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Tulsa World staff photographer. Profile photo by Pharaoh, 9, the last kid that asked to play with my camera. That's him in the cover pic! mikesimonsphoto.com
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Berry Tramel: Remembering the only 2-0 game in Oklahoma high school basketball history tulsaworld.com/sports/colum... #okpreps #perryok #oklahoma

Owasso girls Regional Champs with defeat of Sapulpa tulsaworld.com/users/profil... #rampride #okpreps

Crews work on I-44/US-75 interchange known locally as "traffic henge." #tulsa tulsaworld.com/users/profil...

Gilcrease Elementary School is demolished at MLK Jr. Blvd. and 56th Street North #tulsa #oklaed tulsaworld.com/users/profil...

Bixby Superintendent Rob Miller announces his run for State Superintendent...with a rap, of course tulsaworld.com/news/local/e... #bixby

OU softball survives Bowling Green, then explodes in run-rule win over Abilene Christian #sooners tulsaworld.com/sports/colle...

David Boren, popular elected official and OU president, dies at 83 tulsaworld.com/news/state-r... #sooners

A woman is rescued from an encampment by Tulsa firefighters after she was pulled from her tent. #okwx #tulsa 1/?

Snow blankets The Heights neighborhood and #tulsa #okwx #weather #snow tulsaworld.com/news/local/w...

Last week I had an assignment with AP Images for Humane World for Animals(formerly the Humane Society) as they assisted the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office with the seizure of more than 400 roosters and hens from an alleged cockfighting operation in Sumner County, Kansas.1/2

Wintry Mix -https://tulsaworld.com/users/profile/mike%20simons/ #okwx #tulsa #weather #winter

Body of person who appeared to be homeless found near Harvard at I-44 - "From officers' training and experience, it would appear they possibly succumbed to the elements." tulsaworld.com/news/local/p... #tulsa #okwx

A wintry mix is falling in Tulsa. tulsaworld.com/news/local/e... #okwx

Church in Oklahoma County. Elm Grove, Oklahoma #OklahomaCounty #ElmGrove #Oklahoma #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017763112/

Regents name Jim Hess interim president of Oklahoma State University tulsaworld.com/news/state-r... #okstate #oklahoma #oklaed

Dr. Kayse Shrum resigns as Oklahoma State University president; acting president named #okstate tulsaworld.com/news/state-r...

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt delivers State of the State Address tulsaworld.com/news/state-r... #oklahoma

A candidate for Governor declares, a Union teacher is celebrated, the State Superintendent is protested and more of my photos from January. More on all of these stories here: tulsaworld.com/users/profil... #tulsa #photojournalism #oklaed

Workers remove and burn trees near 91st Street between Mingo Road and Memorial Drive on Friday. The controlled burns are to make way for the widening of 91st Street to five lanes #tulsa More at -https://tulsaworld.com/users/profile/mike%20simons/

More than 150 protesters showed up as State Superintendent Ryan Walters visited Carnegie Elementary School in Tulsa tulsaworld.com/news/local/e... #tulsa #oklaed

Ryan Walters' visit to Tulsa elementary school draws protesters tulsaworld.com/news/local/e... #oklaed #tulsa

Workers install scaffolding in the sanctuary of Boston Avenue United Methodist Church for ceiling restoration Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025 in Tulsa, Ok. The work should take between 4-6 weeks. Worship will continue in the sanctuary throughout the process. #tulsa #architecture #artdeco

Tulsa's annual Point in Time Count is the best way to know how many people experiencing homelessness are in Tulsa. I was out with Kyle and Jalena from the Tulsa Day Center. I'm a huge fan of social workers and case managers like them. I just marvel when I watch them work. #tulsa

One of my favorite winter photos so far this year. Arguably the best sledding hill in town is at Will Rogers High School. Recently the school started locking the gate. Sledders showed up with a ladder! Not long after this photo, a school employee unlocked the gate to cheers from the crowd. #okwx

Circle Cinema #tulsa #davidlynch #independenttheater #nonprofittheater #neon

The ONEOK Field scoreboard provides warmth for the city on a cold morning...psychological warmth anyway. #tulsa #okwx

After a Jan. 6 conviction, Bixby man hopes Trump makes good on his promise to pardon him tulsaworld.com/news/local/c... #tulsa #bixby #Inauguration2025

Union's Teacher of the Year told her mom to skip event since she wasn't likely to win tulsaworld.com/news/local/e... #oklaed #tulsa

During a standoff in north Tulsa, police officers fatally shoot man who was reportedly armed tulsaworld.com/news/local/c... #tulsa

“It quickly occurred to me that ballplayers didn't much care for sportswriters and that I didn't much care for ballplayers.” Great line from the book “The Soloist” by Steve Lopez

Fire destroys city of Nowata's Public Works building, vehicles, equipment tulsaworld.com/news/local/f... #nowata

Campaign for Governor begins as Attorney General Gentner Drummond announces he's running tulsaworld.com/news/state-r... #oklahoma

Screensaver #tulsa #okwx #weather #snow

Snow blankets Tulsa. #tulsa #okwx #snow More at: tulsaworld.com/news/local/w...

I never met a hill I didn't like! See what it's like to sled at Will Rogers High School. More at: tulsaworld.com/video/news/s... #tulsa #okwx

Body found near Admiral and Utica after winter storm, Tulsa police say tulsaworld.com/news/local/b... #tulsa #okwx

Danny, out for a car ride in the snow. #cat #tulsa #weather #okwx

Seeing, "The Brutalist" win those Golden Globes made me want to photograph Tulsa's brutalist architecture. #tulsa #brutalism #brutalist More at: tulsaworld.com/life-enterta...

Gradient, one of the largest startup hubs in the U.S., opens in Tulsa. tulsaworld.com/news/local/b... #tulsa #cowork

I always heard politics is for suckers; I just never knew what that meant! Tulsa County Court Clerk Don Newberry takes the oath of office as his grandkids eat...suckers. I do love photographing politics! #tulsa

Bishop Kelley takes on Collinsville in basketball tulsaworld.com/sports/high-... #okpreps

All you need is... #love #tulsa #graffiti

Rejoicing at state, Tulsa has a new Mayor, the good people of Barnsdall surprise me once again, and more photos from December. tulsaworld.com/video/news/s... #tulsa