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By Associated Press

Tulsa, OK – 4 young children taken from filthy home

TULSA, Okla. (AP) Authorities have removed four children ages 10 and younger from a home described in an police report as a "danger to children."

Tulsa County jail records indicate 30-year-old Melodie Brooke Larson was arrested about 10 p.m. Friday after Tulsa police served a search warrant at the east Tulsa home.

By Associated Press

Tulsa, OK – Tulsa needs to cut $3 million more from budget

TULSA, Okla. (AP) Tulsa governmental leaders say the state's second-largest city will have to cut $3 million from its budget because of declining sales tax revenues.

Mayor Kathy Taylor says her management team will meet next week to consider possible actions. During the city budget planning process, a $2.9 million group of cuts was prepared in case the city's revenues continued falling.

By Friday, October 16 at 8 pm

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By Associated Press

Catoosa, OK – Assistant police chief suspended

CATOOSA, Okla. (AP) Catoosa authorities say the assistant police chief has been suspended as part of a drug probe.

According to a statement Friday by Police Chief Raymond Rodgers, assistant Police Chief Paul Whitmire has been suspended with pay pending the outcome of an investigation by the Rogers County Drug Task Force.

Whitmire declined a request for comment.

By Associated Press

Tulsa, OK – ORU laying off 124

TULSA, Okla. (AP) Oral Roberts University will lay off 124 employees as it contracts out facilities management and mail and copy services.

According to a statement from the school, Sodexo will become the university's facilities management provider and Pitney Bowes will provide mail and copy service beginning Nov. 1. The change is expected to save the university about $1.2 million.

By Assoicated Press

Oklahoma City, OK – Report released on excessive force complaint

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) An Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper who is on leave for the second time this year over excessive force complaints said in his report on the latest incident that he hit a man with his baton only after the man appeared to physically resist arrest.

By Mon-Wed at 7:35 am

ON PUBLIC RADIO 89.5 HD1 – National award winning broadcast journalist Marshall Stewart begins an investigative news series examining Tulsa's Juvenile Justice system. Our microphones will take you into the courtroom and you will hear first hand from the judge on the bench what needs to be done to salvage the crumbling system. You'll hear from parents of troubled teens, law enforcers, and elected leaders on saving an at-risk generation. Join us at 7:35 a.m., Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday for this informative investigative review.

Tulsa, OK – Red Cross volunteers are at the scene of a fire at 1626 S. Columbia Place. One adult is affected, and the volunteers will be offering to assist with necessities that may have been destroyed, such as food and clothing.

Additionally, the Red Cross would like to warn families to be on guard this weekend about home fires. Because this is our first cold snap, families probably will be turning on their heaters and lighting fireplaces for the first time. This traditionally causes a spike in fires, our country's No. 1 disaster.

Tulsa, OK – Tom Adelson speaks before the Tulsa Press Club's Page One Luncheon. Hear his comments unedited/unfiltered.

Dewey Bartlett speaks to the Press Club on October 16th.

Mark Perkins speaks to the Press Club on October 23rd.

By Rich Fisher