Community News for Tulsa Oklahoma from TulsaWorld.com

Ronnie Dunn brings honky-tonk show to The Joint

Feb 10, 2012 4:49 am

Dunn welcomed fans to a sold-out solo show at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa on Thursday evening.

One teen dead, another hospitalized with gunshot wound

Feb 10, 2012 4:39 am

A teenage girl killed herself with a gun after shooting her boyfriend Thursday, Delaware County Sheriff Rick Littlefield said.

Insurance department apologizes for offensive language in email

Feb 10, 2012 1:01 am

Insurance Commissioner John Doak said the email was not authorized and is 'highly embarrassing.'

Council votes to allow trash board debt

Feb 9, 2012 10:58 pm

Tulsa City Council's unanimous vote clears the way for the trash board to award a hauling contract and a cart purchase agreement at a 4:30 p.m. Friday special meeting.

Rick Santorum attracts thousands for Tulsa campaign stop

Feb 9, 2012 10:38 pm

Thousands descended on Oral Roberts University's Mabee Center on Thursday to hear surging Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum.

Rain likely in Tulsa tonight; Snow, freezing rain forecast for northwest Oklahoma

Feb 9, 2012 10:26 pm

Tulsa may receive its first snow of the month this weekend.

Quarterly loss hits $3.3 billion at Postal Service

Feb 9, 2012 10:00 pm

Teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, the U.S. Postal Service's quarterly loss ballooned to $3.3 billion amid declining mail volume and the soaring costs of health benefits for future retirees.

Oklahoma governor to delay execution

Feb 9, 2012 9:55 pm

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin issued a 30-day stay of execution Thursday for a death-row inmate who had been scheduled to die next week for the 1986 murder of the mother of his two children.

Oklahoma reaches foreclosure-abuse settlement with banks

Feb 9, 2012 7:51 pm

The 49 other states joined for a $25 billion deal with the same banks Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and Ally Financial.

Panel approves sale of bonds for Arkansas River

Feb 9, 2012 5:05 pm

The Oklahoma Council on Bond Oversight approved the sale of $26 million in bonds to finance Arkansas River improvements in the Tulsa area.

Local News for Tulsa Oklahoma from TulsaWorld.com

Ronnie Dunn brings honky-tonk show to The Joint

Feb 10, 2012 4:49 am

Dunn welcomed fans to a sold-out solo show at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa on Thursday evening.

One teen dead, another hospitalized with gunshot wound

Feb 10, 2012 4:39 am

A teenage girl killed herself with a gun after shooting her boyfriend Thursday, Delaware County Sheriff Rick Littlefield said.

Insurance department apologizes for offensive language in email

Feb 10, 2012 1:01 am

Insurance Commissioner John Doak said the email was not authorized and is 'highly embarrassing.'

Council votes to allow trash board debt

Feb 9, 2012 10:58 pm

Tulsa City Council's unanimous vote clears the way for the trash board to award a hauling contract and a cart purchase agreement at a 4:30 p.m. Friday special meeting.

Rick Santorum attracts thousands for Tulsa campaign stop

Feb 9, 2012 10:38 pm

Thousands descended on Oral Roberts University's Mabee Center on Thursday to hear surging Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum.

Rain likely in Tulsa tonight; Snow, freezing rain forecast for northwest Oklahoma

Feb 9, 2012 10:26 pm

Tulsa may receive its first snow of the month this weekend.

Quarterly loss hits $3.3 billion at Postal Service

Feb 9, 2012 10:00 pm

Teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, the U.S. Postal Service's quarterly loss ballooned to $3.3 billion amid declining mail volume and the soaring costs of health benefits for future retirees.

Oklahoma governor to delay execution

Feb 9, 2012 9:55 pm

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin issued a 30-day stay of execution Thursday for a death-row inmate who had been scheduled to die next week for the 1986 murder of the mother of his two children.

Oklahoma reaches foreclosure-abuse settlement with banks

Feb 9, 2012 7:51 pm

The 49 other states joined for a $25 billion deal with the same banks Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and Ally Financial.

Panel approves sale of bonds for Arkansas River

Feb 9, 2012 5:05 pm

The Oklahoma Council on Bond Oversight approved the sale of $26 million in bonds to finance Arkansas River improvements in the Tulsa area.