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Local Stories for December 2012
Stories for Saturday, December 29
Police asking public to identify sexual assault suspects
Tulsa police released sketches of two sexual assault suspects on Friday. Police say a 20-year-old woman was assaulted around 3 a.m. near Pine and Sheridan on December 21st. The victim told police she was meeting somebody when two men started to holler at her. She said the two men caught ...
Stories for Friday, December 28
Tulsa International Airport's main runway to close for 6 months starting next week
Reconstruction work on the main, 10,000 foot runway at Tulsa International Airport is scheduled to resume next week. Airport officials say it's the third out of four phases of a $55 million project to completely reconstruct the airport's main runway. KRMG is told that the impact to airlines should be ...
Inhofe has some surprising thoughts on 'fiscal cliff,' EPA chief, Benghazi
U. S. Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.) has little hope for any kind of deal on the so-called "fiscal cliff." In a recent conversation with KRMG, he says he feels certain President Obama doesn't really want a deal, and that it's in the President's political favor for the nation to go ...
Local vet remembers personal encounter with Stormin' Norman
During the Persian Gulf War, Douglas Bagby was a U.S. soldier guarding a coalition base when he met an older soldier dressed in fatigues. "I was talking with him, and he said he was lost," Bagby told KRMG in an exclusive interview. "I was gonna call the M.P.'s to come ...
Woman deliberately crashes into apartment building after her accelerator got stuck
Two Tulsa women are shaken up but not seriously hurt after a woman deliberately drove her into an apartment building at 41st St and S. 129th East Ave. It happened around noon Friday at the Observation Point apartment complex. KRMG's Chris Cordt spoke with the driver of the car that ...
New state law helps catch child porn suspects
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation didn't have enough manpower on its own to investigate all the cases of internet sex crimes around the state. So they got the idea to give statewide jurisdiction to certain police officers in cities and towns all around Oklahoma, who specialize in undercover internet ...
EXTREME WEATHER ALERT: Snow falling in Tulsa, Sand Springs, surrounding cities
That white powdery substance falling from the skies over Tulsa is, in fact, snow. The snow started falling in Tulsa around 11 A.M. with some slight flurries. KRMG listeners in the Drumright and Keystone Lake areas reported snow flurries around 10:30 this morning. KRMG's Chris Cordt found heavier snow falling ...
KRMG Extreme Weather Alert: Tulsa in a Winter Weather Advisery
Tulsa side-stepped any major snow storms on Friday. Meteorologists said Tulsa had a 10 percent chance of a winter mix Friday morning. Similar to Christmas day, Tulsa was once again dry and the snow came down in a different part of the state. Tulsa could still see a light dusting ...
Police: Step-daughter fights off attacker with a pocket knife
A step-father is arrested early Thursday morning for allegedly trying to have sex with his step-daughter. A Tulsa arrest report states it happened just before 1 a.m., near South 38th West Avenue and Charles Page Boulevard. The wife told police 48-year-old Gordon Turner was drunk and started becoming rude. Both ...
Tulsa firemen douse flames at Executive Mall early Friday
There was a business break-in overnight, but no one is going to jail. It was Tulsa firefighters who had to break in to put out a fire that started outside the Executive Mall at 21st and Garnett about 1 a.m. Friday. Gary Kruse with the News On 6 tells us "the ...
Man shot three times outside Tulsa apartment complex
Tulsa Police are investigating an overnight shooting that sent one man to the hospital with three bullet wounds to the back. The shooting that was reported at 10:59 p.m. Thursday was outside of the Plaza Hills East apartment complex at 17th and 129th East Avenue. Gary Kruse with the News ...
Stories for Thursday, December 27
Gyms preparing for mad rush of Tulsans with New Years resolutions
We're just days away from the annual mad dash to the gym with countless people starting their New Year's resolution. Philip Nation, a private trainer at Sky Fitness at 41st & Yale, tells KRMG that things will be busy for a while. He says many enthusiastic gym-goers are done with ...
Cause of former President Bush's health problem a mystery for area doctors
Former President George H. W. Bush has been hospitalized in Houston since Nov. 23 after suffering an apparent bout of bronchitis. Problem is, he's had a persistent fever and Sunday, doctors moved him into intensive care. His Houston chief of staff Jean Becker says Bush, 88, will likely remain in ...
More schools add electronic check-in device to keep kids safe
The Bixby School District is testing out the LobbyGuard system at two schools with possible plans to implement the system district-wide. Dean Burke, a local representative for LobbyGuard, says the system captured two sex offenders trying to gain access into the school in the first two weeks. Herer's how it ...
No mechanical problems found with plane that crashed killing Broken Arrow man
On November 26, a Broken Arrow man took off from the West Houston Airport headed for the airport in Jenks. The Pilot, 64-year old John Thomas Steeper, never made it home alive. The National Transportation and Safety Board issued their preliminary findings. Witnesses near the accident site reported hearing an explosion ...
Flu hospitalizations on the rise in Tulsa, first death reported
The Oklahoma State Department of Health confirms that the first fatality related to influenza this year has occurred in the Tulsa area. Laurence Burnsed is Director of the Communicable Disease Division at the OSDH. He tells KRMG they can only release partial information about the patient, whom he identified as ...
Illness may have led to fatal crash
The investigation into a fatal three-car collision on December 6th shows a different driver, and reason, could be to blame. Police in Sand Springs first thought the woman killed in the crash was responsible. Cops on the scene at 41st near Highway 97 believed 43-year-old Nita Roden, of Tulsa, crossed ...
Historic downtown Tulsa building now closed after being damaged by 2011 earthquake
A downtown Tulsa building with a restaurant inside is closed after an earthquake rattled the city over a year ago. The Excalibur building has been a downtown Tulsa fixture near Third and Main for almost a century. The Excalibur has been empty for over a year now since that 5.6 ...
Police: meth found wrapped in a baby's sock
An overdose call at a Broken Arrow neighborhood, on Wednesday, turns up meth and an infant sitting in a car wreaking of burnt marijuana. An arrest report states 35-year-old Amanda Kay Friberg was arrested around 5:21 p.m. after lying to police about why her car and herself smelled like marijuana. ...
Citizens arrest nabs car burglar near 71st and Memorial
Witnesses make a citizen's arrest after a man broke into a car near 71st and Memorial. Tulsa Police Sergeant Malcolm Wightman tells us they got a call about the burglary about midnight this morning. "The others in the vehicle pursued the suspect as he fled into a commercial district nearby. ...
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