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Henshaw was born in Hugo, Oklahoma. He attended Will Rogers High School, Oklahoma A&M and the University of Tulsa. [1] Henshaw served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1981 [2] to 1995. Henshaw died on April 27, 2024, at the age of 92. [1]
Tulsa World at the Oklahoma Historical Society Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture (retrieved April 14, 2009). Tulsa Daily World hosted by the Gateway to Oklahoma History . "Voices of Oklahoma interview with Ken Neal" —First person interview conducted on February 26, 2009 with Ken Neal, former editor of the Tulsa World
Jim Giles (1939–December 20, 2006) was a longtime television meteorologist with CBS affiliate KOTV, Channel 6 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A "longtime fixture" on Oklahoma television, after his death the Tulsa World described him as "perhaps the best-known weatherman in this area". [1]
LaFortune was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on January 24, 1927, to Joseph Aloysius LaFortune and Gertrude Leona Tremel LaFortune, who had moved there in 1920 from South Bend, Indiana. Joseph worked for thirty years at Warren Petroleum Company, becoming executive vice president and a noted local philanthropist. [ 1 ]
Every night during the weather forecast, Woods would announce a winner for that night's original Gusty. The Gusty drawings became one of the longest promotions for KTUL, lasting from the mid-1950s until Woods's retirement in 1989. Gusty drawings are installed in Tulsa's Gilcrease Museum and the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C.
Roger Milton Wheeler Sr. (February 27, 1926 – May 27, 1981) was an American businessman from Tulsa, Oklahoma, the former chairman of Telex Corporation, and former owner of World Jai Alai. He was murdered by members of organized crime who discovered that Wheeler had uncovered their embezzlement scheme at World Jai Alai.
Billy Joe Daugherty (April 23, 1952 – November 22, 2009) was founder and pastor of Victory Christian Center (now Victory Church) in Tulsa, Oklahoma.He was also the founder of Victory Christian School, Victory Bible Institute and Victory World Missions Training Center (now Victory College).
Elliott Earl Williams (born 1974) was a US Army veteran who died in the Tulsa County, Oklahoma jail on October 27, 2011. The medical examiner determined in a 2014 report that he died from "complications of vertebrospinal injuries due to blunt force trauma", starvation, and dehydration. [1]