In 2019, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a California based company, purchased the parent company of Consolidated Turbine Specialists, aka CTS, which was originally founded in 2012. When Kratos acquired CTS, it affirmed its desire to continue to grow CTS in Oklahoma, expressing its eventual intent to expand the Bristow location by adding around 20,000 square feet to the facility and adding jobs. Two years later, that desire is being fulfilled.

On Wednesday, March 10, 2021, some familiar faces were seen at Pizza Hut. Mayor Rick Pinson, Katie Dale and Craig Skinner of the Red Dirt Relief Fund, Acting Chief Kendra Raney and Detective Kevin Webster of the Bristow Police Department, Ken Lewellen of Tulsa Little Jam, Vox Pop Tulsa, and KTUL, Kindler Chase of Mother Road Gravel, and Don Baker and Dr. Chip Cooper as representatives for the Freeland Center and Wildflower Run met to plan and coordinate events for the weekend of May 8th, coinciding with the Tabouleh Fest. All ideas remain proposals in the early stages of planning events not only for this year but for years to come.

Cars lined Sixth Street Satuday for the Cornerstone Church, partnered with Bristow Social Services and the Oklahoma Food Bank, food drive. Angie Gentry photo.

Bristow Middle School teacher, Forrest Brandt, contacted the Tulsa Historical Society about their portable exhibit covering the Tulsa Race Massacre that occurred on June 1, 1921. The exhibit was delivered to Bristow Middle School and available March 1 - 4. Over 400 students and staff were able to view the exhibit. Students from Mr. Brandt's sixth grade class are shown looking at the exhibit. courtesy photo