Sand Springs

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…

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…

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.

Turkey Day is coming, but it's not here, yet! Here's your chance to get something done before we launch into the busyness of the holidays. Friday We could literally find nothing going on today in Sapulpa or nearby, so we're going to do something we don't normally do and invite you to check out a couple of…

On Friday, Sapulpa and Sand Springs will line up across from each other for their 89th meeting on the football field. According to Sand Springs Leader records, Sapulpa holds a 45-38-5 overall record since 1922. Here are some highlights: 1922: Sapulpa wins first meeting 36-0. 1935: The teams tied 0-0. 1936-38: SS won all 3…

Tulsa Boys Home is just north of Sapulpa and Creek County, within the city limits of Sand Springs, actually. Most area people have seen the signs and a few know of its success in helping boys with troubles. Still, for the most part TBH seems a well-kept secret. An awareness campaign and programs like that…

CROSS POINTE CHURCH (on the hill between Hwys. 66 and 97 overlooking Sapulpa) Will kind of get it all going tonight with its "spectacular" fireworks show known as "Fire On The Mountain." The gates opened at 6 with a host of pre-fireworks family fun events. Here's others: