SkaterTrainer 2.0 launches

By Staff Report

SkaterTrainer1 The Tulsa based company SkaterTrainer, recently announced the availability of SkaterTrainers 2.0, a new and improved way to help skateboarders of all ages learn new tricks faster than ever. Its patented design featuring rubberized wheel covers make skateboarding tricks more approachable to learn and easier to master.

SkaterTrainers stretch around all four skateboard wheels to stop the board from rolling while beginners learn balance and practice for skateboard tricks such as backfoot flip, ollie, kickflip, shovit, hardflip, triple kickflip, casper flip, and more. With the board stabilized, skaters can learn balance and focus on committing to the steps of the trick. Once a skater can land the trick with SkaterTrainers, they can pull them off to complete the trick without them.

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Former treasurer pays restitution, to serve time

By Staff Report

According to a release yesterday by the office of the United States Attorney Danny C. Williams; aggressive collection efforts by the Northern District’s Financial Litigation Unit has “forced” Lorna Jean Vanlandingham, the former Treasurer of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Oklahoma State Lodge and the Tulsa Fraternal Order of Police, to repay $306,577.24 in restitution, a fine and a special assessment fee.

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OK tax receipts continue to fall

By Staff Report

State Treasurer Ken Miller

Monthly Gross Receipts to the Treasury are lower than the same month of the prior year for a seventh consecutive month as low oil prices and reduced consumer spending shrank the bottom line in November, State Treasurer Ken Miller announced today.

Twelve-month Gross Receipts to the Treasury also contracted, as total collections continued an eight-month downward trend and are the lowest since June 2014.

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Hillary Clinton files in Oklahoma

By Staff Report

Hillary Clinton today become the first Democratic candidate to officially file for the ballot in Oklahoma’s primary election on March 1st.

Hillary for America’s Director of State Campaigns and Political Engagement Marlon Marshall released a statement upon filing that pledged a ground-up, grassroots campaign. Clinton will attend a grassroots organizing event in Tulsa, on Friday, December 11th.

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Tulsa Oilers: Tale of two games

By Rich Lohman, Tulsa Today

Phil Brewer(73) and Jordan Kremyr celebrate a goal in the first period on Thursday against Utah.

TULSA, OK—It’s a rare thing for the Tulsa Oilers to play two hockey games in the middle of the week, so for this article the reader gets two (2) recaps for the price of one. This week and next week the Oilers will play four games spanning the gap between Wednesday and Friday, and for three of those games they will play teams that have never played in Oklahoma before.

First up this week on Wednesday, Tulsa took on a familiar opponent, the Rapid City Rush. The Oilers have squared off against Rapid City since 2008 when they were members of the old Central Hockey League. They have met 43 times since then and they were former divisional opponents last year’s merger season when the CHL married the ECHL.

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