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By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, OK – Okla. in top 5 for cutting water pollution

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Conservation officials say Oklahoma ranks among the top five states in reducing contamination of its streams and rivers.

Clay Pope of the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts said Wednesday the ranking is due to voluntary programs in which farmers and ranchers cut erosion of their land.

By KWGS News

Tulsa, OK – Rather than betting on the ponies, people with large wads of cash, were at Fair Meadows bidding on the trucks.

300-semi tractors from the now bankrupt Arrow Trucking of Tulsa were auctioned off to the highest bidder. The Taylor-Martin Auction Company conducted the sale. Bidders from the Tulsa area and surrounding states showed up to bid.

By KWGS News

By Associated Press

Stigler, OK – Transfer of Ten Commandments monument

STIGLER, Okla. (AP) A Ten Commandments monument has been moved from it location outside the Haskell County Courthouse in Stigler.

Muskogee Marble and Granite transferred the monument Wednesday morning to property in front of the American Legion building about 75 to 85 feet away. Janice Williams of the Stigler Chamber of Commerce says the granite structure was moved without incident and with little fanfare.

By Denise Brewer

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Tulsa, OK – Senate panel OKs death penalty for child rapists

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The Oklahoma Legislature is pushing forward a bill to allow the death penalty for child rapists, despite a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that such a penalty is unconstitutional.

A Senate committee on Wednesday passed a bill already approved in the House that authorizes the death penalty for anyone convicted of a second offense of raping a child age 6 or younger.

By KWGS News

Tulsa, OK – Tulsa County Sheriff's Deputies find the remnants of a meth lab in far west Tulsa.

The discovery of about 100 pieces of a shake and bake system was made by workers in the 49-hundred block of Charles Page Boulevard near the Arkansas River levee.

It appeared the lab had been discarded at the location.

By KWGS News

Tulsa, OK – The 21, 4-by-4-foot medallions to be featured on the north and west faces of ONEOK Field will be installed beginning at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 17. There are seven design themes that will be repeated to portray Tulsa's Art Deco influence, including the City of Tulsa emblem, a drilling rig, the ONEOK Field logo, the historic Greenwood district, the Tulsa Drillers logo, the establishment of Major League Baseball and Jackie Robinson.

By KWGS News

Tulsa, OK – The nation's prison population dropped for the first time in 40-years. But that is not the case in Oklahoma. A Pew Research Report says Oklahoma's prison population increased two-point-one percent last year.

By KWGS News

Tulsa, OK – Commissioner John Smaligo, chairman of the Tulsa County Public Facilities Authority (generally known as the Fair Board) today announced the formation of the Driller Stadium Property Marketing Committee. The committee will solicit specific business proposals for use of the land occupied by the stadium at the corner of 15th and Yale.