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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal agency says in a letter to the Oklahoma Department of Human Services that it could lose federal funding because of its public reports on the histories of children who are killed or nearly killed by child abuse or neglect.

State Representative Jason Nelson calls the threat "irresponsible" and says more than $50 million is at stake.

The letter from the federal Administration for Children and Families says state law allowing public disclosure of previous investigations involving suspected child abuse goes beyond what is allowed in federal law.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Chairman of Oklahoma's Republican Party says a sergeant at arms and a Cleveland county deputy had to break up an altercation between supporters of Texas Congressman Ron Paul and likely presidential nominee Mitt Romney yesterday.

Oklahoma's State Republican Party convention turned raucous as a Ron Paul supporter was allegedly struck by a man wearing a Romney campaign sticker during the convention in Norman.

Paul supporter Lukus Collins said Sunday that one person was hit in the head and another in the back during Saturday's meeting.

STONE BLUFF, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say the last of three men to have escaped from the Okfuskee County Jail has been arrested.

Okfuskee County Sheriff's Department says 45-year-old Keith Dewayne Smith was captured on Friday near Stone Bluff, which is south of Bixby.

Two other men, Gerald Adams and Tanner Hicks, were captured earlier in the week.

The Oklahoman reports the men escaped from the jail on Monday.

(Information in the following story is from: The Oklahoman, http://www.newsok.com)

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A federal judge could decide whether a little-known Indian tribe of 350 members can legally build a casino in the Tulsa suburb of Broken Arrow.

Oklahoma's attorney general has sued the Kialegee Tribal Town in federal court, asking for an injunction to halt building at the site. A hearing is scheduled for Wednesday in Tulsa before U.S. District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell.

Opponents of the casino say the tribe doesn't have the authority under federal law to operate a gaming facility.

Oklahoma wheat shaping up for bumper harvest

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma winter wheat farmers are starting to harvest, and agriculture officials say good weather has made for a much stronger crop this year.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts that Oklahoma will harvest 154.8 million bushels over 4.3 million acres. Oklahoma on average produces 110 million bushels per year.

The harvest began several weeks earlier than usual, with the mild spring providing ideal conditions for wheat to grow and ripen.

CHANUTE, Kan. (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board says four people died when a small plane crashed in southeastern Kansas. All the people on board the plane had ties to Tulsa's Oral Roberts University.

NTSB spokesman Peter Knudson  says five people were aboard the twin-engine Cessna 401 when it went down around 4:30 p.m. Friday northwest of Chanute. Knudson says the eight-seat plane caught fire after the crash. It had apparently taken off earlier in the afternoon from the Jones-Riverside Airport in  Tulsa.

Fire that killed Okla. woman, adult son accidental

MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) — Investigators have concluded that a fire that killed a Boynton woman and her son was accidental.

Fifty-seven-year-old Clarence Crane and his 82-year-old mother, Mary Jane Love, died in the blaze early Wednesday.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Officials haven't determined what caused a group of Tulsa elementary school students to get sick during a visit at the Tulsa County jail.

Fifty-four students and five adults from Bell Elementary School were on a tour at the facility Thursday when the students began complaining of headaches and nausea. Officials say 30 students fell ill.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes spokeswoman says officials are disappointed with a federal judge's decision to keep the tribe's accounts at a bank frozen until an internal leadership dispute is resolved.

Lisa Liebl told The Oklahoman for a story in Friday's edition that tribal employees are working a reduced 32-hour work week because about $6.4 million in funds were frozen at Clinton-based First Bank and Trust Company.

WOODWARD, Okla. (AP) — A center set up to help victims of last month's tornado in Woodward is closing.

The U.S. Small Business Administration says its Disaster Outreach Center will shut down Wednesday.

The agency opened the center to help residents and business owners who were affected by the April 15 storm apply for assistance. The storm killed six people and damaged 224 homes and businesses.