Here's your local news at a glance for Friday, the 30th of October.
Good morning, Tulsa.
Local nonprofit DVIS marked 50 years with an open house Thursday, Oct.
29 to highlight year-round services for survivors, saying demand rose last year with 3,876 crisis-line calls, 519 emergency shelter stays, and a 24-hour crisis line at 918-743-5763.
Tulsa Fire Department's swiftwater team (OK-TF3) has spent the past three days along the Rio Grande in San Antonio, N.M., rescuing 13 people, a mule, a cat, a pig, 13 dogs and 78 goats while recovering one person who died in the floods.
A charity golf tournament at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Catoosa raised more than $50,000 for the Alzheimer’s Association of Oklahoma, organized in part by the Young Professionals Alzheimer’s Society.
Proceeds will fund research + programs as organizers aim to improve early detection for the state’s more than 70,000 residents living with Alzheimer’s.
A new documentary about the proposed Inola aluminum smelter drew dozens to a Tulsa preview at Eton Square on Thursday night, where residents, experts and an attorney described local concerns and possible jobs.
The film will be available to stream online for free and could reach more theaters if demand grows.
Muskogee author Art Burton has published a new history (Muskogee: Law and Order) documenting frontier-era outlaws, lawmen like Bass Reeves and Bud Ledbetter, the Purim Range War, and violence from the 1873 railroad terminus through statehood in 1907.
The Tulsa Public Schools Board approved a growth strategy Thursday night to add about 1,200 seats by expanding elementary immersion and dual-language, magnet, CareerTech, and secondary virtual programs.
Zarrow International will move to the Hoover building to add at least 65 K through 5 seats, and hybrid programs will begin at Booker T. Washington and Edison in the 2027-28 school year.
Tulsa is on track to record its hottest year (average through Oct.
29: 69.1°), nearly a degree warmer than 2012, with record March and September temperatures driving the trend.
Tulsa's Safe Move helped 820 people exit homelessness and closed 25 encampments, Mayor Monroe Nichols said Oct.
29. Officials say 94% of participants have remained housed, and a 180-bed shelter will open by the end of November.
Bryce House marked 20 years of sober-living services in Tulsa, offering men housing + resources and community-based recovery under Grand Mental Health, and leaders say 85% of residents who complete the program do not need higher levels of care afterward.
FC Tulsa vs Loudoun United Pro Soccer Match
FC Tulsa sits in first place in the USL Western Conference, and Friday’s home match is sure to be a thriller—just as $1 Beer Section Night returns to ONEOK Field. Today in Tulsa readers can enjoy up to 50% off day of game prices with this special offer.
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