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By: Brian Dorman TULSA COUNTY, Okla. - Tulsas Parkside Psychiatric Hospital reports every bed is full tonight. It is the only treatment facility for youth in Green Country. Officials said the need to address mental health concerns is even greater now, nearly one year into the pandemic. Broken Arrow mother Shannon Schwarz lost her son to suicide three years ago. "Jaymeson was amazing. He was that kid growing up all through school that always wanted to help other people. As a parent, he was ki...

An audio version of this story Broken Arrow City Councilor Johnnie Parks (left), Vice Mayor Scott Eudey, City Manager Michael Spurgeon, Mayor Craig Thurmond and Councilor Debra Wimpee participate in a council meeting Tuesday night at the Stoney Creek Hotel and Conference Center. The meeting was held there to allow for greater social distancing. The Broken Arrow City Council had a mask mandate on its agenda for the first time Tuesday night, but it didn’t even come up for a vote. Over the cours...

Coronavirus in N.J.: What’s reopened, what concerts, festivals and shows are rescheduled, canceled. (Jan. 20, 2021) Updated Jan 27, 2021; On Monday, Jan. 23, 1989, surrealist artist Salvador Dali died at the age of 84. On Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021, the Ridgewood-based First Flight Theatre Company will bring him back to life with a virtual performance of “Salvador,” the Rick Young short play imagining the waning years of the eccentric Spanish artist’s life. The production will be performe...

Broken Arrow City Council Fails Both Mask Ordinance, Resolution The Broken Arrow City Council failed both a mask ordinance and proposal after discussion Tuesday night. The vote on the resolution failed with a vote of 2-2. Broken Arrow City Councilors ultimately decided a mask mandate would be difficult to enforce. There was no motion on the table to pass it, therefore the mandate failed. This is the second time councilors have discussed a mask ordinance since the pandemic began. Tuesday night...

BA City Council to consider mask mandate

Woman creates quilted cover for her SUV     TULSA, Oklahoma (Tulsa World) — Think of it as one of life’s little ironies: If the biennial Quilt Tulsa show had not been canceled, Jan Kendall probably would not have been able to complete the epic project she had planned to promote the event. “I had the idea to do something like this about four years ago,” Kendall said. “I just thought it would be a great come-on for the show, which was going to take place in May last year.” That i...

In normal circumstances, cinema-goers would be basking in a glut of high-quality films released to coincide with the awards season. Covid, the tiny spoilsport, has put paid to all that. Among the treats we’re missing through cinema closures is News of the World, a gritty, sprawling western directed by Paul Greengrass and starring the eternally Oscar-friendly Tom Hanks. Hanks, who has won two Academy Awards and been nominated six times, plays Jefferson Kidd, a former Confederate army captain w...

By: News On 6 BROKEN ARROW, Oklahoma - The Broken Arrow Police Department is investigating after they say at least two people were shot Saturday night. According to police, officers were called to a shooting at the Rose Event Center where they found a 68-year-old male with a gunshot wound to his abdomen. Police say he was taken to a local hospital where he later died from his injuries. Officer found two other injured victims were located nearby, both 19-year-old women. One had a gunshot wound ...

Sat, 01/16/2021 - 5:00am Christine Evelyn Dinger was born on October 26, 1929 in Lockesburg, Arkansas to Ira and Bessie Griffin. She had 2 brothers, 2 sisters, 2 half-brothers and 4 half-sisters. She succumbed to a massive stroke on January 7, 2021 at Ascension St. John Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is survived by her 4 children; Phil, wife Cheryl, Betty Alspaugh-Turner, husband George, Reed, and Debra Nunn; 6 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, 3 great-great-grandchildren a...

Twitter informed us that Tuesday was Portfolio Day, a social media event that rolls around every three months and prods artists to share their finest work online. Of course, artists should feel free to promote themselves at any time — but the advantage of this event is that it builds buzz, focusing attention around the hashtag #PortfolioDay while emboldening young or shy artists to show their skills off. Each time, we discover cool work by animators, illustrators, designers, and others, ma...