🌱 Dispensary Robberies Arrest + Make-A-Wish Santa Letters

Welcome back, Tulsa! It's Friday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on around town today.

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First, today's weather:

Times of clouds and sun. High: 77 Low: 51.

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Here are the top stories in Tulsa today:

1. Three people have been arrested in connection to multiple dispensary burglaries across Tulsa. One of them, Derrick Oliver, who was recently featured in a "Wanted Wednesday" Facebook post from the Tulsa Police Department, was arrested. Oliver has been arrested on three counts of second-degree burglary. (KOKI FOX 23)
2. Students from Bishop Kelley High School dropped off more than 88,000 letters to Santa at the South Tulsa Macy's on Thursday to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation. As a part of National Believe Week, Macy's donates $2 to the foundation for each letter written, which means the students' letters yielded a donation of more than $176,000. (KRMG)
3. A man has been arrested, accused of trafficking heroin in Tulsa. The Mingo Valley Division's Street Crimes Unit had been investigating a suspected heroin dealer. Once the suspect was in custody, officers found about 50 grams of heroin during the interview. Any amount more than 28 grams counts as a charge of aggravating trafficking. (KOKI FOX 23)

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Today in Tulsa:

• AP ELA Field Trip (Peggy Helmrich Award) (8:30 AM)
• 2021 Winter Women Connect - Bixby Chamber of Commerce (11:30 AM)
• Covid-19 Vaccine Clinic/Clínica de vacunas Covid-19 (3:00 PM)
• Queer Black Voices: A Conversation with Ahmyah Kanniainen (7:00 PM)
• Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox - City of Broken Arrow (7:30 PM)

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— Katarina Betterton

About me: Katarina loves to read and write. Her hobbies include cooking her grandmother's recipes, learning new languages, and crafting. She and her husband live with their mutt, Ledger, and Shiba Inu, Mikasa, who are both way too cute for their own good.