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Since the Village People came out with that catchy tune in 1978, everyone knows about the YMCA. This week in 1905, Sapulpa's YMCA opened to great fanfare.

The Bartlett Collins Glass Plant opened in 1915, but it wasn't long before upset employees went on strike.

A couple of important voter deadlines are fast approaching, according to statements from Creek County Election Board Secretary Vicki Martin.

One person was killed when they crashed into a tractor trailer rig at what police are calling "highway speeds."

This week in Sapulpa History, the Empress Theatre brought to life a William Shakespeare classic with an amazing new feature: sound!

The deadline to apply for the Creek County Democratic Party’s $1500 scholarships is drawing near. The deadline is March 1, 2024.

Learn more about where Sapulpa is buried, and who the family members are buried with him, and how the Daughters of the American Revolution helped secure the location for preservation.

The "GO Plan" is an INCOG project that seeks to create a bicycle/pedestrian network connecting major destinations in the region, including significant employment centers, downtown business districts, schools and universities, and the existing trail system.

Billed as "modern and first-class in every details," the St. James Hotel stood for well over 50 years before demolished in the 1960s. Read about how it got built in "This Week in Sapulpa History."

This week in Sapulpa History, a new school board met and found that a single teacher had 104 students, necessitating the need for new schools and more teachers. Read the about how some of our earliest school buildings came to be.