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Caretakers at an assisted-living facility helped 79-year-old Edward Trejo make his first-ever snow angel. Trejo, who now lives in Oklahoma, says he had never seen snow like the kind that recently fell during a severe winter storm in the area. So after the storm passed, caretakers helped Trejo walk over to a blanket of fresh fallen snow. Franciscan Villa, the retirement and assisted-living facility where Trejo lives, shared video on Facebook saying, "Today his wish came true!" The video shows st...

Hundreds of teachers across Oklahoma are getting their COVID-19 shot Monday as the rollout expands. More than one million Oklahomans now qualify for a vaccine as the state moves to another level of Phase 2, including teachers. As teachers in some districts get their vaccines today, many others in Tulsa are still waiting to find out when theyll get theirs. The state department of health said theyre taking a very localized approach. Hundreds of educators, including teachers at an IMMY Lab Pod tod...

Reply (Shutterstock) TULSA, OK — The United States passed a grim milestone this week, when the death toll from coronavirus topped half a million, but other statistics point to the slow waning of the pandemic. Among these more optimistic figures is the number of new hospitalizations nationwide, which fell last week to just over 56,000, down sharply since the 130,000 recorded in mid-January and the lowest number since November. Experts attribute the improvement to a variety of factors, includin...

Elimination Chamber was certainly eventful as Roman Reigns retained his WWE Universal Championship after pummelling Daniel Bryan and The Miz emerged as the new WWE Champion! The A-Lister cashed in his Money In The Bank contract to pin Drew McIntyre after his participation in the chamber match, and an attack from Bobby Lashley.  And that surely left viewers clamouring to see what came next on Raw on Monday night - here are your full results from the show! Bobby Lashley presented The Miz an ulti...

Envy And Human Nature   Share Trending There is a school of thought which suggests older societies held a close-knit culture which honored each other and contained much trust. While some were this way, however, most primitive cultures were embedded with envy. And this envy most often was an outcropping of superstition and a belief in sorcery and witchcraft of varying forms. Primitive tribes were wrought with superstitious envy. The Austrian-German sociologist Helmut Schoeck did extensive rese...

Saturday, Feb. 20 Broken Arrow Business Deals With Snowstorms’ Aftermath Secret Gardens Candle Company in Broken Arrow is one store that has felt the devastating effects of this week’s historic snowstorm. Store owner Matt Vasquez said a pipe burst on Tuesday which caused parts of the ceiling to fall and engulfed the store in water. A GoFundMe to help Vasquez can be found here.  Tulsa City Crews Hard At Work Repairing Water Breaks Tulsa water and sewer crews have been working all day to rep...

By: Johnny Resendiz BROKEN ARROW, Okla. - With the snowfall and subzero temperatures out of Oklahoma, local businesses are still feeling damaging effects of the storm. Secret Gardens Candle Company in Broken Arrow is one store that has felt the devastating effects of this week’s historic snowstorm. Store owner Matt Vasquez said a pipe burst on Tuesday which caused parts of the ceiling to fall and engulfed the store in water. “For the moment, it was almost like the air just gets sucked ou...

Tulsa Voluntary Boil Order Trickling Down To Surrounding Communities The voluntary boil order for Tulsa is causing a trickle effect on districts that rely on the city of Tulsa for water. There are 12 towns and four counties that rely on Tulsa for some water supply. "Water supply problems from the people that we buy water from,” Harvey Morris with Creek County Water District Two said. Morris the district gets its water from Sapulpa, Hayburn Lake, and Tulsa. Morris said they dont get water fr...

Burglary Suspect Arrested After Broken Arrow Police Tracked Her Footprints Broken Arrow Police said the snow helped arrest a woman accused of breaking into a home. Police said the woman also had a gun, meth and nearly 300 pills on her. Police said Sheryl Keller and two others broke into a home and grabbed many items, but when they tried to make their getaway, their car got stuck in the driveway. Police said Keller tried to walk away, but police caught her just down the road.  Police said...