Read about when "Oklahoma's most gifted songbird" came to Sapulpa, a new oil well being drilled in Kellyville, and more news from today in history.

We're now a month into our third year of living in Oklahoma. We've had plenty of pleasant surprises, including a feral cat we affectionally named Neko.

Subscribers only: get the scoop on how to take full advantage of Monday's solar eclipse, including where to go and how to get free stuff!

Today in 1949, J.C. Penney announced the opening of its Sapulpa store, to take place the following day. The store is now the home of the Tatanka Trading Post on E. Dewey Ave.

Today in 1910, thirty of the most prominent citizens from the southwest part of Sapulpa made an appeal to the city council for the extension of water mains and sewer lines. See that and more in today's headlines in history.

Today in 1916, a delayed response of more than five hours by the Sapulpa Police to a burgled home brings the Sapulpa Herald headline: "officers too busy to hunt for burglars." See what else happened today in history!

After working routes with loose dogs and one that drove by a pickle factory, the chance came up to get a route that went by the iconic Lincoln Center. It was called Route 713.

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Today in 1911, the smallpox epidemic begins to take a heavy toll on workers in nearby oil fields; the nearby town of Hilton was "practically depopulated" as a result... this and more in today's Headlines in History!

Challenger Sherry Capps has defeated incumbent Brian Stephens for the Ward 2, Seat 2 spot on Sapulpa's City Council.