Glenpool

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

“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…

  A ten-month-old puppy is recovering after rescuers say he was thrown from a car. "Both the police chief and my vet, Dr. McWilliams, had stated that the injuries are in line with being tossed from a moving vehicle," said Misty Bilby, owner of Amore pit bull rescue. Glenpool animal control found the puppy in…

Equinox Comics CEO Aaron Ballinger is doing all he can to get the word out about the local comic book company he co-founded with longtime pal Tim Lackey. Promotional work included creating an Equinox Comics float for the 2015 Glenpool Christmas parade. Ballinger, who lives in Glenpool, said it was a great experience. Folks dressed…

The van belongs to Green Country Teen Challenge for Men, a faith-based program in Sapulpa. Chet Biggs, the executive director of the Green Country Teen Challenge for Men, said eight of his students were hospitalized following the crash, which occurred about 9 p.m. on U.S. 75. Those students were released from the hospital Monday morning,…