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Tasha Ball from TashaDoesTulsa.com reports on some of the many Independence Day weekend activities, including fireworks and events: : -Fourth on the Third.

A 12-year-old boy was taken into custody Thursday evening after the child attacked an acquaintance and stabbed him with a steak knife, police said.

Controversy is brewing in a small Oklahoma town where an historic building is being torn down.

KOTV's Dan Bewley went to Yale, OK, today to report on the demolition of Yale's Norma S. Velvin auditorium , the only remaining piece of the 1930s high school building.

I just learned that the Yale, Oklahoma, Board of Education -- the school board in Jim Thorpe's hometown -- is demolishing its school auditorium , named in honor of long-time teacher Norma Velvin .

A News On 6 viewer raises a good question about potential traffic nightmare on a busy stretch of Tulsa highway.

Power has been restored to thousands of people in South Tulsa after a major power outage.

Another building along Interstate 44 is about to disappear. Crews on Tuesday tore down the Victorian Inn, a motel off Riverside Drive.

An estimated 85,000 cars travel I-44 through Tulsa each day. Built in the 50's, the State Department of Transportation said the roadway should have been redesigned about 30 years ago.

Oklahoma Department of Transportation, ODOT, officials say the stretch of I-44 between Riverside and Yale is one of the oldest sections of interstate in Oklahoma.

I'm picky about public places when it comes to crying. Most of the time. I mean, there was that incident in October 2007 when I broke down at U.S. Cellular at 21st and Yale.

"This is the only home that Jim Thorpe ever owned," Frick said. "He lived a lot of places, but he didn't own anything except this home.

The $330 million widening project is in high gear as buildings continue to crumble along Interstate-44. The expansion will widen the highway from Riverside to Yale from 4 to 6 lanes.

Oklahoma Blood Institute Tulsa Center officials say their offices will remain open on Tuesday to take blood donations.

" A project years in the making - the expansion of I-44 in Tulsa - is finally getting underway.

A traffic stop lead police to a lot of stolen property. Tulsa police officers say they stopped the driver of a stolen vehicle, who was also wanted on drug charges out of Creek County.

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The proposed bridge would cross the Arkansas River connecting Jenks and Tulsa at 121st and Yale.