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…
Just a few days ago, we shared the story of Eual’s stolen tricycle, and how members of Sapulpa came together to get him a new one. The story caught enough attention that Tulsa’s Channel 8 ran a piece on it, as well. But what happened to Eual’s old tricycle? Many had given it up for lost,…
If you’re a frequent patron of Sapulpa’s QuikTrip at the corner of Mission and Taft, you’ve likely seen Eual McCall, sitting astride his blue 3-wheeled bicycle that he uses to get around town. Always nice and usually smiling, he’s been a fixture in the community for years. On August 23rd, three years to the day…
[foogallery id=”2325″] Even if you haven’t met the Mathesons, you probably know the name. They own the building on Main Street where Mark Matheson houses his law practice while his wife Donya runs Dynamic Recruiting directly below. Now their daughter Macy is entering the entrepreneurial foray with the opening of her own upscale clothing…
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