Jun 20 6 staffers setting up for Trump rally positive for COVID-19 By Jill Colvin, Associated Press Campaign officials say everyone who is attending the rally will be given temperature checks before they pass through security. They will also be given masks to wear, if they want, and hand sanitizer at the 19,000-seat BOK Center. Continue reading
Jun 20 Metal barriers, Trump gear: Crowd readies for Tulsa rally By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press The crowd — including some who have have camped near the venue since early in the week — were hoping to be among the first inside the more than 19,000-seat BOK Center for what is expected to be the biggest… Continue reading
Jun 19 WATCH LIVE: Trump holds rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma By Associated Press President Donald Trump's push to resume big rallies despite concern he's putting the public's health at risk is part of a broader reelection campaign effort to turn the national debate about the coronavirus into a political fight. Continue reading
Jun 19 Oklahoma Supreme Court says Trump rally attendees don’t have to wear masks By Associated Press The court ruled Friday that the two local residents who asked that the thousands expected at the rally be required to take the precautions couldn't establish that they have a clear legal right to the relief they sought. Continue reading
Jun 19 What happened 101 years ago in the Tulsa Race Massacre By Gretchen Frazee Up to 300 black Tulsans were murdered by white residents, and a thriving neighborhood burned to the ground. Continue reading
Jun 18 Officials worry Trump’s Tulsa rally will be ‘perfect storm’ for coronavirus spike By Daniel Bush The tension surrounding President Donald Trump's first campaign rally since the country shut down in mid-March has laid bare a growing partisan divide over the pandemic and the nationwide protests against police brutality. Continue reading
Jun 15 Oklahoma governor seeks larger event venue for Trump’s Tulsa rally By Sean Murphy, Associated Press So many people are interested in attending President Donald Trump's rally Saturday in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that the governor is seeking a larger, outdoor venue to accommodate them. Continue reading
Jun 13 Trump reschedules campaign rally after Juneteenth uproar By Associated Press President Donald Trump said Friday that he is rescheduling his first campaign rally in months to a day later so it won't conflict with the Juneteenth observance of the end of slavery in the United States. Continue reading
Jun 11 Black leaders call Trump’s Tulsa rally plan ‘a slap in the face’ By Ellen Knickmeyer, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Black leaders say it's disrespectful to hold the event on Juneteenth, the day marking the end of slavery in the U.S. Tulsa community leader Sherry Gamble Smith calls it a "slap in the face" to hold the rally in Tulsa. Continue reading
Jul 14 Tulsa officer to resign months after acquittal in shooting death of Terence Crutcher By Joshua Barajas The Tulsa, Oklahoma officer who fatally shot Terence Crutcher last year is resigning from her administrative position at the Tulsa Police Department, a national police union said Friday. A jury acquitted Betty Shelby in May of all charges related to… Continue reading