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If you come into town from West Tulsa or downtown Tulsa, you've likely seen it—the almost nondescript white food truck that is parked at the corner of Lincoln and Mission streets in the parking lot of Family Video. But it's not exactly nondescript, is it? Because for now, it's Sapulpa's only food truck. Hard to miss.…

Featured Image: Burnt black trees stand in the sunshine after being razed by the fire that swept across Creek County, burning more than 50,000 acres and 400 structures. -- Remember the fire that swept through creek county in 2012? More than 50,000 acres burned, many homes lost, and property damage totaling over $1 million. Hard to…

Whose ring is this? For decades, it was a Vanderslice family mystery. It’s a cold case no longer because the Vanderslices were able to reunite former Edison High School baseball player Tom Brown with a class ring he hadn’t seen in 30 years. The “mystery” ring had long been in the possession of James and…

Sapulpa was named after a prominent Creek Indian, and we got our beginnings in a land called Indian Territory. By the Treaty of 1826, 1,200 Creeks of Southeastern United States were required to emigrate to the western lands assigned to their nation. At first they settled mostly on the eastern side of Indian Territory. About…

Featured Image: Mary Branscum, widow of James Branscum, poses with bust he created of Chief Sapulpa, of whom the town was named. The bust currently is on display at Farmers’ Feed, 121 N. Main where Ms. Branscum is employed. A carved wooden statue that once stood in the courtyard of Sapulpa City offices now stands…

For so many of us, when we live high school or college, we leave behind a lot more than our friends and old flames; we leave behind literal hobbies and activities that we'd come to enjoy. Unless you go into a field where things like music or art are a regular part of your craft,…

Karl Soliday of Sapulpa is well-acquainted with the Dragin’ Masters Car Club. The 1962 Sapulpa High School graduate is one of its first members -- back in the ‘60s. Actually, the club hasn’t been continuous since the days Karl and other local youths banded together to name and grow a car club (see sidebar “Long…

Not a lot is known yet about Joan Riley, who is seeking the City Manager seat long held by Tom DeArman, who passed away last November. Thankfully, what little we do know appears to be positive. One of Enid's City Councilors spoke very highly of Riley and her ability to be creative in her solutions…

Sapulpa firefighters say a hearing-impaired woman escaped a house fire Tuesday morning in the 100 block of West Bryan. Fire Chief David Taylor told News On 6 the woman smelled smoke and began having difficulty breathing so she fled the home around 5:45 a.m. Neighbors gave the woman shelter as firefighters arrived on scene. "We're…

Sam Johnston, who with his family operates, Farmers Feed and Supply at Sapulpa, became a full fledged “colonel” after he graduated from Sapulpa High School in 1958. No, not in the military but rather at area auction barns and farm sales. He was an auctioneer. “A lot of my buddies were going to war (the…