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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.…

Lorrie Quinnelly, 8th-grade teacher at Kiefer Jr. High, as an annual tradition with her students that is really something to admire. Each year she presents her students with three or four different projects they could get involved during the holiday season, and they collectively choose one.  "I believe that teaching students to be responsible and…

Pilot Club of Sand Springs is hosting Expo 2016 on Saturday, October 22 at Case Community Center in Sand Springs from 10am to 3pm. Pilot’s purpose with Expo 2016 is to raise awareness of and provide information to family caregivers. There are caregivers in every family. They aid family members who may be elderly, or…

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…

Friday night also marked a point of solidarity between the two teams in support of a Sandite who passed away from cancer shortly before the game.

The American Quarter Horse Association, Amarillo – Larry Newport of Eufaula, Oklahoma, and Dr. Deroy White of Mounds, Oklahoma, captured the world championship title in ranch sorting at the 2016 AQHA Select World Championship Show, presented by Adequan® (polysulfated glycosaminoglycan), on August 26 in Amarillo. Newport showed the American Quarter Horse Hickory Cielo, owned by…

NOTE: This is the final story in a series of four about the experiences of a group of Kiefer students who traveled to the Republic of Ireland and parts of the United Kingdom earlier this month. Read part 1 here, read part 2 here, and read part 3 here. -- From Edinburgh, the group traveled…

NOTE: This is the third in a series of four stories about the experiences of a group of Kiefer students who traveled to the Republic of Ireland and parts of the United Kingdom earlier this summer. Read part 1 here or Part 2 here. Their stay in Wales was brief, and the group of Kiefer…