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OklahomaStar.com Monday 6th February 2012 Issue 37/2012
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Oklahoma City mother accused of slapping, punching two teachers
SPENCER -- The mother of two Oklahoma City Public Schools students is accused of striking two teachers at two schools Monday morning. Everlyn Davis, 41, is in the Oklahoma County jail on a complaint...


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Tulsa fire chief announces retirement
He said the timing of the retirement is based on his pension, which hits its maximum at 30 years, and he will hit 37 years in March. "I did not want to leave when we were going through such a...
Tulsa Oilers Weekly – February 6, 2012
Tulsa went 1-2 last week after a Tuesday win over Rio Grande Valley followed by back-to-back losses in Allen on Friday and Saturday. Michel Beausoleil scored two minutes into the third period...
Troopers Identify Both Victims Of Deadly Turner Turnpike Wreck
SAPULPA, Oklahoma - The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has released the names of two men killed in a collision on the Turner Turnpike Saturday. News On 6 has reported that storm chaser Andy Gabrielson...
Governor Fallin Proposes Tax Cuts, Improvements To Bridges, Capitol Building
OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin laid out a long list of challenges facing Oklahomans during her State of the State speech Monday, but also praised how well the state has done...
Tulsa Christmas Day Killing Trial
Tulsa - A downtown Tulsa shooting suspect is in court Monday morning, for the start of his murder trial. Prosecutors charged Paul Sopsher, 45, with a Christmas Day killing in 2010. Investigators...
Jury selection begins in homicide case
TULSA - Jury selection began Monday for a man accused of killing a good samaritan. Joseph Nevels was arrested in November 2010 after police say he was caught breaking into a home. When Mark Miller, a...
City Hall heads to District 4
TULSA - The City Hall in Your Neighborhood program continues Monday. Mayor Dewey Bartlett and the Tulsa city councilors are meeting with District 4 residents in the Aaronson Auditorium at Central...
Tulsa Fire Chief announces retirement
After 10 years as head of the Tulsa Fire Department, Chief Allen LaCroix announced Monday he is retiring. LaCroix was a firefighter for 27 years before taking over as Chief. In 2010, LaCroix was...
Fallin to deliver State of State address
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin is laying out more details of her plan to cut the personal income tax for all Oklahomans and streamline the state's tax code.In her State of...
Two killed in crash on Turner Turnpike on Saturday
Troopers are investigating a four vehicle crash on the Turner Turnpike that killed two people on Saturday afternoon. The crash happened in the eastbound lanes of the turnpike; near Highway 66 in...
Integris announces deal with five Oklahoma hospitals
OKLAHOMA CITY - Integris Health has announced plans for a joint venture with a Florida-based health management system to run five rural Oklahoma...
Freezing overnights, rain chances forecast for Tulsa area
Check out the latest state drought report, what it means when forecasters call for a 100 percent chance of rain, how accurate Groundhog Day forecasts are and...
Do You Have A Right To Know If EMSA Ambulance Drivers Are Felons Or Have A DUI?
NewsOn6.com - Tulsa, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports - KOTV.com | Do You Have A Right To Know If EMSA Ambulance Drivers Are Felons Or Have A...
Commercial Activity Booming At Tulsa's Brady Arts District
TULSA, Oklahoma - The revival of the Brady Arts District continues. Commercial activity is booming with the announcement of the Brady Hotel Center, the Hardesty Arts Center, Woody Guthrie Museum...
Train Hits Semi-Trailer Truck In Pryor
PRYOR, Oklahoma - A train struck an 18-wheeler in Pryor Monday morning at the intersections of Highways 69 and 20. The fully loaded Union Pacific coal train dragged the semi two or three blocks...
Yale Man Critical After Off-Road Vehicle Struck By SUV
PAYNE COUNTY, Oklahoma - A Yale man is in critical condition after the off-road vehicle he was driving was struck by a car. The collision took place at 8: 17 p.m. on State Highway 18 and McElroy...
Trial to Begin in Fatal Tulsa Burglary
Tulsa - Nearly a year after police said he shot and killed a neighbor during a botched burglary, a Tulsa man's trial is set to begin Monday morning. Investigators said Joe Nevels, 44, broke...
Midtown street project behind schedule
Meanwhile, the city says the lane closures further north on Riverside between 31st Street and the pedestrian bridge should be over by the end of this...
TPS board votes on uniforms tonight
Tulsa Public School high schools could soon be filled with khakis and polos or something very close to that. The school board will decide in February whether to require uniforms in all high schools....
McAlester toddler accidentally shoots self
A McAlester child is recovering from a gun shot wound.The McAlester police chief told FOX23 the child found an off-duty McAlester police officer’s personal gun and accidentally shot himself on...
Hundreds pray at Red Clay Casino site
They came by the hundreds lining the sidewalks with prayer cards in hand.At least a dozen churches gathered for a prayer walk near the construction site of the Red Clay Casino. The Kialegee tribe is...
Surprises about Planned Parenthood cancer testing
Scientists for the Food and Drug Administration say that an Amgen drug slowed the spread of cancer to the bone in men with hard-to-treat prostate cancer, though the drug did not extend life and...
Southern Nazarene University student stabbed while trying to help the homeless
OKLAHOMA CITY - A Southern Nazarene University student was trying to help the homeless when a man stabbed him near Lake Overholser, police said. The 21-year-old student was with other students...
