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Bishop Kelley Named: AP Gold Honor

Bishop Kelley High School was recently named to the 2024 Gold Advanced Placement Honor Roll by the College Board the administration reported in a release today.

The AP Honor Roll program works to acknowledge schools around the United States  that help students achieve excellence while maintaining broad access to challenging curriculum.  

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Demand Project Hosts Trafficking Summit

Two Day Event for Leaders and Advocates in the Fight to End Human Trafficking

Tulsa, OK – The Demand Project is hosting the two-day Beyond Awareness Educational Summit 2025 on January 9-10, 2025 at the Hyatt Regency Tulsa Downtown. This event will bring together law enforcement, healthcare professionals, educators, trafficking survivors, community advocates and industry experts from across the country to engage in vital discussions on the intersections between emerging technology and sexual exploitation.

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Garth Brooks Going Home Anthology

Garth Brooks will release the much anticipated next installment in his The Anthology series. The Anthology Part IV: Going Home will be on sale December 6th and may be pre-ordered now on Amazon and TalkShopLive. Filled with never-before-seen photos, this collection recounts the 14 years Garth spent in Oklahoma after stepping out of the spotlight and into the little yellow house where he became the dad he always wanted to be to his three daughters. 

“ . . .Those fourteen years of my life are the ones I’ll always remember. It was life at its best. I learned to be a dad, my girls got to know me, and I’d never for one second regret walking away from a career in order to find all of that,” said Garth Brooks. 

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Pinto Congress Returns to Tulsa

Pinto Horse Association of America is hosting the annual Color Breed Congress horse show in Tulsa, Okla., Nov. 1-9. The entire event is free to the public.    

Over the course of the horse show, around 15,000 people and as many as 1,500 horses in over 600 classes will make their way to Tulsa’s Expo Square according to a press release today.

There will be $250,000 given out in cash and awards throughout the show. Class exhibitors are eligible to receive jackets, halters and medallions. High point winners are eligible to be awarded buckles, and Kensington protective products.   

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National Report on OK Fiscal Policy

In a report released last Friday, The Cato Institute and Truth in Accounting judged the fiscal policy of each of the states. This report grades governors on their fiscal policies from a limited‐​government perspective. Governors receiving an “A” are those who have cut taxes and spending the most, whereas governors receiving an “F” have increased taxes and spending the most.

The following is what they found for Oklahoma.

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