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By John Durkee

Tulsa, OK – City Council members lash out at the City Attorney over campaigning fire fighters.

By September 10-13

ON PUBLIC RADIO 89.5 HD1 – Marketplace Thursday, September 10, 7:00 PM
Host Kai Ryssdal reports on how the collapse of Lehman Brothers shook our belief in the financial system. Just one year ago, most Americans believed their money was safely invested in their 401K plans and their houses would be worth more every year. People on Wall Street believed that too, and they made big bets on mortgage-backed securities. No one believed that a financial powerhouse like Lehman Brothers could collapse.

By Associated Press

Tulsa, OK – Bicyclist struck, killed in Tulsa

TULSA, Okla. (AP) Authorities have made an arrest in connection with a hit-and-run accident that killed an elderly bicyclist in Tulsa.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. George Brown said Tuesday that 28-year-old Roberto Salvador Alvelais-Torres had been taken into custody.

Alvelais-Torres is suspected of being the driver whose vehicle hit 74-year-old Beverly Duffield as she rode her bike on Southwest Boulevard near U.S. 75.

By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, OK – OKC agency gets $5.2M to rehab foreclosed homes

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) A nonprofit Oklahoma City agency has received $5.2 million from the federal government to buy foreclosed homes and rehabilitate them for sale to low-to-moderate-income families.

Officials from the Neighborhood Housing Services of Oklahoma City on Wednesday will give media members a tour of one of the first foreclosed homes the agency will purchase with the grant money.

By Rich Fisher

By John Durkee

Tulsa, Ok – AAA today projected the number of Americans traveling this Labor Day weekend will be substantially lower than last year's travel volume. Approximately 39.1 million travelers are expected to take a trip of 50 or more miles from home this year, a decrease of 13.3 percent from the 2008 holiday period when Labor Day travel was the strongest of the decade.

By Denise Brewer

Tulsa, OK – The sentence is 107 years in prison for Kimberly Graham. She is the Tulsa woman convicted of running into a group of motorcycle riders outside a Tulsa bar. Five people were killed and Graham fled the scene.

Judge Tom Thornbrugh handed down the sentences today. The sentences will run consecutively.

Tulsa, OK – Tulsa, OK (September 1, 2009) Recent news reports last night stated the possibility of the Tulsa Talons leaving Tulsa and the BOK Center to relocate to San Antonio, Texas.

On August 19, Talons officials approached the BOK Center, City of Tulsa, and the Tulsa Metro Chamber regarding the Tulsa Talons advancing to a possible new Arena Football League.

Talons officials requested a new rental rate deal at the BOK Center. This request was to go from a per game rental fee of $15,000 per game down to $7,500 per game.

By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, OK – Services held for slain pastor

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Nearly 500 people packed an Oklahoma City church to remember a pastor who was slain inside her small church in Anadarko as she prepared for a Sunday service.

Carol Daniels was found dead Aug. 23 after people coming for services notified police that the door to the church was locked. Police found her body inside. Authorities said she died of multiple sharp force injuries. No arrests have been made.

By Associated Press

Tulsa, OK – Cool weather might help Tulsa skip air list

TULSA, Okla. (AP) Unexpectedly cooler weather could keep Tulsa County from violating federal air standards.

Nancy Graham of the Indian Nations Council of Governments' air quality program says the county likely will avoid the Environmental Protection Agency's so-called "dirty air" list.

Graham had been warning the county was headed for the list because of a series of ozone standard violations.

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