TULSA, Okla. (AP) — ONEOK Inc. says it will drop its energy services segment and eliminate 49 positions, mostly in the Tulsa area.

A company spokesman says the 49 employees will be offered positions in other parts of the company or severance benefits.

ONEOK Chairman and CEO John Gibson says the energy services segment no longer fits in the company's long-term strategy.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The American Red Cross is urging Oklahomans to take precautions as summer-like temperatures spread across the state.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says excessive heat has caused more deaths in recent years than all other weather events including tornadoes, floods and hurricanes.

The Red Cross says everyone is at risk when temperatures rise above 90 degrees, but the elderly and very young are most susceptible to heat and related illnesses.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tulsa voters are to decide whether they want a new mayor or are satisfied with the one they have.

Incumbent Mayor Dewey Bartlett is facing challenges from former mayor Kathy Taylor and former city councilman Bill Christiansen. Also on Tuesday's ballot are Lawrence Kirkpatrick and Jerry DeWayne Branch.

Perhaps the stiffest competition Bartlett will face will be from Taylor.

Topping the local news:

• Election day is here in Tulsa Mayoral primary.
• Owasso's City Manager is charged with two felonies.
• A not guilty plea is entered in a wrongful death grand jury indictment from the Claremore VA Center.

Owasso City Manager Rodney Ray is named in two felony charges filed in Tulsa District Court. 

The charges were filed today. Ray is accused of filing a false crime report and issuing a bogus one-thousand dollar check.

Two  weeks ago, the Owasso City Council suspended Ray..

CLAREMORE, Okla.

On this edition of ST, we present an equal-parts tuneful and thoughtful conversation with Noam Pikelny, the Grammy-nominated banjoist who's probably best known as a founding member of the progressive bluegrass group known as the Punch Brothers. Pikelny will be performing at the OK Mozart Festival in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, tonight, Monday the 10th; he'll take the stage --- for a concert entitled "An Evening of Bluegrass" --- alongside Bryan Sutton, Ronnie McCoury, Luke Bulla, and Barry Bales.

Hundreds of properties with delinquent taxes are being auctioned off by the Tulsa County Treasurer’s Office. The properties being auctioned owe back taxes from 2009 and will be sold to the highest bidder. Treasurer Dennis Semler expects to get more than 400 properties, ranging from vacant lots to businesses off the delinquent list.

The sale is underway at the downtown Convention Center, and will continue until the entire list of delinquent properties have been offered.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Gov. Mary Fallin is leading an Oklahoma delegation for a week-long air show in Paris.

Fallin and her cabinet secretary for science and technology will lead a delegation that includes aerospace companies and economic development agency officials to the Paris Air Show that begins next week.

More than 55 companies with some Oklahoma presence are expected to host exhibits at the show, and Fallin has said the state's participation is critical to tout the state's reputation as a key player in the aerospace industry.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A longtime Oklahoma education official says he plans to run for state superintendent of public instruction in 2014.

Democrat Jack Herron of Norman said Monday he intends to seek the post currently held by Republican Janet Barresi.

The 67-year-old Herron worked as assistant state superintendent for financial services at the state Department of Education until he says Barresi fired him after she took over in 2011. He has since worked as legislative liaison for the Professional Oklahoma Educators, a nonunion teacher's service organization.