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🌱 How a Sand Springs park meetup turned into a filmed teen ambush
Sand Springs, Oklahoma Patch AM: a 4 min readHello Sand Springs! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Sand Springs park meetup turned into a filmed teen ambush
Also on today's calendar: Build A Reader Storytime/Stay and Play: Family and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What kind of shoes do frogs wear? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 100 and low of 78 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Sunday: Mostly sunny and hot, temps: high: 103, low: 78.
- Monday: Sunshine and hot, with a high of 106 and low of 80 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Sand Springs, OK: Video Shows Teen's Brutal Beating After Being Lured to Local Park (theunionstar.com) — Sand Springs parents are reacting after police say a local teen was lured to a park, beaten by two other youths and robbed in an apparent planned ambush caught on video. The boy’s mother is urging families to talk about online safety, while residents debate tougher consequences versus expanding self-defense and wrestling programs for local kids. 
📸 Around Sand Springs
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Build A Reader Storytime: Family →
Charles Page Library, 551 E 4th St, Sand Springs
10:30 am
Tuesday July 28
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Other local events
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City Council regular meeting 6:00 P.M. →
Sand Springs, OK Calendar Sand Springs, OK 74063
6:00 pm -
Build A Reader Storytime/Stay and Play: Family →
Charles Page Library, 551 E 4th St, Sand Springs
10:30 am -
Will Parker: Music for Kids Ages 1-100 →
Charles Page Library, 551 E 4th St, Sand Springs
11:00 am -
Build A Reader Storytime: Family →
Pratt Library, 3219 S 113th Ave W, Sand Springs
10:30 am -
Chipper Day →
Sand Springs, OK Calendar, 20402 W Wekiwa Road, Sand Springs
7:00 am -
Park Advisory Board regular meeting 5:30 P.M. →
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5:30 pm -
Board of Education Meeting
Sand Springs Public Schools 11 W Broadway St, Sand Springs, OK 74063, USA
7:00 pm
Monday July 27
Tuesday July 28
Wednesday July 29
Thursday July 30
Saturday August 1
Monday August 3
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Sapulpa Softball Golf Tournament Fundraiser
Sapulpa Public Schools Sapulpa City Golf Course, 1200 W Dewey Ave, Sapulpa, OK 74066
8:00 am -
A Plantbased Sunmer →
Park View Village Estates, 6230 N Gillette Ave, Tulsa
3:00 pm -
Tulsa Music Month’s Swim Meet 2026 at Chimera →
Chimera Cafe, 212 N Main St, Tulsa
5:30 pm -
24 Hour Sketch Fest Show →
Jackalope Comedy Theater, SoBA District, 3406 S Yale Ave, Tulsa
8:00 pm
Saturday July 25
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- There has been a little boy with a lemonade stand under a blue tent off of 41st in front of the car wash.
Today I asked him if he was fundraising for something and he said he was raising money to buy a lawnmower. What an ambitious little boy.! if anyone… (Nextdoor West of Prattville)
- Brookshire Grocery Company posted a job opening for Grocery Stocker in Sand Springs. Apply here.
- Osage Casino posted a job opening for Restaurant Server Part Time - Sand Springs in Sand Springs. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Sand Springs here.
🗞 Nearby News
Sapulpa
- Ryder McCutcheon Victorious with POWRi at Creek County Speedway (tjslideways.com)
Tulsa
- Park Aerospace Corp. Invests $65M in Oklahoma Manufacturing Facility (connectcre.com)
- Oklahoma food banks become vital as Stitt calls for more stigma around SNAP benefits (ktul.com)
- U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo to Keynote 12th Annual Waterston Desert Writing Prize Ceremony (bendsource.com)
Ok Sand Springs! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Open-toad (Thank you Harold W. for sending it in!)
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