El Reno man arrested after seven-hour standoff
Police arrested 46-year-old Troy Kienlen Sunday morning when he surrendered to officers after a seven-hour standoff at an apartment complex in El...
Blackwell woman told statute of limitations has passed in rape case
Charlotte Pemberton-Ropp, 32, of Blackwell, recently obtained a paternity test as evidence that her stepfather raped her when she was 14. The statute of limitations has run out on her rape case, and...
East Tulsa home damaged in early morning fire
The 3:40 a.m. fire in the 10800 block of East 33rd Court likely started in the kitchen, firefighters reported. No one was injured. The Red Cross has offered to help the residents with a place to...
Former Tulsa radio DJ, Oklahoma City TV anchor dies
OKLAHOMA CITY - Jerry Adams, a former Oklahoma City television anchor, has died. Adams anchored newscasts in the Oklahoma City market beginning in 1969 for KTVY -- now KFOR -- before moving briefly...
One critical after ATV struck by SUV in Payne County
Russell Mueggenborg, 26, of Yale was riding a Kawasaki Mule that failed to yield at a stop sign as it turned onto Oklahoma 18 from McElroy Road about four miles northwest of Yale in Payne County,...
Oklahoma City street to have two-way traffic flow
City officials say a block of Walker Avenue between Reno and Sheridan will make the switch from one-way to two-way traffic on Monday. Officials say the change is aimed at providing easier access to...
Construction Project On I-244 In Tulsa Begins Monday
TULSA, Oklahoma - Work begins Monday on a 4-mile stretch of I-244 in Tulsa that will impact around 90,000 drivers every day. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation says the cost of the project...
Cause Of Kitchen Fire In Tulsa Home Under Investigation
TULSA, Oklahoma - Tulsa firefighters are investigating what caused a house fire early Monday near 31st and U.S. Highway 169. Tulsa Fire got the call just before 3:45 a.m. The fire appears to have...
Tulsa City Hall In Your Neighborhood Program Monday Evening
TULSA, Oklahoma - The next City Hall in Your Neighborhood program is Monday evening. Monday's meeting will feature Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett and district 4 City Councilor Blake Ewing. The...
Church Groups Pray For New Ideas For Kialegees, Broken Arrow
BROKEN ARROW, Oklahoma - Several hundred people hope the power of prayer will cool the controversy surrounding a Broken Arrow casino. The Kialegee Tribal Town continues construction on the Red...
Trial to Begin for Tulsa Murder Suspect
Tulsa - The murder trial for a Tulsa man accused of an apartment shooting is scheduled to begin Monday afternoon. Dejuan Davis, 24, was arrested in late March 2011 for the shooting death of...
VIDEO: Favorite Super Bowl ad?
The New York Giants made a thrilling 4th quarter comeback to beat the New England Patriots 21-17 in Super Bowl XLVI, but the real winner was M&Ms. Well, that's according to our Facebook fans...
Coburn won't support Gingrich for pres
U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) speaks during a news conference July 18, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Coburn held the news conference to unveil a $9 trillion deficit reduction plan.Copyright...
TPS to review school closing proposals
As part of the annual Project Schoolhouse review, Tulsa school board members will study recommendations Monday night to close several schools. Among the nearly one dozen recommendations, officials...
American Airlines' Tulsa layoffs to have economic ripple effects
Follow this company ' planned 2,100 layoffs in Tulsa, part of the airline's larger plan to cut costs following a bankruptcy filing. ...
Oil below $97 as traders eye Greek debt talks
French President Nicolas Sarkozy says France and Germany agree that Greece should place state revenues into a separate fund to pay down its crushing debt and avoid...
1 dead after possible robbery in Tulsa
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Tulsa police say a man has died of wounds he suffered in a shooting. Officers found 24-year-old Byron James Ivory about 1:45 a.m. Sunday near his car in a parking lot. He died at...
Weather Channel's storm chaser among weekend Turner Turnpike crash victims near Sapulpa
A storm chaser for The Weather Channel was among two people killed and several injured in a vehicle crash on the Turner Turnpike near Sapulpa on Saturday afternoon, the cable channel said on its...
Tulsa man sought in Jan. 18 shooting
An 18-year-old who is accused of shooting a man in the chest is Tulsa's latest Most Wanted fugitive. Marcus Warren Cook is charged with shooting with intent to kill and possession of a firearm...
AARP's Tax-Aide helps Tulsa area residents with free tax service
For the last 10 years Beatrice Benjamin has turned to the AARP's free Tax-Aide program to help her file her taxes. "I'm grateful. It doesn't cost anything and they take their...
Tulsa man, 34, jailed on rape, kidnapping complaint; victim escaped bound and naked
A man was arrested on rape and kidnapping complaints after his alleged victim escaped while still bound and naked on Sunday. Eric Joseph Beard, 34, of Tulsa was arrested by Tulsa police at 11:10...
Tulsa Jail inmates gather for city's biggest Super Bowl watch party
During Sunday's Super Bowl, fine food and high-definition television were on the menu at scores of watch parties throughout Tulsa. For those included in the city's largest collection of...
Tulsa showing high number of auto thefts
Police continue to see a high number of auto thefts in Tulsa, with most of the vehicles being older. Some of them had the keys in them when they were stolen, according to an analysis of weekly crime...
Oklahoma Legislature: Pair is again filing bills
CUTLINES Cannaday Hamilton Plan b Donnie Condit: Says he isn't filing any bills, but plans amendments to other bills. Plan c Jerry Shoemake: He says he'll work on others' bills,...