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Oklahoma City, OK – Woman dies as car, passenger train collide in OKC

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Authorities say a woman is dead after the car she was riding in was struck by an Amtrak passenger train as the car attempted to cross tracks in southeast Oklahoma City.

Officers said the woman, not yet named by police, died at the scene of the crash about 9:25 p.m. Friday. Police Lt. Daniel Stewart said the driver was taken to a local hospital in critical condition.

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Tulsa,OKJ – Officer kills suspect fighting partner for gun

TULSA, Okla. (AP) Police say a domestic-violence suspect is dead after he grabbed the gun of an officer whose partner then shot the suspect in a northside Tulsa home.

Authorities say the shooting occurred about 9:20 p.m. Friday after two officers responded to a call of a domestic disturbance.

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Broken Arrow, OK – Woman charged with second-degree murder for wreck

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) Wagoner County prosecutors have charged a Claremore woman with second-degree murder in connection with a vehicle crash that led to a Broken Arrow man's death.

Dena Harl also was charged Wednesday with possession of a controlled substance for allegedly having the anti-anxiety medication, Alprazolam.

By KWGS News

Tulsa, OK – Magnitude 4.4 quake hits Lincoln County, Okla.

SPARKS, Okla. (AP) The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 4.4 earthquake hit Lincoln County, but no injuries and little property damage were reported.

The agency said the earthquake hit about three miles east of Sparks about 4:22 p.m. Saturday. Sparks is between Chandler and Meeker.

A Lincoln County 911 dispatcher said no injuries and only minor property damage were reported.

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Oklahoma City, OK – Bill to ban women selling eggs passes state House

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The Oklahoma House has passed a bill that would ban women from selling their eggs.

The bill passed the House by an 85-8 vote and now heads to the Senate. Its author, Rep. Rebecca Hamilton, D-Oklahoma City, says the measure is necessary because women are being injured by the procedure used to obtain the eggs.

She says low-income women and college students are particularly vulnerable to enticements to undergo the procedure.

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Stillwater, OK – Pickens gives another $100-million to Oklahoma State

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) Billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens says he's giving $100 million to fund a major endowment for scholarships at Oklahome State University, his alma mater.

Pickens is announcing his gift at an event Friday to announce the start of a $1 billion campaign to raise money to fund scholarships, faculty positions, research and buildings at the Stillwater school.

By KWGS News

Tulsa, OK – Two highly-anticipated widening projects are set to get underway on Monday, March 1. While this does mean the addition of two more construction zones in Tulsa, both of these projects will be making major improvements to portions of US-169 and I-44. Details of the projects are as follows:

By Rich Fisher

By Associated Press

Tulsa, OK – Court overturns man's convictions in killings

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has overturned the murder convictions of a man found guilty of killing a Tulsa couple.

In a ruling released Thursday, the judges ordered a new trial, concluding that the exclusion of testimony from a witness violated Phillip Summers' right to a fair trial.

A Tulsa County jury convicted Summers in 2008 of first-degree murder and recommended death for the fatal shootings of Ples and Shelly Vann.