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Cleveland, OK – Missing Sand Springs pastor found safe

SAND SPRINGS, Okla. (AP) Sand Springs police say a missing pastor has been found safe in Cleveland, Okla.

Assistant Police Chief Mike Carter said in a news release Friday that Cleveland police found 58-year-old David Emigh found in his truck outside a Wal-Mart about 11:30 a.m. Friday.

Emigh disappeared about 11 a.m. Wednesday after leaving Word of Life Fellowship Church in Sand Springs.

By Associated Press

Tulsa, OK – Tulsa woman found dead, police seek her vehicle

TULSA, Okla. (AP) Tulsa police say a woman has been found dead in her west Tulsa home and her vehicle is missing.

Police said Friday that 65-year-old Paula Bogle was found shortly before 1 a.m. Friday by the owner of the home who was renting it to Bogle. Police say Bogle's body has trauma to the neck that may be from stab wounds.

Detectives are now searching for Bogle's dark blue Chevrolet HHR that is missing from the residence.

By John Durkee

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By KWGS News

Tulsa, OK – The Tulsa City Council votes to make over one-point-one million dollars in budget transfers. It does not end the furloughs for city employees or restore cuts to the fire department. Councilor Bill Christiansen says that needs to be done. Christiansen wants the council to consider such a proposal after the new year.

The council also approved a contract to privatize the operation of the Tulsa Zoo.

By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, OK – Oklahoma board to make retirement system payment

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The state Board of Education will take the $18 million it planned to use to pay for teachers' health insurance costs and apply it toward the teachers' retirement system.

The board voted 4-3 Thursday to make the move after Attorney General Drew Edmondson said in a formal opinion that the board was violating the law by not making a required $35 million contribution to the Oklahoma Teachers' Retirement System.

By Associated Press

McAlester, OK – Oklahoma executes man using new drug combination

Mcalester, Okla. (AP) A man who killed his young cellmate nearly 10 years ago has been executed with a drug combination that includes a sedative commonly used to euthanize animals.

John David Duty was pronounced dead at 6:18 p.m. Thursday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.

By Associated Press

Sand Springs, OK – Police search for missing Oklahoma pastor

SAND SPRINGS, Okla. (AP) Police in Sand Springs are searching for a long-time local pastor who has disappeared.

Police said in a news release Thursday that 58-year-old David Wayne Emigh was reported missing Wednesday by his wife. Assistant Police Chief Mike Carter says Emigh left Word of Life Fellowship Church about 11 a.m. Wednesday to return to his home for a book and hasn't been seen since.

By KWGS News

Tulsa, OK – A reprieve for the residents at the Somerset East Apartment complex near the old Eastland Mall. The city will delay cutting off the water to the complex until January 3rd. It was to have been cut off today because the complex owner is about 70-thousand dollars past due on his water bill. The residents are thankful for the city's action, but furious at the complex's out of state owner.

By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, OK – Board to discuss teachers' retirement credit issue

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The state Board of Education could decide what to do about its required contribution this year to the Oklahoma Teachers' Retirement System.

The agenda for the board's meeting Thursday indicates it could take action on Attorney General Drew Edmondson's formal opinion that it has a statutory obligation to transfer money into the system.

By Associated Press

Beggs, OK – Meningitis leads Oklahoma school to close early

BEGGS, Okla. (AP) Classes are canceled for the remainder of the week at Beggs Public Schools in Okmulgee County after a student was diagnosed with viral meningitis.

A statement placed on the district's website Wednesday says middle school student does not have the more serious bacterial meningitis and that canceling classes is a precaution.