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In the wake of the shocking stories coming out of Sapulpa this week, there emerges the thing we all know about our town: we help each other.

Sapulpa police say an elementary school teacher has been arrested for embezzlement and drug-related complaints. Megan Sloan, a 27-year-old teacher at Holmes Park Elementary, was arrested May 1 after admitting to bringing drugs and drug paraphernalia to the school, according to court documents. Police say she also admitted to using "field trip money" to purchase…

SHS has shared the senior photos for Sapulpa's graduating class, and we've compiled them into a gallery for you. Enjoy!

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Sixteen 8th grade poets at Kiefer Junior High have been selected for publication in the fall 2016 edition of Creative Communications’ A Celebration of Young Poets. They are Jarrett Buntin, Kevin Claybrook, Jacob Clayton, Kourtney Davis, Taylor Dunn, Zach Hathaway, Trent Hoover, Megan King, Ranger Long, Maverik Parker, Shelby Rader, Jennifer Tabor, Kirsten Tuttle, Kalyn…

Good Samaritan Health Services, a nonprofit that provides mobile, high quality healthcare to individuals with limited access, celebrated a ribbon cutting this morning at their newest location, First Baptist Church, 200 S. Elm, behind the worship center building. Good Samaritan partners with local churches who have outreach in their communities. The objective is to give the poor…

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…

A handful of homes off of Highway 33 have been victimized by thieves multiple times in the last few weeks. Kristin Hurst, whose home was broken into last week, said that the thieves made off with a television and a generator. The next day, her neighbors just a couple of miles away were victimized, losing…

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…