Tulsa, OK –
An unprecedented consortium of local health care providers and organizations known as the Greater Tulsa Health Access Network (Greater T.H.A.N.), announced today a plan to implement Health Information Exchange (HIE) across the Tulsa region for the betterment of healthcare quality and access and the convenience and safety of patients throughout the region. These efforts have been further encouraged by the need to respond to a federal mandate for HIE in the Tulsa region.

By Rich Fisher

Tulsa, OK – Carmine J. Romano
Senior Vice President
Maintenance & Engineering
October 28, 2009

Dear Colleagues,

Today we are announcing a difficult but important step in resizing and reshaping our M&E operation. As American, like the rest of the industry, continues to reduce capacity, we must be strategic in structuring a maintenance system that serves the needs of the fleet we fly today as well as the plans in place for our
airline in the future.

By Associated Press

Kansas City, MO – American Airlines will close KC base

DALLAS (AP) American Airlines says it will close a Kansas City, Mo., maintenance base next September because reduced flying means less need for such facilities.

The company told employees about the move in a letter Wednesday.

Maintenance senior vice president Carmine J. Romano says the closure is "a difficult but important step" to reduce the airline's maintenance program as it cuts back on flights.

Tulsa, OK – Tulsa City Council Rick Westcott is calling on the Fraternal Order of Police to work with the city during lean-times. He is asking the FOP not to take police cars out of the city limits.

He says that would keep the 21-laid-off officers working and the police choppers in the air. Plus, he says the city would still have its federal stimulus money to add officers to the force.

By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, OK – OHP clears trooper's actions during arrest

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says there will be no disciplinary action against a trooper seen in a television news video punching a man in the back as the man lay face down while being arrested.

The incident came at the end of a chase in which Christopher Harrell was arrested. Troopers say Harrell had sped away from an attempted traffic stop before he turned around and went back in the direction of the troopers.

By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, OK – Transportation director to discuss needs

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation Gary Ridley plans to reveal the long-term needs of state roads and bridges.

Ridley is scheduled to address members of the Oklahoma ROADS Task Force Wednesday. The task force is comprised of lawmakers as well as city and county officials and other groups interested in transportation improvements.

By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) A 13-year-old Oklahoma City girl has died of swine flu complications after fighting the H1N1 virus for nearly a month.

Spokesman Allen Poston at The Children's Hospital at the University of Oklahoma Medical Center says Natesha Hart died Monday night.

The girl was an eighth-grader at Taft Middle School.

School and hospital officials declined to discuss the girl because of privacy concerns.

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Information from: The Oklahoman, http://www.newsok.com

By Rich Fisher

By Associated Press

Tulsa, OK – TULSA, Okla. (AP) Tulsa city officials are to meet with 21 police officers who face a possible layoff.

The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon at police headquarters in downtown Tulsa.

Mayor Kathy Taylor is looking for ways to cut about $6 million from the city budget because of falling sales tax revenue during the economic downturn.