Burt Mummolo

Tulsa

Reporter at @KTULNews, caretaker of Daisy the Basset Hound, glutton for never-ending home improvement projects, @BostonCollege alum 🦅

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Have you seen Blackwolf Goss?

1 day ago | ktul.com | Burt Mummolo

His name is unforgettable, Blackwolf Goss, but his whereabouts are unknown. "He was kind of a lost soul," said Serena Goss. She is Blackwolf's niece and describes an uncle who's had a hard life between substance abuse, a toxic relationship, and prison time. "Most of my life he was in and out of prison so I don’t have many memories with him except the times I would go visit him, but I truly love my uncle," she said.
Mayfest fills downtown with art

5 days ago | ktul.com | Burt Mummolo

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — It’s that time of year again, when downtown Tulsa is flooded with a tidal wave of art in every medium, expanding your imagination and quickening your heartbeat like the cadence of the drum being pounded by the Tulsa Indian Club on stage at Guthrie Green. "I'm really excited about it," said Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols, kicking off the event with a ribbon cutting, highlighting a new mural in the Arts District as Mayfest fires up another year of oohs and ahhs.
Doctor suggests beach shower to improve river safety

6 days ago | ktul.com | Burt Mummolo

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — If there's one thing you absolutely do not want to do if you're out in the Arkansas river having a good time... "The big thing is don't swallow the water," said Dr. Donald Barney, running down the list of symptoms if you get E. coli poisoning. "The cramping, vomiting, fever, getting dehydrated from the diarrhea," he said.
Tulsan crunches river water quality data, finds shocking results

6 days ago | ktul.com | Burt Mummolo

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — The opening of Zink lake was literally called the Big Dam Party. "This is an incredible day," said one official. There was a giant rubber ducky, the TU marching band, a ribbon cutting with fireworks, and the mayor praising the significance of the moment. "This lake will always stand as a monument," said Mayor GT Bynum. But what kind of a monument, now that one full year of water quality testing results have been completed.
Bell-to-bell cell phone ban to go into effect for all Oklahoma public schools

1 week ago | ktul.com | Burt Mummolo

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — It took two years of legislative wrangling at the state house but it has finally been signed into law, a cellphone ban in all public schools starting this fall and described as bell-to-bell.
Woman faces felony charge for current misdemeanor

1 week ago | ktul.com | Burt Mummolo

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Having fun at the aquarium, playing video games, visiting friends and family. Elisabeth Johns is always around her kids, except in the photo from Easter Sunday. "Easter Sunday I was in jail away from my kids," she said. And the reason for that dates back almost a decade. "I was kidnapped when I was 18 and used marijuana to self-medicate," she said. And back then when she was caught with 3 1/2 grams of marijuana...
May Day protestors gather at federal building downtown

1 week ago | ktul.com | Burt Mummolo

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Raising the volume, that's was the undercurrent of the demonstration outside the federal building, with protestors holding a laundry list signs for various grievances, but at the same time, singular in purpose. "The message today is solidarity," said community organizer MJ Anderson. He helped put together the 100 plus person event, which more might have attended but for fear.
Tulsa police FOP granted restraining order against city of Tulsa

2 weeks ago | ktul.com | Burt Mummolo

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — It was filed on Monday, an emergency application for temporary restraining order filed by the Tulsa Fraternal Order of Police against the city of Tulsa to "prevent the release of certain records which would cause certain and irreparable harm to Lodge members." The document explains that the city and the Lodge have certain contractual agreements in place that require certain personnel records to be "purged and expunged" after relevant time periods.
Tulsa homeowners disappointed city wouldn't compromise

2 weeks ago | ktul.com | Burt Mummolo

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — "There was no compromise," said Jessica Dadgar, none too thrilled with the city of Tulsa's customer service. "I’m disgruntled and disheartened," she said. Midtown homeowners, her family wanted to install a pool, the original size of which would have encroached on the city's easement for sewer lines, so they filed an application to see if they could reduce the size of the easement.
Tulsa resident raising awareness of butane cavern under HF Sinclair

2 weeks ago | ktul.com | Burt Mummolo

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — "Butane is a hazardous substance," said chemical engineer Fred Storer. Last year Storer weighed in on a story about the city of Tulsa suing the railroad to prevent butane offloading right next door to the BMX facility. "If butane leaks it can be ignited and there can be an explosion," he said. While doing research on the topic he requested information from federal officials about butane and expanded the scope to include more than just the railroad.