🌱 LowDown Jazz Club Sells Out Debut + Tulsa Man Shot At Cops

Good morning, Tulsa! Let's get this day started. Here's everything worth knowing around Tulsa today.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy, a shower or two; windy. High: 71 Low: 40.

Here are the top three stories in Tulsa today:

1. A new Tulsa jazz club sold out its Valentine’s Day debut performance on Monday. LowDown, formerly known as “Duet Jazz Club,” is a speak-easy style bar with what they call a state-of-the-art listening room, located on the corner of Archer and Detroit. According to executive director Julio Badin, the underground club will feature other kinds of entertainment in addition to jazz-like stand-up comedy and American folk music. (KJRH)
2. A Tulsa man fired shots at five Phoenix, Arizona police officers and injured four more on Feb. 11 after they responded to calls for a domestic situation. Police reported that Morris Jones, a known member of the Hoover Crips street gang, fired dozens of shots. They later found Jones and the mother of his one-month-old baby dead inside a Phoenix home. Officers are not sure if Jones was shot by police or took his own life. (News9)
3. Three suspected drug dealers were arrested over the weekend at a Tulsa hotel. Officers executed a search warrant at the Tulsa Extended Stay and Suites at 8525 E. 41st St. and found five people and three dogs living in the room. Police also found evidence that suspects Sharlie Anderson, William Sapp, and Demarco Cox had been selling drugs. (News9)

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Today in Tulsa:

• Life-Size Candyland, At Judy Z. Kishner Library (All Day)

From my notebook:

• According to the US National Weather Service Tulsa Oklahoma, a few severe storms are possible Wednesday evening and overnight with large hail and straight-line winds the main threats. Heavy rainfall accompanying the stronger storms may produce local amounts greater than one inch. (Facebook)
• It's wine time! Tickets for Wine Festival events at the Philbrook Museum of Art are on sale now for Members. (Instagram)

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— Helen Eckhard

About me: Helen Eckhard is a marketing assistant at Lightning Media Partners. She is a self-professed logophile who is currently pursuing her master’s degree in library science. Outside of work, you can find Helen constructing crossword puzzles, knitting, or devising increasingly crafty ways to kill off characters in her mystery novels.