Mike Simons
Tulsa Worlds
Tulsa, OK, United States
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Street Level: Laboring on 21st Street
Photographer Mike Simons profiles a woman working to kick addiction, an immigrant from Barbados who dedicates his work to God and a 24-year-old thrilled to be on his dream job of training horses. → Read More
Find out where in the Tulsa area you're nearly twice as likely to have a wreck
The part of Interstate 44/U.S. 412 just east of 177th East Avenue has interchanges with two state highways and connections with two turnpikes. → Read More
City Council to consider settling lawsuit involving fire chief, nude photo
Jessica Chance, a former firefighter candidate, alleged in a federal lawsuit that Tulsa Fire Department Chief Ray Driskell singled her out from other candidates to take a photo for comparison with a nude photo he'd received from an unnamed Tulsa Police Department officer who had been in a relationship with Chance. → Read More
Wagoner County sheriff: Training records not falsified
WAGONER — Wagoner County Sheriff Bob Colbert on Wednesday said no training records in his department were falsified, despite a CLEET and Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation probe of "official misconduct" within the sheriff's office. → Read More
TIME-LAPSE VIDEO: How does ONEOK Field go from baseball diamond to soccer pitch?
From start to finish the crew works for 10-12 hours to make the transition. The workers prepare the field for the sod by shoveling off dirt so the sod is level. → Read More
Damage being assessed following tornadoes, severe storms
It appears that the tornado may have touched down then lifted then touched down again as it traveled northeast, said Joe Sellers, meteorologist with the weather service in Tulsa.Photo gallery: Damage from Sunday morning's storms → Read More
Damage being assessed following tornadoes, severe storms
More than 20,000 were without power overnight after the storms moved through the area. → Read More
Tulsa volunteer deputy Robert Bates cancels Bahamas trip after shooting
"He was looking forward to the trip with his grandkids," he said. "He was ridiculed in the national press for sticking to that plan." → Read More
Street Level: 21st Street offers peace and torture as I start my walk
Water splashes the banks of the Lynn Lane Reservoir in far east Tulsa where 21st Street meets 193rd East Avenue. → Read More
AP report: Tulsa reserve deputy Robert Bates boasts of connections in secret recording
"It's kind of a thing that I need to go back to, to scare the s--- out of me, to make me feel good about life," Bates said, chuckling, of his work as a volunteer deputy. "I love that. That was just great." → Read More
Tulsa reserve deputy Robert Bates pleads not guilty in fatal shooting
Robert Bates made his initial court appearance Tuesday morning in Tulsa district court and declined to comment to reporters. → Read More
Update: Attorneys for Harris family say reserve deputy was not certified on weapon used in fatal shooting
Earlier Monday, Tulsa County Sheriff Stanley Glanz said two deputies had been reassigned after the fatal after an undercover gun buy. → Read More
Tulsa Sheriff Stanley Glanz says two deputies reassigned after fatal shooting
Robert Bates, a 73-year-old reserve deputy, is charged with second-degree manslaughter in the April 2 death of Harris during a gun buy by the Violent Crimes Task Force. → Read More
Oklahoma makes top 10 list in church attendance
A new Gallup poll found that 39 percent of Sooners are in a church, mosque, temple or synagogue at least once a week. → Read More
Oklahoma governor requesting disaster declaration for Tulsa, Cleveland counties
Four people are believed to have died in the storms, according to state officials, and more than two-dozen others had injuries needing treatment at hospitals. → Read More
Photo gallery: Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 on Sunday
Tulsa news, sports, business, entertainment, weather → Read More
Winter storm: Tulsa gets 2.7 inches of snow, areas north receive more; roads hazardous
Most Tulsa-area schools — including Tulsa, Broken Arrow, Jenks, Owasso and Union — do not have classes on Monday in observation of the President's Day holiday. Bartlesville Public Schools announced on its Facebook page that all classes are canceled. → Read More
Three children, two adults hospitalized with burns, smoke inhalation following house fire
Three children and two adults were taken to local hospitals with burns and smoke inhalation following a house fire in west Tulsa on Monday, authorities said. → Read More
Woman dies following Catoosa house fire
Firefighters pulled Irene Cunningham out of the home and flew her to Hillcrest Medical Center, but attempts to save her were unsuccessful, the fire chief said. → Read More
Woman dies following Catoosa house fire
Firefighters pulled Irene Cunningham out of the home and flew her to Hillcrest Medical Center, but attempts to save her were unsuccessful, the fire chief said. → Read More