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By Friday, September 18 at noon

By KWGS News

Tulsa, OK – Fights in the stand lead to the early end of Friday night's Washington/East Central High School Football game. Rival groups started fighting in the south stands at the Washington stadium.

By Rich Fisher

By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, OK – Henry honored by guard group

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Gov. Brad Henry is being honored for his support of the Oklahoma National Guard by the National Guard Association of the United States.

The group has awarded Henry with the Charles Dick Medal of Merit. Henry was nominated for the award by Oklahoma's adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Myles Deering.

Deering says Henry's support means a lot to citizen-soldiers who are engaged in conflicts in the Middle East.

Catoosa, OK – Injuries are minor in a Catoosa school bus accident this morning. Catoosa Police and Fire responded to the scene after an elementary school bus lost a wheel and ran off the roadway. The accident happened near 279th East Avenue and 31st street. The bus was loaded with students at the time of the accident.

By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, OK – Judicial salaries increase won't be sought

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The chief justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court says he won't request an increase in judicial salaries.

Chief Justice James E. Edmondson said Thursday he wants the Board of Judicial Compensation to know the judiciary is aware of the state budget crisis. Edmondson says the judicial branch has absorbed its fiscal year 2010 budget reductions and has cut the budget for fiscal year 2011.

Tulsa, OK – Since this is the last season that the Tulsa Drillers will be playing at Drillers Stadium located at the fairgrounds, the Tulsa County Public Facilities Authority, also known as the "Fair Board", has started the process of considering what would be the best and greatest use of the property where the stadium now sits.

Oklahoma City, OK – Census: 14 pct uninsured in Okla. last year

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The U.S. Census Bureau says 14 percent of Oklahomans lacked health insurance in 2008, down nearly a percentage point from 2007.

The figures released Thursday also showed that those living in poverty in Oklahoma was 13.5 percent in 2007-2008, down nearly 2 percentage points from the previous two-year period and similar to the national rate.

By Associated Press

Tulsa, OK – SEMGROUP-PERSONNEL

SemGroup names post-bankruptcy leadership team

TULSA, Okla. (AP) SemGroup LP today announced a new team of executives and board of directors to lead the energy company once it emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

SemGroup has been operating under bankruptcy protection since July last year. The company provides oil and asphalt transportation services and says it plans to exit bankruptcy in November and become a publicly traded company.

Oklahoma City, OK – Census: 14 pct uninsured in Okla. last year

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The U.S. Census Bureau says 14 percent of Oklahomans lacked health insurance in 2008, down nearly a percentage point from 2007.

The figures released Thursday also showed that those living in poverty in Oklahoma was 13.5 percent in 2007-2008, down nearly 2 percentage points from the previous two-year period and similar to the national rate.