Anna Codutti

2 weeks ago | tulsaworld.com | Anna Codutti

A group of protesters gathered early Thursday in Tulsa to draw attention to controversial ICE enforcement efforts in Los Angeles and promote nationwide protests planned for Saturday during an Army parade in Washington, D.C.The Tulsa protesters waved the flag of Mexico and displayed signs on the pedestrian bridge over Interstate 244 just east of Harvard Avenue during the morning rush hour Thursday.

3 weeks ago | tulsaworld.com | Anna Codutti

Police are investigating a homicide after an altercation inside a home near the University of Tulsa campus erupted into gunfire early Friday. Officers responded around 11:30 a.m. to the house in a "generally quiet neighborhood" about two or three blocks west of TU, Tulsa Police Capt. Richard Meulenberg said at the scene. They found the alleged shooter in the area and took the individual into custody, along with a female who  police said was with him in the 800 block of South Atlanta Avenue.

4 weeks ago | tulsaworld.com | Anna Codutti

The 10-year-old grandson of a woman killed in 2023, in what Broken Arrow police called a murder-suicide, has been identified as a victim of what investigators believe to be another murder-suicide in Broken Arrow. Officers were serving a search warrant around 4:20 p.m. Wednesday to a home in the 100 block of West Roanoke Street, related to the recently reported disappearance of 20-year-old Alyssa Shippy, police said.

1 month ago | tulsaworld.com | Anna Codutti

Oklahoma homeowners’ insurance rates are high, perhaps the highest in the nation. A recent Wall Street Journal article, relying heavily on input from Oklahoma Insurance Department Commissioner Glen Mulready, said hail damage explains the elevated rates. But the data that would be used to blame hail show the opposite: Oklahoma has had less hail than states with lower rates.

1 month ago | tulsaworld.com | Anna Codutti

A 10-by-20-foot hole under the concrete spillway near the top of the Lake Waxhoma Dam has re-emerged amid heavy rainfall Wednesday after efforts to patch the hole in 2021 appear to have failed. Officials began pumping water from Lake Waxhoma starting around 11 a.m. Wednesday, according to Jerry Roberts, Osage County Emergency Management director, with the ongoing storms complicating efforts. Areas of Osage County have received 4-5½ inches of rain in just two days, according to Oklahoma Mesonet.