Local Business News

Jeff “Swick” Schwickerath, was born and raised in Sapulpa and hopes his latest venture will be an asset to the community that he loves. Get the story on this lifelong entrepreneur inside.

“Everybody deserves to have clean clothes, it is a little thing but it means a lot to people.”

A new era has dawned on Sapulpa as the gates swing open to the Tee Pee Drive-In and the historic Route 66 icon's screen blazes to life once more.

Since its inception as the Sapulpa Handicapped Opportunity Workshop over four decades ago, Show Inc. has become a valuable asset to Sapulpa and the surrounding area.

That shop, where Herb has been since 1964, now sits dark, and if not for the note on the door, looks just like the barber has gone for the evening, to return to his regular duties tomorrow.

Jeff Whitley, owner of Neal and Jean’s Flowers, recently sold the business to Lisa Greene, the proprietor of Vintage Rose Boutique and Flower Shop on South Main Street.

Spring has sprung in Sapulpa and a new nursery, Sun Fair, has arrived just in time for your planting needs.

According to O'Roark, most of the other Tulsa-area stores make around $500 in their first day. "We did that in the first two-and-a-half hours," he said.

The Tee Pee Drive-In might have its home in Sapulpa, but it's an icon to all of Route 66. Before things kick off on Saturday, April 15th, we've compiled the five most important things to know before the big screen blazes back to life.

You’d think that Apple was launching a new iPhone, or Taylor Swift tickets had just gone on sale. But these folks weren’t here to get the latest iPhone, and they probably weren’t many ‘Swifties,’ either.