Sand Springs News

Sand Springs police are investigating a fatal wreck on Old North Road just west of South 81st West Avenue.

A Checotah woman is in jail, accused of assaulting a paramedic who was trying to treat her in the parking lot of a Sand Springs Quik Trip.

Three days into the Oklahoma Department of Transportation's latest construction project in Tulsa, drivers are already frustrated with the traffic backups.

According to a collision report from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Racquel N. Black, 39, of Tulsa, was pronounced dead at the scene just before 10 p.m. The driver, Steven M. Harrison, 42, of Sand Springs, was westbound at a high rate of speed when he negotiated a curve, crossed the white line and struck the guardrail, the report says.

Last week, Ronnie Adams woke up and discovered part of his $1,500 dual stainless steel boat prop was missing.

A 20-year-old Sand Springs man has been accused of multiple sex crimes after an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old girl began on social media, the Cleveland American has reported.

The levee protects Sand Springs and areas of west Tulsa. Its federal status protects property owners from being forced to pay federal flood insurance.

Sand Springs' Alec Roberts , Tre Betts, Myron Patrick and Cody Hale are looking for more success after an 8-3 record last season.

'I take pictures of the sky in Oklahoma a lot because the clouds always seem to be magnificent and interesting ... I thought "another magnificent sky in Oklahoma",' she said.

The Sand Springs Police Department is offering a new, online system for area residents to voluntarily register their storm shelters .

It's amazing how a place can play a role in defining who you are as a person, and amazing how that process starts long before we are born.

City leaders in Sand Springs could soon vote on plans to partner with a developer to build a 21-story monument known as "The American." At 217 feet, The American would be taller than the Statue of Liberty.

"This is going to help rescuers get to your location easier and know the location of your storm shelter and be able to help extricate you from that in case debris is buried your storm shelter," Sand Springs Police Chief Mike Carter said.

The recent surge in gasoline prices in Oklahoma could curb Memorial Day travel somewhat, but many state residents still are expected to plan trips for the holiday, a new report says.

Crews fighting a house fire in Sapulpa Thursday morning launched a search and rescue effort as the roof to the home threatened to collapse.

"You have to put the devastation aside and do your job, but it's pretty hard to look at, especially when you are searching for live victims," said Tulsa task force leader Captain Terry Sivadon.

The hallways are crowded at Kendall-Whittier Elementary. The number of students and the size of the school means during a tornado warning, they have to go into many different shelters throughout the building.