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Saturday, February 16, 2013

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AEP-PSO bills to go up in March after rise in fuel cost, end of refund program
By ROD WALTON World Staff Writer
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 Customers of AEP-PSO will see their electric bills rise by an average 15 percent starting next ...
 
Merger still leaves plenty up in the air
By KYLE ARNOLD World Staff Writer
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 Much was settled this week for the air transportation industry and workers when American Airlines ...
 
Bill would eliminate Children First program in Oklahoma
By WAYNE GREENE World Senior Writer
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 A Sapulpa legislator wants to eliminate a program that sends public health nurses into the ...
 
Old Pershing school to be made into artist haven
By ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer
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 One of the city's oldest school buildings could soon have a new life as a 'live-work' haven ...
 
3 found guilty in Tulsa robberies linked to Hoover Crips
By DAVID HARPER World Staff Writer
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 Three men were found guilty Friday of conspiracy and related federal charges in a series of ...
 
Rogers College Junior High and High School to get 'mini' Tulsa Community College campus
By ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer
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 Students at Rogers College Junior High and High School will soon get their first taste of college ...
 
City officials debate water, sewer projects
By ZACK STOYCOFF World Staff Writer
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 City officials are debating how much of $240.9 million in proposed wastewater projects to include ...
 
Bills aim to improve conditions at veterans centers
By SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff Writer
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 Pending state legislation would put state veterans centers back under the oversight of the ...
 
Developmentally disabled student to get her diploma
By KIM ARCHER World Staff Writer
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 It was obvious that Mary Washer didn't know what the hubbub was about.
 
Married couple to serve as co-rabbis at Tulsa's Temple Israel
By BILL SHERMAN World Religion Writer
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 For the first 4,000 years of Judaism, only men served as spiritual leaders of the communit ...
 
Ginnie Graham: Shout-out by Obama delights educator
By GINNIE GRAHAM World Staff Writer
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 It was after the release of a mid-'90s video of Tulsa 5-year-olds that things starting happening ...
 
State high school principal of year is Rogers leader
By ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer
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 The principal at Rogers College Junior High and High School has been named Oklahoma's high ...
 
Improving race relations theme for Unity Day service
By BILL SHERMAN World Religion Writer
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 Tulsa remains a city divided by race, according to a group of pastors and leaders involved ...
 
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town files appeal over sovereignty
By SUSAN HYLTON World Staff Writer
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 The Thlopthlocco Tribal Town has filed an appeal with the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...
 
Way back when: Today in history
By GENE CURTIS
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 Kurdish rebels broke down doors, smashed windows and held hostages as they occupied Greek embassies ...
 
Kirk of the Hills Presbyterian to break ground on new Kirk Crossing building
By BILL SHERMAN World Religion Writer
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 Kirk of the Hills Presbyterian expects to begin construction next month on a new building for ...
 
Firefighter's death under investigation
By ADAM KEMP NewsOK.com
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 The last words written on Dale Patterson's Facebook page speak of unforeseen hardships testing ...
 
Longtime lobbyist, legislator Ken Nance dies at 71
By MICHAEL MCNUTT NewsOK.com
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 A longtime lobbyist at the state Capitol who also served in the Legislature was remembered ...
 
Will Rogers says
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 But they can't do all these things they are doing without paying for 'em. As high priced as ...
 
News Shows
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 Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:
 
Local briefs
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 A Tulsa woman's children were taken into protective custody when she was jailed early Friday ...
 
Corrections, clarifications
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Religion calendar
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 Brian and Jeni Stivale from Jerusalem ministering. 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. Calvary Messianic ...
 
CrimeWatch

Loud music leads police to pot plant; children taken into protective custody
By DAVID HARPER World Staff Writer
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 Veronica Thompson, 21, was arrested after police officers went to her home in the 1000 block ...
 
Charges filed in dual police pursuits, stolen vehicles case
By JERRY WOFFORD World Staff Writer
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 Brandy Dawn Rudlang-Reed, 24, and Jerod Cody Linthicum, 29, are accused of fleeing from police ...
 
Woman jailed as witness in Fairmont Terrace killings
By ZIVA BRANSTETTER World Enterprise Editor and JARREL WADE World Staff Writer
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 A woman has been jailed as a material witness in a quadruple homicide case and all records ...
 
Three facing charges stemming from armed robberies of TU students
By AMANDA BLAND World Staff Writer
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 Prosecutors on Tuesday charged three people suspected of robbing two University of Tulsa students ...
 
Woman arrested in abduction of 4-year-old
By KENDRICK MARSHALL World Staff Writer
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 A woman was arrested in connection with the abduction of a 4-year-old Bixby boy on Monday.
 
Continuing Coverage

Tulsa's meth abuse epidemic
The epidemic is driving up costs for health care, law enforcement, lab cleanup, property damage ...
 
Election 2012
Stories, results and local reaction leading up to the Nov. 6 election.
 
Women in Prison
Why Oklahoma sends more women to prison than any other state on a per capita basis.
 
Trash service in Tulsa
Changes are coming to Tulsa’s residential trash service as the collection contract is being ...
 
Weleetka killings of two girls
On June 8, 2008, Taylor Paschal-Placker, 13, and Skyla Whitaker, 11, were shot multiple times ...
 
Special Projects

OKC bombing survivors want answers
Follow Ziva Branstetter's series into how a survivors fund is being spent.
 
Oklahoma Crisis: Child abuse & neglect
Follow Ginnie Graham's series on efforts to prevent and treat child abuse.
 
Everyday People
A daily portrait project featuring the people in our community.
 
Saving the Cherokee language
What's being done in Tahlequah to save the native language.
 
Becoming Katie
Katie Hill is a transgender teen from Bixby chronicled in an award-winning Tulsa World series ...
 
State Capitol Bureau

Oklahoma Democrat calls for Medicaid reconsideration
By Associated Press
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 An Oklahoma Democrat is asking some of her fellow lawmakers to reconsider their opposition ...
 
Capitol briefs
By MICHAEL MCNUTT NewsOK.com
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 Lawmakers announced the formation of a Counterterrorism Caucus to address potential terrorist ...
 
North Tulsa grocer says "Black Friday" bill could hurt small businesses
By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau
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 The owner of a north Tulsa grocery store said a measure making its way through the Legislature ...
 
Fallin names OKC attorney Larry Parman as secretary of state
By World Capitol Bureau
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 Gov. Mary Fallin on Thursday named Oklahoma City businessman, lawyer and author Larry V. Parman ...
 
Senate panel OKs bill requiring candidates to declare felony, misdemeanor convictions
By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau
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 A Senate panel on Wednesday passed a measure that would require those convicted of felonies ...
 

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