Sand Springs News

Area schools are seeing an increase in the number of students qualifying for a free or reduced lunch, and districts are seeing more parents who owe lunch money.

Christmas is just six short weeks away. And, the battle is on for your holiday cash.

Russell Gillette, Tulsa Boys' Home Drug Treatment Program Director, has received the Dennis Huld Professional of the Year Award for 2009 from the Oklahoma Drug and Alcohol Professional Counselor's Association .

Extended executive session result in "no action taken" Joy Hampton CLAREMORE DAILY PROGRESS Claremore - County commissioners went into extended executive sessions twice during Monday's meeting but took no action on agenda items under discussion in the closed door sessions.

Crime Tracker: Search and map crimes reported to Tulsa Police from Jan. 1, 2007, to present.

Jerry Sloan says he worked hard for 30 years to enjoy a peaceful retirement in a Sand Springs neighborhood.

A Sand Springs house fire was brought under control this morning. Firefighters were called to 901 North Franklin just before 5 a.m. today.

Firefighters are called to a house fire in Sand Springs early Tuesday morning. Firefighters say a transformer blew on a utility pole next to the roof of a home in the 900 block of North Franklin Avenue a little before 5 a.m. The transformer fell on the house and caught fire.

You didn't have to be a rocket scientist to add it up: Thursday was a big day for Tulsa Community College.

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.