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Glenpool Middle Schoolers dominate at the LeRoy Smith Dual Wrestling Tournament
The tournament is named after Coach LeRoy Smith, who started the Glenpool wrestling program in 1975.
Read MoreGlenpool drilling toward annual festival
The 39th year for the festival will host a bevy of food, craft and business vendors, a full-blown carnival, turtle races, frog races, Optimists Club horseshoe contests, pancake breakfast, 5K run, Black Gold Days parade, entertainment and a beer garden.
Read MoreGlenpool Approves Bond Issue Worth More than $16M
As the state continues to fight through budget cuts that just won’t quit, many school districts are turning to the taxpayers to make the improvements that they desperately need. Tuesday night, Glenpool Public Schools overwhelmingly approved 2 bond issues that include purchasing 16-acre tract of land for a new school site. The city says it…
Read MoreVintage Rose Offering a Special Valentine’s Deal to Sapulpa Times Readers
Vintage Rose Boutique and Flower Shop, located at 105 E Dewey Street, is one of a handful of places in town to get your sweetheart something for Valentine’s Day this year. But Lisa Greene, the store owner and builder of beautiful bouquets, has several reasons for telling you to shop her store for the big…
Read MorePHOTOS: 2 Sapulpa Students, 2 Other Area Students Make McPherson College Honor Roll
McPherson College has recognized its highest academic achievers in their fall 2016 Honor Roll and Honorable Mention students. To qualify for the Honor Roll, students must be a full-time student and earn a grade point average of 3.55 or higher during the previous term. Students earning a grade-point average from 3.25 to 3.54 are named…
Read More12 More Sapulpa Students named to President’s Honor Roll at NSU
Hot on the heels of the recent story of the NSU Dean’s Honor Roll is a new list of students just added to the President’s Honor Roll for Fall 2016. Students are named to the President’s Honor Roll each semester, and to be eligible, students must have completed at least 12 hours of undergraduate classes…
Read More12 Sapulpa Students named to Dean’s Honor Roll at NSU
Northeastern State University, with it’s primary campus in Talequah, has just announced it’s Fall 2016 Dean’s Honor Roll students. The list includes 830 students in all, with a dozen students from Sapulpa, plus several from the surrounding communities. Students are named to the Dean’s Honor Roll each semester, and to be eligible, students must have…
Read MoreGlenpool Chamber sees success at Carriage Event, despite the cold
More than 50 people withstood near-freezing temperatures to ride in a twinkle-lit “princess” carriage Wednesday night. They rode to the sounds of jingling bells and the clip-clopping of hooves, and were bundled in woolen blankets, hats, coats and mittens. American T’s served as the night’s sponsor of the chamber-hosted event. “Randy Fulbright, the owner of American…
Read MoreGlenpool Chamber offering Carriage Rides from Ava K’s Carriage Service; here’s how to get yours
For the first time in recent history and possibly forever, the Glenpool Chamber of Commerce is hosting holiday carriage rides for the community and surrounding areas. “We are extremely pleased to be offering carriage rides to the fine people of Glenpool and surrounding area,” said Sydney Bland, executive director of the Glenpool Chamber of Commerce.…
Read MoreGlenpool schools consider options to deal with budget crisis
“It has been a stressful time to be a superintendent,” said Glenpool Public School Superintendent Jerry Olansen at a town hall meeting last week at Glenpool Elementary School. Across the state, school districts are scrambling to meet a drastically decreasing budget, and Glenpool is not exempt. Along with several other administrators, Olansen met a gym…
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