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Broken Arrow Elects New Mayor, Vice Mayor The City of Broken Arrow has elected a new mayor and vice mayor. Ward 1 City Councilor Debra Wimpee was elected to serve as mayor and Christi Gillespie was elected as vice mayor during a meeting Tuesday. Both will serve two-year terms. This is the first time in history two women have served as mayor and vice mayor together. According to city records, it is also the first time three women will serve on the city council together, after newly-elected coun...

By: News On 6 New members of the Broken Arrow City Council will officially begin their new terms on Tuesday in a meeting where city counselors will vote on who will take over the position of mayor. As a result of the election held on April 6, Debra Wimpee was re-elected to Ward 1 and Lisa Ford was elected for the first time to the Ward 2 seat, taking the position away from council member and City Mayor Craig Thurmond. That means all five city councilors, will be voting for mayor and one of them...

By: News On 6 Broken Arrow Community Blood Drive A community blood drive is taking place in Broken Arrow on Wednesday. The drive is being held by the Red Cross at the Central Park Community Center from 12 p.m. until 6 p.m. The drive will close down for an hour from 2:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. to give the workers a break. All donations will be tested for COVID-19 antibodies. To make an appointment or for more information, CLICK HERE.

Oklahoman The Oklahoma House passed legislation that seeks to halt Gov. Kevin Stitt’s plan to outsource Medicaid care management to four major insurance companies.  On a vote of 73-17, the House late Tuesday evening approved legislation for the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, which oversees the state’s Medicaid program, to better manage health care in-house.  “Let’s start with reforming the system we have before tearing it apart,” said Republican Rep. Marcus McEntire, the bill’s...

Mayor Debra Wimpee and Vice Mayor Christi Gillespie were unanimously selected by their fellow city council members on Tuesday night. Mayor Debra Wimpee joined the News On 6 team virtually to discuss the position and the significance of the historic election.

City of Broken Arrow Broken Arrow City Councilors Debra Wimpee and Christi Gillespie were elected mayor and vice mayor, respectively, at the councils Tuesday meeting, the first time in city history the positions will both be held by women. Wimpee, an incumbent who held off multiple challengers to retain her council seat earlier this month, was nominated for the position by Gillespie. (In Broken Arrows council-manager form of government, mayor and vice mayor are chosen by a vote of the council...

Nolte: What Should’ve Won the Best Picture Oscar – 1950 to 1959 20 Apr 2021 In part four of this series we look at the movies that should have won the Best Picture Oscar between 1950 and 1959. The cult of oh-so-sophisticated movie writers love to run down the 50’s, as a decade lost to Eisenhower-era conformity and cinematic bloat crafted by studios desperate to compete with TV. As you’ll see below, nothing could be further from the truth. The 1950s were an embarrassment of movie riches....

After yesterday’s AstraZeneca jab I’ve got a bit of a sore upper arm, but no grinding ache. Feel generally just a bit languid and meh. I may even get in the garden and continue the War on Overhanging Branches. OTOH that article about the spread of Covid around India thanks to shitty Government messaging and general delusion about where we are with the pandemic could have been filed about Britain. In fact, with Flobalob sooooo eager to ‘Get Back to Normal Pt 3’ and his refusal to upset h...

Michael Flynn, Lin Wood and Mike Lindell Pose in Front of Path to Trump Board On 4/19/21 at 9:27 AM EDT Former national security adviser Michael Flynn, attorney Lin Wood and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell have been photographed in front of a board designed to show how to influence former President Donald Trump through individuals and organizations in his orbit. The three men posed for the picture while attending last weeks Health and Freedom Convention in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, where they were feat...

2 New Broken Arrow City Council Members To Begin Terms Happening Monday, two new Broken Arrow City Council members will take their newly elected seats. Then on Tuesday evening, the council will vote to decide on the new mayor and vice-mayor amongst themselves. On April 6, Broken Arrow residents voted to re-elect Debra Wimpee for Ward 1 and elect for the first time Lisa Ford to fill the Ward 2 council seat. Ford is replacing 20-year city councilor veteran Craig Thurmond, who has been serving sin...