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Tulsa Cat Cafe Opening This Fall, Owners Ask For Crowdfunding To Help With Costs
The owners of a cat cafe planning on opening in Tulsa this fall say they need help with paying for construction. They say the bids came back about $100,000 more than estimated, so they are crowdfunding for part of it. The owners created a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to raise $25,000.
Lincoln Riley 'not getting into' OU athletic director Joe Castiglione's SEC move comments
NORMAN — On OU's first official day in the SEC, athletic director Joe Castiglione appeared to hint at the idea former coaches had about the Sooners' SEC move. “I will tell you, without reservation, every coach that we talked to was excited," Castiglione said. "And you know what, the ones that weren’t aren’t...
Whole Hawg Days begins with a new twist to the festival
Twenty-six entries in this year’s Whole Hawg Days cookoff competition will be judged by two people who will determine the best pork butts, ribs and ham. Chefs will fire up their cookers Friday evening at locations scattered around town as they get ready for the heated competition on Saturday.
Sooner recruiting is thumbing its nose at Lincoln Riley and about to show what better defensive players can achieve
Let's be perfectly honest. There is no love loss between Sooner fans and runaway head coach Lincoln Riley. So anytime Oklahoma fans and especially diehard fans of Sooner football get the opportunity to thumb their nose at Riley and one-up him with the way things are going in Norman under new head coach Brent Venables they're going to do it.
KRMG In-Depth: Tree services in Tulsa unregulated, unlicensed - but essentially subsidized
While the city doesn't require tree services to be licensed, bonded, or insured - nor does it require any training, education, or certification - it does provide green waste disposal at almost no cost to the businesses, paid for by taxpayer money.
Claremore Papa Johns Pizza to give out free backpacks in August
CLAREMORE, Okla. — Papa Johns Pizza in Claremore is hosting a Back to School Bash and will give free backpacks filled with school supplies on August 3. The Back to School Bash will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Papa Johns Pizza, 502 South Lynn Riggs Boulevard.
Sapulpa native helps launch Inaugural Nutcracker Festival in Tulsa
Hannah Oswalt is a business owner and mother of six with an obviously busy life. When you discover that she’s the interior designer for the Inaugural Nutcracker Festival launching in Tulsa this December, your first question is undoubtedly, “How?”. Unsurprisingly, the gig didn’t come to Oswalt by accident....
Cherokee Nation to celebrate topping-out ceremony for new W.W. Hastings Hospital
The Cherokee Nation will celebrate the topping-out of the new W.W. Hastings Hospital. Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Leaders from the Cherokee Nation will gather Thursday to hold a topping-out ceremony in celebration of the placement of the final steel beam for the future, state-of-the-art W.W. Hastings Hospital.
Woman, 91, seriously injured in rear-end collision Thursday in Pratt County
IUKA, Kan. (WIBW) - One person suffered serious injuries early Thursday afternoon in a two-vehicle collision between a semitrailer and a sport utility vehicle in Pratt County, authorities said. The crash was reported at 1:11 p.m. Thursday on southbound US-281 highway just south of McClellan Street in Iuka, which is...
Sunset of Counselor Corps Leads to Budget Cuts, Staff Reductions
Through guitar lessons and group music sessions, Leticia Castro helped students in her small, rural district in western Oklahoma build confidence and form deeper relationships with their peers. Over a semester, she taught 60 students in kindergarten through 12th grade how to express their emotions and encourage others through music.
Redo election scheduled for Oklahoma’s Sequoyah Public Schools
Welcome to the Friday, July 26, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day:. Redo election scheduled for Oklahoma’s Sequoyah Public Schools. Eleven new measures certified for the ballot, 25 pending signature verification. Did you know that from 2016 to 2024, the 100...
Only slight rain chances before temps soar
As of Thursday, we have had a nice 8 day stretch of below average temperatures, but that is about to change. OKC was 91 Wednesday, and temperatures are already running a bit warmer Thursday. Expect low 90s for the end of the work week. Only very small isolated shower chances continue Friday.
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