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Education

Tulsa’s Burroughs Elementary School Receives $100,000 Surpise

When the students and staff of Burroughs Elementary gathered for an assembly, they never dreamed it would come with a 6-figure check!

• Money Matters: DonorsChoose, a non-profit organization that helps support public school classrooms, surprised Burroughs Elementary with a donation to honor educators. The announcement was made at the end of an assembly celebrating Black History Month. The school was the first school to integrate fully.

• Cash for the Classroom: Teachers already know what they’ll do with the cash. It’s going straight into the classroom to buy supplies for projects. More books for summer reading will also be bought to go home with the students who were shedding surprise tears of joy!

See the surprise video HERE.

Community

Downtown Black Owned Businesses Thrive During Black History Month and Beyond

Let’s keep the momentum going! Support Tulsa Black owned businesses beyond Black History Month.

• Swipe Success: Downtown Tulsa Partnership is celebrating Black History Month by shouting out Black owned businesses that make a big impact. Did you know there’s a new tea lounge in downtown Tulsa that’s brewing up wellness? How about the clean cosmetics shop over in the Boxyard? It’s never too early to start holiday shopping.

• Bang For Your Buck: Grab some sunglasses in time for spring at Da’Shade Room or get cozy with a book at Fulton Street Books and Coffee. There’s also a new website that gives a closer look at Black-owned businesses across Tulsa. Let’s shop local, Black-owned businesses this month and all year around.

See a list of Black owned businesses you can support HERE.

Event

AT&T Announces Credit for Customer’s Affected by Cell Service Breakdown

AT&T says “We’re sorry” with a credit for customers affected by the cell service outage.

• Can You Hear Me Now?: With more than 73,000 customers reporting outages at one point on February 22nd, AT&T says it wants to make it right. The company recognized the frustration the outage caused to small business owners and said it will reach out to potentially impacted customers and apply a credit to their accounts. They’ll get an average cost of a full day of service.

• Cyber Secure: So what happened? AT&T says the outage was caused by the application and execution of an incorrect process used while working to expand the network, not a cyber attack. The company says customer data was not breached during the outage and those who qualify for a credit will see it in the next couple of business days.

Read the entire statement HERE.

Community

Tulsa City-County Library Receives 5-Star Rating From Library Journal

Tulsa City-County Library is starting its next chapter as a 5-star rated library.

• Shhhhhhh: There’s nothing to be quiet about when it comes to this latest success coming off the library shelf. It’s the highest rating a library can receive from the Library Journal’s national rating of public libraries. 5-stars go to the Tulsa City-County Library!

• Turn the Page: Library Journal comprises its scores for America’s Star Libraries from eight service criteria. They are circulation of physical items, circulation of e-materials, library visits, program attendance, public computer users, Wi-Fi sessions and electronic retrievals like database usage and website visits. Congrats to the brains behind the books at Tulsa City-County Library!

See a full line-up of events happening at the library HERE.

Economy

Oklahoma Lawmakers Vote to Cut State’s Grocery Tax

Load up the grocery cart! You could soon be paying less at the register.

• Mouths to Feed: The Oklahoma Senate passed a bill on Thursday to eliminate the state's grocery sales tax. It’s now going to Governor Kevin Stitt's desk. "Today, we get to fulfill a promise to all four million Oklahomans and pass the largest single year tax cut in Oklahoma history. Cutting the grocery tax means relief for all Oklahomans,” Stitt said.

• Stock Up: So how much savings will we actually see? The average person in Oklahoma pays about $300 a month for groceries, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. For a family of four, that comes out to $1,200 a month. In a year, that family will buy $14,400 worth of food at the store. Experts estimate about $400 in savings per year with the new tax cut. You could start saving as early as August.

Read more about the change HERE.

In other news

• 🏀 Hoops for Hope: Bixby Spartan Hoopers offered up some slam dunk support for students with special needs.

• ✇ Built Ford Tough: The Mid-America Ford and Shelby Nationals is driving out of Tulsa and into Claremore for its 50th year show.

• 🌳 Get Paid to Gather: The Gathering Place announced it’s hiring! Apply for multiple jobs in 4 different departments.

• ☀️ Good Day Sunshine: Meteorologist Travis Meyer hopped behind the wheel for a little sunshine cruise, completely cowboy’d up.

• 🍕 Pizza Promo: Tulsans can drive about 45 minutes to get a ‘$12 Tuesdays’ Pizza at its latest wood fire hot spot.

• ❤️ Rebound: A formerly incarcerated woman shared about the hoops she had to jump through to go from jail time to success with a group of Tulsa sports teens.

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