Exploding meth labs have become as much a part of Oklahoma as hot summers, cold winters, tornadoes and of course intra-state sports rivalries. Few Tulsans are surprised to learn of yet another meth lab explosion as they have become some commonplace.
However, when the exploding meth lab is located across the street from a Tulsa [...]
Some openly speculate that Tulsa, which recently laid-off about one-sixth of its police force, is well on its way to becoming “the Detroit of the Great Plains” and recent events tend to support that speculation.
Case in point – Saturday night, well actually Sunday morning at 3:00 am on February 28, 2010.
Between 75 and 100 [...]
On a hot August night, dozens of Tulsa’s finest were called to Big Splash Water Park after hundreds of youths reportedly brawled inside the park and on its parking lot.
Tulsa Police officers were called in from all over the city to help control the crowd which cops estimated at 3,500.
Prior to the arrival of the [...]
It has been a few years, well only three years, since some Tulsans suffered a heat induced outbreak of lunacy which resulted in the last lame-brain proposal to “do something”.
Guess what?
Here we go again…
Back during the summer of 2006, in the midst of a heat wave, a project called “The Channels” was proposed. The [...]
The cat has slipped out of the bag much to the dismay of supporters of two ballot initiatives that would generate $450 million in taxes to fix Tulsa’s crumbling streets and bridges.
And “the cat” is the existence of $135.2 million dollars in unspent tax revenues collected over the past 20 to 30 years through various [...]
Before Tulsans can fight City Hall they have to find it and for some finding City Hall has recently become a major problem.
It used to be that City Hall was very easy to find.
It was located in what is called the Civic Center, a place where one also finds the Tulsa County [...]
