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Terrill to testify on immigration

By
Don Bishop
@ August 28, 2008 2:54 AM
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The author of Oklahoma's anti-illegal immigration law plans to testify in Utah about the law's impact.

Utah lawmakers are using legislation drafted by Republican state Rep. Randy Terrill of Moore as a model for their own efforts to fight illegal immigration.

Terrill says he looks forward to helping the people of Utah work on the issue. He will testify in Park City.

Terrill's bill changed Oklahoma law to eliminate incentives that lure illegal aliens to the state. It ended most public assistance and taxpayer-funded entitlement benefits for illegal aliens and penalized employers who employ illegal aliens.

In June, a federal judge blocked portions of the law that were scheduled to go into effect July 1. The judge says it is ``substantially likely'' the law is unconstitutional.


TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Tulsa police say a television has fallen and fatally crushed a 1-year-old boy in a southeast Tulsa apartment.

Police Capt. Ryan Perkins says the accident happened about 7 p.m. yesterday as a group of children were wrestling in one of the apartment's bedrooms.

Perkins says one of the children bumped into a dresser, causing the 37-inch television to fall onto the 1-year-old's head and neck.

Perkins says at least two adults were in other rooms in the apartment. He says a 9-year-old boy pulled the television off the toddler and ran to tell the adults, who called for help.

The officer says no one else was injured.


MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) - A Haskell County man faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty in federal court to possessing child pornography.

U.S. Attorney Sheldon Sperling says 31-year-old Anthony Reading of McCurtain entered a guilty plea to the charges yesterday.

Sperling says federal agents investigating allegations that Reading downloaded child pornography from the Internet uncovered more than 1,400 images on his computer and DVDs.

Reading will be sentenced following the completion of a pre-sentencing report.

He faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, but Sperling says a sentence of between five and nine years is more likely.


(Tulsa, OK) -- Another long time business along Interestate 44 is closing.  Rick McClendon's Sinclair gas station is a casualty of the highway improvements.  He says he's job hunting along with two of his employees.  His mechanic has already found other work.  McClendon says the price the state paid him for his property is not enough to relocate.  He's kept his station full service since he opened at 51st and Utica almost 20 years ago.  McClendon says the state gave him a "take it or leave it" offer with three days to decide.  Plans are for six lanes along the stretch of interstate from the river to Yale.  Many homes in the area have already been moved or torn down.  Now, the businesses are finding other locations or, like McClendon, closing up for good. 

Former KRMG Boss Honored as an Icon

By
Richard Dowdell
@ August 27, 2008 3:10 PM
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(Tulsa, Ok)--Former KRMG general manager Ken Greenwood is one of three Tulsa media legends honored this week by the Tulsa Press Club. Selected as Media Icons this year are Greenwood, former Tulsa Tribune reporter Mary Hargrove, and former KTUL-TV general manager Tom Goodgame. Greenwood led KRMG for about ten years starting in 1962. During that time he was often heard on the air providing editorials on community issues. Greenwood says he likes to stir the water. He surely did that in the Arkansas River. It was Greenwood who helped organize the KRMG Great Raft Race along the river from Sand Springs to Tulsa. That event drew public attention to the river resource winding its way through Tulsa. That in turn led to creation of the Tulsa River Parks System. After leaving KRMG Greenwood spent several years on the faculty at the University of Tulsa. He is also a film maker and is active in convervation matters

Bottled up fear turns to bottled water

By
Nicole Burgin
@ August 27, 2008 2:17 PM
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There are concerns about the drinking water in Locust Grove because of this confirmed E coli. outbreak. The state Department of Enviromental Quality released initial test results clearing the town's water supply according to Locust Grove Mayor Shawn Bates.  He says in recent days fear has gripped the community but now says people do not need to drink bottled water. He hopes the initial test results and DEQ saying they are not concerned about the water supply will ease some of the worry.  Bates says even though the illness now has a name he understands it may not help calm fears until the source of the outbreak is identified.


E. Coli Confirmed

By
Paul Crockett
@ August 27, 2008 12:50 PM
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(Tulsa, OK) -- It is E. coli. The Oklahoma State Department of Health confirms E. coli bacteria are to blame in at least ten cases in northeastern Oklahoma. At least 41 people with symptoms consistent with E. coli have been hospitalized. One of those died. One suspected source is the Country Cottage restaurant in Locust Grove but that has not been confirmed.


Fatal Oilfield Fire

By
Glenn Schroeder
@ August 27, 2008 11:42 AM
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     (Bristow, Ok) -- Emergency crews are on the scene of a fatal oilfield fire a mile north of Bristow in Creek County.
     Officials say one person is dead and several others    suffered burns in the fire Wednesday morning and were rushed to a Tulsa hospital.
     Firefighters say the fire was caused by a gas explosion in the field.
    

Tulsa Homicide

By
Glenn Schroeder
@ August 27, 2008 11:02 AM
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     TULSA, Okla. (AP) _ Tulsa police have identified a man found stabbed to death in his apartment as 42-year-old Kevin Jones.
     Police say Jones' ex-girlfriend, Natasha Sanders, found his body in a bathtub Tuesday when she went to get some of her things at the
Cobblestone Apartments at 51st and Memorial.
     Police are now looking for Sanders and 42-year-old Kyle Terrance Moore, who they describe as persons of interest in the case.
    

TULSA, Ok. - Tulsa city councilors apparently will take a second look Thursday night. The Tulsa NAACP has issued a release highly critical of the council decision to go with the $2-billion street package. It states councilors are ignoring the wishes of the people. Mayor Kathy Taylor, who supports a smaller 5-year plan, also hopes councilors will reconsider. Taylor says, "We've got to figure out a way to bring unity in the council, the administration, to get the voters to pass a plan to fix the streets." The matter will be listed on Thursday night's council agenda but no councilors have publicly announced that they have changed their minds about the streets.  

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