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Sapulpa’s Boy Scout Troop 225 travels to Talihina, help prepare camp for 4,000 scouts and leaders this summer

May 29, 2024
Troop 225 plans to return to Hale Scout Reservation for more fun and merit badge workshops the first week in June,.

This Week in Sapulpa History – Sapulpan graduates without a single absence or tardy

May 25, 2024
Edith Alice Cooper became the first person in recorded Sapulpa history to attend school and not miss a single day. As it turns out, it was a characteristic that runs in the family!
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This Week in Sapulpa History: Sapulpa Businesses and Schools Baseball Showdown

May 18, 2024
Most locals will know that baseball has been a part of Sapulpa's pastime since the town began. But it wasn't just the high schoolers getting baseball championships—local businesses had their own teams as well. Here's a story of the two champion teams crowned this week in 1916.

This Week in Sapulpa History: Heavy Hitters From Class of 1921

May 7, 2024
Over the last year, we have discussed the lives and careers of Denver Grigsby and Frances Hutt, later Frances Hutt Dewey. These two lived different lives, one in baseball and one in singing. One returned to live in Sapulpa, one would become a First Lady of New York and could have been First Lady of…

This Week in Sapulpa History: School Song Sings On

May 5, 2024
Often in yearbooks, there are more than just images of classmates, there are notes, letters, and signatures from friends and teachers; there are pages of calendar events of what happened that year at school. There are pages of history and acknowledgments of yesterdays. The 1932 and 1932 Sapulpa High School Yearbooks had all of those,…

This Week in Sapulpa History – Sapulpa’s Funeral Homes History

April 21, 2024
In this two-part story, learn how Sapulpa's funeral homes began, and how eventually, one of them would make national news!

Joe Krout talks AI at Sapulpa Chamber breakfast event

April 19, 2024
Just a decade ago, the majority of what anyone heard about AI had to do with science fiction movies. Today, AI is here in a big way and the mystique of it has employees in blue-collar towns like Sapulpa concerned.

Sapulpa City Council discusses new Route 66 park and approves new traffic lights

April 19, 2024
“The hope is to create a tourist destination and community park right there along Route 66 taking us from downtown Route 66, through our town, all the way to the (Heart of Route 66) Auto Museum.”

Challenger Sherry Capps defeats incumbent Brian Stephens in City Council race

April 2, 2024
Challenger Sherry Capps has defeated incumbent Brian Stephens for the Ward 2, Seat 2 spot on Sapulpa's City Council.

Sapulpa City Council discusses Chute and approves fire department software

April 2, 2024
Monday's Council meeting began with a preliminary report on the 2024 Route 66 Christmas Chute with the regular session being highlighted by a sewer evaluation survey and updated fire department software. 
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