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Wagoner, OK – 6-year-old Oklahoma girl dies in ATV accident

WAGONER, Okla. (AP) A 6-year-old girl riding an all-terrain vehicle with two other children has died after the vehicle crashed into a retaining wall.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the unidentified girl from Wagoner died after the accident, which took place about 5:20 p.m. Saturday about eight miles south of Wagoner.

By AP

Tulsa, OK – Okla bank no longer faces cease-and-desist order

(Information in the following story is from: Tulsa World, http://www.tulsaworld.com)

TULSA, Okla. (AP) A Tulsa bank no longer faces a cease-and-desist consent order.

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Oklahoma City, OK – Oklahoma lawmakers keep punishing as prisons fill

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) With spending on state prisons approaching nearly a half-billion dollars each year, Oklahoma lawmakers are seeking ways to keep more nonviolent criminals out of the state's overcrowded prisons.

But while Republican leaders are seeking these sentencing changes on one hand, they also are continuing to endorse harsher penalties for drug crimes and other nonviolent offenses.

By AP

Altus, OK – Fire continues to burn in western Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) A fire that injured two firefighters in western Oklahoma continues to burn.

Altus Emergency Management Director Lloyd Colston said Saturday that firefighters were still battling the blaze that began near Blair about 1:30 p.m. Friday.

Jackson County Emergency Management director Jerry Gibson says two firefighters were injured but details of the injuries had not been released.

By KWGS News

Tulsa, OK – Mayor Bartlett has issued a request for proposal for Arkansas Riverfront sites that will enhance economic development along the west bank of the river. The request includes approximately 88 acres assembled in four parcel sites located near 23rd St. and S. Jackson Ave.

By KWGS News

Tulsa, OK – The Red Cross sends aid to the tornado hit south. Hear their story:

By John Durkee

Tulsa, OK – Hear a recap of this morning's Top Local Stories:

By KWGS News

Tulsa, OK – Tonight I present a budget for Fiscal year 2012 that will transform government services and, with your approval, respond to the direction that our citizens have told us they want us to go - the continuing of our emphasis on economic development and our collective quality of life.

By KWGS News

Tulsa, OK – The Emergency Medical Service Authority now rolls a pink ambulance. It is to honor those who have been impacted by cancer. Judy Grove is the founder of Breast Impressions. She is supporting the pink patrol.

She says Tulsa is the nation's first community that has pink fire-trucks, police cars and now an ambulance.

By AP

Tulsa, OK – Gasoline price are up again in Tulsa.

The price for regular-unleaded jumped a dime a gallon over night. It is $3.69 today at most Tulsa area convenience stores.