District leaders faced a standing room-only crowd Tuesday night in the first community information session since announcing plans to close or consolidate 17 schools. More meetings are set for October.
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Search for Tulsa Race Massacre victims expands at Oaklawn Cemetery
This year’s excavation will mainly focus on the western and southernmost portion of the cemetery. Investigators expect the work to be complete by the end of October.
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Tulsa Housing Authority adds 70 new housing units to 36N complex
At its completion, the entire 36N project will comprise 545 mixed-income options. The Landing will offer mixed-income, workforce and market-rate units.
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Osage Congress introduces bill to require legislature’s say on hyperscale data centers
Osage Nation Congress will consider legislation that would require tribal government entities to receive congressional approval before working with any hyperscale data centers.
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Tulsa County will have more early voting sites for November election
Election board officials say the four early voting sites — up from two in previous elections — will provide better access to voters in the north, south, east and west parts of the city.
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Visit Tulsa ‘coffee trail’ to support writing programs in Oklahoma women’s prisons and jails
Tulsa coffee shops are giving a portion of sales to Poetic Justice, which supports journalism programs in Oklahoma prisons.
Posted inSchools & Families
Tulsa’s Central High School may become a career and virtual school hub. Details are still in the works.
Tulsa Public Schools’ plan for Central High School as a career and virtual school hub is still developing, weeks before the board’s expected vote.
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This rural Oklahoma town doesn’t want a data center. It may not be able to stop the project
With the project outside city limits and little county oversight of unincorporated land, officials are considering measures to gain local control.
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Petition seeks grand jury investigation of Tulsa County DA Steve Kunzweiler
The petition seeks a grand jury investigation into Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler and his office over the handling of several cases, public records and other office practices.
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A decade later, the Jenks dam project is $100M over budget. Construction hasn’t started.
Since Tulsa voters committed more than $60 million in 2016, the dam has ballooned in costs. Partners are figuring out how to move forward — and who will foot the bill.
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Black boyhood meets the rodeo in Tulsa’s second mural rotating art series
“Brothers in Life & the Arena” features twin calf ropers Trenton and Trevor Whayne. The mural was unveiled a week before Road to the Rodeo events kick off in Tulsa.
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‘More than just a school’: Community members concerned about how neighborhoods and kids may be affected by TPS closures
TPS proposed closing 17 schools and redesigning others Monday. Some residents and families say the announcement took them by surprise and left them with questions.