🌱 Missing 13-Year-Old Found Safe + Dog Daycare Under Fire

Happy Thursday, Tulsa! Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Very cold; breezy in the a.m. High: 26 Low: 10.

Here are the top 3 stories today in Tulsa:

1. The Tulsa County Sheriff's Office announced that a 13-year-old boy who had been reported missing has been found safe. Deputies shared in a social media post that Octavian Whiteagle had been located Wednesday morning. Whiteagle was reported missing on Tuesday after deputies said he first disappeared on Friday, Jan. 14. (News On 6)
2. A dog daycare in Tulsa is facing criticism after a video surfaced online of an employee dragging a dog by its legs and slinging it into a pen. The video was taken in Dec. 2020 at Paws on Pearl and has been viewed more than 4,000 times. Both Tulsa Animal Welfare and the Tulsa Police Department said that they are not investigating the incident at this time. (KRMG)
3. A yarn store in Tulsa has opened a new flagship location at Center 1 in Brookside. Knit Stars founder Shelley Brander says the 6,000-square-foot store is the largest yarn store in the world. The new location is more than double the size of the previous store on 61st Street and Yale Avenue. (KRMG)

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Today in Tulsa:

• Coffee With A Cop At City Of Broken Arrow (4:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• The Tulsa Symphony presented Ron Wheeler with the inaugural Tulsa Symphony Ron Wheeler Music Educator of the Year award on Saturday. (Facebook)
• Tulsa Public Schools is hosting three enrollment expos. Visit one of the events to discover which school is right for your family. (Facebook)
• The City of Tulsa celebrated a historic investment of over $137 million into Tulsa's levee system. (Facebook)

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Alrighty, you're all caught up for today. See you all tomorrow for another update!

— 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.