Oktoberfest is here, and Joey ‘Jaws’ Chestnut is crashing the party
Joey Chestnut gets it. He’s in on the laugh, the absurdity, the silliness, and yes, the thrill of what he does for a living: competitive eating.
Frontier Reads: Reluctant superhero a reminder of how we fall in love with stories
In this week’s Frontier Reads, our podcast host RJ Young tries to sell us on the story of a flawed superhero (yes, it’s a comic book). You’ll be watching the story on Netflix soon enough.
What happens if annual fee to hold city inmates in Tulsa Jail quadruples?
If the county decided to charge the city a flat fee of $3.5 million, for example, and the city’s daily inmate county remained steady, the city would be paying about $320 per inmate per day, city officials contend.
As Franklin Park ceremony approaches, city, Tulsans celebrate cooperation
The park’s new amenities will include a Black Wall Street-themed playground, an adult outdoor fitness center, benches, shelters with tables, picnic tables, a drinking fountain and more.
Development talks for west bank of Arkansas River on hold
One of the developers has been unable to find an anchor restaurant. The other, a Dallas-based restaurant, has asked the city to pay for some infrastructure for the project.
Frontier Reads: “The Secret Game” is a social history that unfolds on the basketball court
The Secret Game by Tulsa native Scott Ellsworth is an extremely interesting basketball story. But, it’s about far more than a basketball game.
County to bill DOC $9 million to cover cost of housing state inmates in Tulsa Jail
“We don’t have $9 million to just shell out like that,” a DOC spokesman said.
County commissioners again mulling flat fee for city to hold municipal inmates in jail
“You can’t use some other jail’s number or something that was decided on 20 years ago to justify a flat fee,” Mayoral Chief of Staff Jarred Brejcha said.
