Sand Springs News

NO HABLA ESPANOL LOOKING FORWARD ORGANIZER Deborah Easter: The president of Latina Business Women, which sponsors the event, she hopes that about 650 students will attend both conferences.Elizabeth Contreras: The 15-year-old Sand Springs student attended the conference to hear the speakers and their stories and find out about different possiblities ...

At Monday's Tulsa County Commission meeting, District 2 Commissioner Karen Keith will seek a public hearing for the November 23, 2009, meeting to remove Elizabeth Wright as a member of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission 14 months before her term is due to end.

The saying goes, 'The mother of invention is necessity' and you can look to Sand Springs to prove that true.

TULSA Marc Hildebrand waved his hand over a sparkling rainbow of shiny Expressions by Helzberg beads, displayed in silver bowls before Woodland Hills Mall shoppers like a collection of fine gemstones.

Tulsa Fire Department Paramedics, in partnership with the Tulsa Health Department, administered H1N1 vaccinations to more than 2,000 Tulsans on Thursday.

As Tulsa leaders work to trim $6 million from the budget, other area cities are also grappling with cutbacks as October sales-tax revenue plunged across northeast Oklahoma.

The City of Sand Springs has announced it is taking steps to help assure homebound senior citizens needing hot meals are not left out in the cold starting next week.

The 2009 Broken Arrow School Bond Election calls for an early childhood center in the Broken Arrow School District that will provide more classrooms and opportunities for the communitya s growing pre-school population seeking enrollment in the Districta s free and very popular Four-Year-Old Program that is currently lacking in classroom space.

You've heard the expression "They just don't make 'em like they used to." The Maytag folks might agree.

A traffic spat along a Tulsa County highway escalated to gunfire Wednesday afternoon before deputies arrested a Sand Springs man who is accused of shooting at another driver.

A couple of Green Country moms are holding their sons extra close tonight. Four boys and two adults were riding dirt bikes and ATVs near Appalachia Bay on Keystone Lake when a joy ride took a wrong turn and became a nightmare.

A road rage incident ended in gun fire and an arrest Wednesday afternoon. Forty-seven-year-old Clinton Blevins fired at least one time at another vehicle, according to Sergeant Dave Roberts of the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office.

This 52-year-old washer and dryer set in Sand Springs still washes and dries like new.

The Tulsa Health Department expects ten-thousand new doses of the H1N1 vaccine to arrive tonight or Tuesday.

Russell Crosby and Shirley Brooks stand by the "Maggie M" trolley in Sapulpa. Brooks' family owned the trolley, and Crosby is one of the volunteers who has helped to restore the trolley to its former grandeur.

There's nothing to LOL about when a teen is in crisis. In order to make its services as teen friendly as possible, National Safe Place is launching the "Txt 4 Help" program, a 24-hour text-for-support service for youth in crisis.

Tulsa - Sand Springs Bond Election Proposition 1 FOR 1,667 84.23% AGAINST 312 15.77% Proposition 2 FOR 1684 85.05% AGAINST 296 14.95% 15 of 20 pcts reporting Owasso Bond Election Proposition 1 FOR 946 77.04% AGAINST 282 22.96% Proposition 2 FOR 970 79.12% AGAINST 256 20.88% 23 of 23 pcts reporting Winning propositions will be printed in red .

Voters will decide two major school bond issues in the Tulsa area today. In Sand Springs, voters will be determining a $42.1 million bond for school improvements, including about $23 million for a new elementary school to replace a building constructed in about 1930.

Central Fine Arts Academy in Sand Springs holds twice as many students as it was built for, but that's not the only concern.

Sand Springs meth lab Dozens of residents gathered in Grove Wednesday night, to work on a battle plan to fight the drug problem in their community.