Local & Regional

By Denise Brewer

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

By Catherine Roberts

By KWGS News/National Weather Service

Tulsa, OK – Tulsa plays host to a national symposium starting tomorrow. It is Reconciliation in America---moving beyond racial violence. Tulsan Julius Pegues is helping coordinate the event. He says the symposium will discuss Tulsa's 1921-riot and other topics.

The symposium will be held at the downtown Doubletree Hotel and will run through Thursday.

Pegues was a guest today on Studio Tulsa with Rich Fisher.

By John Durkee

Tulsa, OK – Hear a recap of Tuesday afternoon's Top Local Stories:

By KWGS News

Tulsa, OK – There will be no July 27th vote on a Wagoner County tax for the relocation of Bell's Amusement Park.

The Wagoner County Commissioners decided to delay the vote until after they review a full-business plan. The commission had scheduled a vote on the one-quarter of a cent sales tax hike.

The park would be built along Highway 51 near Coweta. Bell's used to be located on the Tulsa Fairgrounds.

By Catherine Roberts

By Associated Press

Omaha, NE – OMAHA, Neb. (AP) A business conditions index for nine Midwest and Plains states, including Oklahoma, continues to signal go for the regional economy. In a report released late yesterday, the May Business Conditions Index for the Mid-America region rose for the sixth month in a row, to 64.2 in May from 61.7 in April. The index, which ranges from zero to 100, is overseen by Creighton University economics professor Ernie Goss.

By Associated Press

Tulsa, OK – Private funding allows 5 Tulsa pools to open

TULSA, Okla. (AP) The five Tulsa city pools that are opening this summer all are being funded by private money.

As the city deals with a budget crunch, it has eliminated all public money for the pools, so parks officials had to seek funding elsewhere.

Local Parks and Recreation Director Lucy Dolman says that while the city has operated some pools with private money in the past, never before have all the Tulsa pools that were open been funded that way.

By Associated Press

Tulsa, OK – Man freed by corruption probe eyes resuming life

TULSA, Okla. (AP) Bobby Wayne Haley Sr. says getting his life back on track is a top priority after he was freed from federal prison by the findings of a grand jury investigation into police corruption.

The 55-year-old Haley, who lives at Tulsa, was released May 21 from a prison in Texas. Prosecutors now say he was set up by a drug informant allegedly coached by two undercover cops.

By Associated Press

Tulsa, OK – PSO aveage customer bills to rise by $4

TULSA, Okla. (AP) Public Service Company of Oklahoma customers will see their average bills rise by about $4 this summer, but the utility says the reduced cost of natural gas kept the level of increase down.

PSO said Friday says the increase of $4.01 during the peak months of June to October is due to the "fuel cost" portion of customer bills.