrounding the massacre, including
(OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) is offering a $10,000 reward for information that can help agents solve the 2019 death of 57-year-old Randy Gathers. The Binger Police Department requested OSBI assistance on February 16, 2019 after Gathers was found deceased in his
(TULSA, Okla.) With predators using the COVID-19 pandemic to target and entice more children, people are taking to the streets next week to call for government support. Local organizer Lisa Wood said RISE UP FOR CHILDREN is a worldwide campaign initiated by Operation Underground Railroad, a non-profit organization
(TULSA, Okla.) The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission is having an unemployment processing event at a third location this month, after previous events in Oklahoma City and Tulsa all hit capacity. The new in-person, socially distanced claim processing events will be held at the Ardmore Convention Center, located at 2401
(ATOKA COUNTY, Okla.) A 20-year-old man is dead after trying to swim across Dolese’s Rock Quarry, eight miles outside of Caney. Troopers said Elijah Moore of Durant drowned Saturday afternoon. We’re told Moore made it 300 yards across the 400-yard rock quarry before going under.
(TULSA, Okla.) A worldwide pandemic hasn’t prevented a Tulsa favorite from celebrating a decade in the cookie business. “It was so challenging,” co-owner Kat Graham told VNN. “And there was such uncertainty. And yet, because it is such a worldwide problem, I didn’t feel alone.” Despite a
(TULSA, Okla.) Tulsa Police Officer Aurash Zarkeshan has been released from the hospital, Chief Wendell Franklin said. Franklin said Zarkeshan left the hospital on Wednesday to begin neurorehabilitation at an out of state facility. “He has a long road ahead, but nothing is insurmountable and he, along with his family
(TULSA, Okla.) EMSA officials said they responded to 5 heat-related illness calls in the Tulsa area on Monday, thus the Medical Heat Alert they issued on July 1 remains in effect. We're told they expect additional heat-related illness calls as temperatures are expected to stay above
(TULSA, Okla.) Positive COVID-19 cases in Oklahoma rose by 858 in the last 24 hours, according to state officials on Tuesday. The cumulative number of positive cases now stands at 17,220. The increase in positive cases greatly surpasses the previous record for daily increase, which was 585 on