On Friday, October 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Creek County Partnership for Success and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public its 12th opportunity in six years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring your pills for disposal…
Sapulpa’s Varsity football team is facing a 0-7 season right now, with a heavy hit from The Bartlesville Bruins, who left Friday night’s game with a 51-28 win over the Chieftains. Still, a larger-than usual crowd showed up to the game; it was after all, homecoming. And homecoming is more than just about football. Photo credits:…
A new 66-foot-tall vintage-inspired gas pump is about to be added to the long list of eye-catching attractions along Route 66 in Oklahoma. The Heart of Route Auto Museum is nearing completion of its 66-foot-tall vintage-inspired gas pump. Sponsored by American Heritage Bank, the gas pump will help draw visitors to the museum, a 10,000-square-foot…
Oklahoma’s concurrent enrollment tuition waiver program allows qualifying high school juniors and seniors to enroll in college classes before they actually graduate. Eligible seniors can actually get tuition waivers for up to six credit hours a semester. The idea is to encourage high school students to jump start their college education while saving their families…
Schools are increasing security thanks to a nearby clown attack and threats made at Sapulpa High School.
State Sen. Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, issued the following statement after the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled pro-life legislation approved in 2015 was unconstitutional because it covered multiple subjects. Treat was principal author of Senate Bill 642. “The Oklahoma Supreme Court too often wields its power to strike down good legislation because a bill doesn’t suit…
Twenty-six years ago, ten students decided to take action to make a difference at their school by gathering around the flagpole to pray for their peers, their families and their country. This morning, millions prayed on their campuses around the country in an especially important event. Among those millions were the hundreds of students that gathered…
You may have heard about ITT Tech closing up all of it’s campuses earlier this month, after having been in operation for over 50 years. There’s a lot to that story, with more information still coming out, but many of us wondered if our darling Vo-Tech School Central Tech—based out of Drumright, but with a…
Janet Ann Perkins Hibberd, of Sapulpa, passed from this life into eternity on September 9th, 2016. She was born to Ernest and Mary Delores Perkins on March 11, 1954. Raised in Liberty Mounds, Oklahoma, Janet graduated from Liberty Mounds High School in 1972 and met her husband Ralph Hibberd a few years later, in 1978….
When local activist and business owner Brandon Mull noticed that his son’s teacher at Holmes Park Elementary was trying to raise money for a “learning station rug” that would help students learn placements, spacing, letters and numbers—he knew he wanted to help. The teacher already had a GoFundMe page set up to raise, but Mull—who…
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