Local & Regional

By Denise Brewer

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

By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, OK – 4 dead in Oklahoma tornado outbreak

TECUMSEH, Okla. (AP) Four people have been killed in Oklahoma during an outbreak of violent weather that dropped tornadoes across parts of the Southern Plains.

The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management said three people were killed at Tecumseh on Monday and that another person died at Oklahoma City. Tecumseh is about 45 miles southeast of Oklahoma City.

The agency did not have any additional details.

By KWGS News/National Weather Service

Tulsa, OK – URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 147
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
125 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 125 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, OK – Deadline for Okla. budget deal fast approaching

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Oklahoma lawmakers have just three weeks left in the legislative session to craft a budget and either agree on new sources of revenue or impose devastating cuts to state agencies.

Closed-door negotiations are heating up as Democratic Gov. Brad Henry and Republican leaders in the House and Senate figure out how to write a budget for the upcoming fiscal year with about $1.2 billion less than they had to spend last year.

By Denise Brewer

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

By Associated Press

Bartlesville, OK – Kansas man, 24, drowns in Oklahoma's Copan Lake

BARTLESVILLE, Okla. (AP) State police say a 24-year-old Kansas man has drowned at Copan Lake.

A report from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said the body of Brandon E. Clopp, of Caney, Kan., was found Saturday morning in about 2 feet of water close to shore.

The report said Clopp, staying with friends at a campground, got up during the night complaining of leg pain and said he was going for a walk.

By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, OK – Dems dare to challenge Okla GOP, at political risk

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) In the reddest of red states, some Democratic legislators who disagree with the GOP majority's take on abortion, guns and federally arranged health care fear Oklahoma policy is being dictated by some who "put their finger in the wind."

By Associated Press

Claremore, OK – Okla. judge rules against Tar Creek trust

CLAREMORE, Okla. (AP) The Oklahoma attorney general's office isn't sure if a trust overseeing the buyout of homes and businesses in the Tar Creek Superfund site will appeal a ruling that it violated the state's Open Meeting Act.

By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, OK – Okla. judge refuses to suppress indictment

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) An Oklahoma County judge has denied a motion to suppress a sexual battery indictment against the former chief investigator for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

District Judge Lisa Davis on Friday denied a motion to quash the indictment against 44-year-old Kevin Rowland. The decision means Rowland's trial will start as scheduled on May 24.

By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, Ok – Okla. governor signs smoke-room rebate bill

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Oklahoma restaurants that created separately ventilated smoking rooms will get a rebate to convert them to smoke-free under a new law.

Gov. Brad Henry signed the Clean Air in Restaurants Act during a ceremony on Friday.