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By Associated Press

Sapulpa, OK – Creek County deputy shot in shoulder

TULSA, Okla. (AP) A Creek County sheriff's deputy is recovering in a Tulsa hospital after being shot in the shoulder with a shotgun in Oilton.

Sheriff Steve Toliver says Sgt. Dusty Thomas suffered a non-life threatening wound when he was shot about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday by a man who had reportedly threatened suicide.

Toliver says after Thomas was shot he was able to tackle the gunman and hold him for other deputies to arrest.

By Rich Fisher

By Associated Press

Tulsa, OK – TULSA, Okla. (AP) The Oklahoma State University at Tulsa Board of Trustees has approved businessman Howard Barnett to be the school's new president.

Barnett was one of two final candidates for the position that was created when Gary Trennepohl announced in March he would return to the OSU faculty full time. University of Kansas administrator Bob Clark was the other finalist.

By Associated Press

Tulsa, OK – Report released on Tulsa plane crash

TULSA, Okla. (AP) A preliminary report by federal investigators says a small plane that crashed in a Tulsa park clipped a radio tower's steel guy wire before slamming into the ground and bursting into flames.

All five on board were killed in the Saturday morning crash.

The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report on the crash Wednesday.

By Associated Press

Tulsa, OK – Okla says case supports illegal immigrants law

TULSA, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma attorneys say a recent federal court decision supports a state law requiring companies that do business with the state to use a federal database to verify their workers and contractors are eligible to work in the U.S.

In a letter Friday to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the state cites an August case decided in Maryland federal court to support its argument that Oklahoma's immigration law is not pre-empted by federal law.

By KWGS News

Tulsa, OK – KWGS Election Coverage
The Tulsa Municipal Elections
X = Winner

Tulsa, OK – The City of Tulsa collections reported today from the Oklahoma Tax Commission show sales tax received this month remained lower than the same month last year and slightly lower than the budget estimate.

Use tax received this month, while lower than the same month last year, is slightly higher than the budget estimate. The distributions represent sales taxes collected from mid July to mid August and use taxes collected in August.

By John Durkee

Tulsa, OK – This is Election Day in Tulsa. Only about 25-percent of the registered voters are expected to cast ballots today in the municipal primary.

Democrats and Republicans will be picking standard bearers in the mayoral race and well as some city council seats. City Council Districts 2, 5 and 8 will be decided today as no democrat filed in those seats.

Join us this evening for complete election coverage, both on here at publicradiotulsa.org and on the air at 89.5/KWGS.

Tulsa, OK – local construction firm plead guilty today in federal court in Tulsa to bribing a Tulsa public
works official.

Harlan Eugene Yocham, age 49, of Yocham Enterprises, Sapulpa, plead guilty to
Procurement Fraud Bribery. He also agreed to pay the City of Tulsa restitution in the amount
of $10,000. Yocham admitted that he paid a $7,000 bribe to former Tulsa Public Works Field
Engineering Manager Albert Martinez for his approval of a fraudulent and inflated invoice
involving a street improvement contract on East Pine Street between Peoria and Lewis.

By Rich Fisher