This Tulsa

News and reviews from Tulsa’s indie; mom and pop shoppes.

A machine shop here in Tulsa is planning on adding 80+ jobs to its workforce. M&M Manufacturing Inc will be tripling the workforce with the new employees who make parts for the aerospace, automotive, medical and oil industries.

Jerry Faulkner, 27 & Tulsa native, wins the 3rd annual Route 66 marathon with a record breaking time of 2:27:20.

On Nov. 4th, all Tulsa area Chick-fil-A restaurants are being civic minded and giving all those who come in with an “I Voted” sticker the option to trade it in for a new sticker and a 3 count serving of their new Chick-fil-A Chick-n-Strips.

Tulsa ranks 3rd worst in the nation for digital TV switchover preparation. Apparently, we haven’t done enough to be ready for this change. A study found that over 14% of households in Tulsa “have done nothing to ensure” they’ll have reception. The government will even give you $40 to buy one.

A local company, Tulsa Biofuels are recycling your old cooking oil into biodiesel. Instead of pouring it down the drain, take it to 81st & Lewis in the Wal-Mart parking lot where they’ll take it and convert it to a much cleaner burning fuel.

On Tuesday Jared from Subway stopped in at St. Francis to talk with kids about his story. His aim was to inform them about the dangers of eating too much and to get them to be more active.