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By Rich Fisher

Tulsa, OK – The American Red Cross is pleased to announce that Regina Moon will be the new CEO of the Tulsa Area Chapter.

She will begin Monday, Oct. 19. Additionally, the new board of directors will be appointed and Moon introduced at the Red Cross annual meeting at 5 p.m. Oct. 22 at the Red Cross, 10151 E. 11th St. The public is invited to attend the meeting.

Tulsa, OK – - As the temperature outside drops, Tulsa and surrounding area families take to the indoors to keep safe and warm. What they may not realize is that turning up the heat can increase the risk of home heating fires.

Tulsa, OK – The American Red Cross announces Regina Moon will be the new CEO of the Tulsa Area Chapter.

By Marshall Stewart

By John Durkee

Tulsa, OK – A four year old is the latest in Tulsa County to die of the flu. KWGS News has been told it has been confirmed that the child did have the H1N1 virus. That was confirmed this morning by the state health department.

The Tulsa Health Department, meanwhile, has received another 7,400 H1N1 vaccines, in various formats, and will continue its school inoculation program

By John Durkee

Tulsa, OK – A four year old is the latest in Tulsa County to die of the flu. KWGS News has been told it has been confirmed that the child did have the H1N1 virus. That was confirmed this morning by the state health department.

The Tulsa Health Department, meanwhile, has received another 7,400 H1N1 vaccines, in various formats, and will continue its school inoculation program

By Monday, October 19 from noon-1 pm

ON PUBLIC RADIO 89.5 HD1 – Public Radio Tulsa News Director John Durkee will moderate a the three-way debate between Democrat Tom Adelson, Republican Dewey Bartlett, and Independent candidate Mark Perkins. Join us for this Downtown Kiwanis Club election debate, broadcast live from First United Methodist Church in downtown Tulsa.

By Hear his unedited comments

Tulsa, OK – Tulsa Mayoral candidate Dewey Bartlett is taking a page from the county's play book. He is wanting an energy audit on all city owned buildings. He says the savings could be substantial.

He recently installed Solar panels on his own office building downtown and says he is already starting to see the savings.

He does not want to do retro-fits on the buildings the city shuttered when it consolidated operations at One Technology Center.

By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, OK – Rape allegations raise mansion security issues

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The former chef and chief groundskeeper at the Oklahoma Governor's Mansion are under investigation for allegedly raping female state inmates assigned to maintain the mansion's grounds.

Neither man has been charged. But the allegations raise questions about the safety and security of the state's chief executive and his family and oversight of a program meant in part to reward good inmate behavior.