Oklahoma City, OK – The news is not good for those looking for work.

Tulsa's unemployment rate took another spike last month. The rate jumped to seven-point-one percent according to preliminary figures from the state department of Employment Security.

The Tulsa rate is at its highest point in over 15-years. This time last year, the rate was less than four percent.

By Hear the news conference

Tulsa, OK – Tulsa Mayoral Candidate Dewey Bartlett picked up the endorsement of top county Republicans. The County's relationship has been stormy under Taylor administration. Both sides filed lawsuits against each other over the use of the Tulsa Jail. There has also been bickering between the two governments over the Tulsa Fair Grounds which was annexed by the city.

By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, OK – OG&E to buy power from 2 planned wind farms

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Oklahoma Gas and Electric has agreed to buy power from two new wind farms that are planned for northwestern Oklahoma.

OG&E on Tuesday announced 20-year power-purchase agreements with the developers of the projects. CPV Keenan submitted a proposal to build a 150-megawatt wind farm in Woodward County while Edison Mission Energy plans to build a 130-megawatt facility in Dewey County near Taloga.

By Associated Press

Billings, OK – Funeral arrangements announced for Bellmon

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Funeral services have been scheduled for former Oklahoma governor and U.S. Sen. Henry Bellmon.

Bellmon, Oklahoma's first Republican governor since statehood, died Tuesday at the age of 88.

Bellmon's former chief of staff, Andrew Tevington, says Bellmon's body will lie in state at the state Capitol on Friday between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Members of his family and former staff will be present.

By Rich Fisher

By Associated Press

Tulsa, OK –

The officer in involved in the fatal shooting has been identified as Officer Kevin Warne. Warne graduated the academy in December 2002. He will remain on Administrative Leave with pay pending the outcome of the investigation.

From Tulsa Police Department - 11:44a.m.

By Hear an interview with Labor Commissioner Llyod Fields:

Tulsa, OK – The Tulsa State Fair opens tomorrow afternoon at 5p.m.

This afternoon, the midway rides are getting a final inspection.

Tulsa, OK – The University of Tulsa College of Law and the George Kaiser Family Foundation announced the creation of the Frederic Dorwart Chair in Energy Law during an event held Tuesday at the law school.

By Segment of John Erling's April, 2009 interview with Bellmon

Enid, OK – In an interview earlier this year with John Erling's VoicesofOklahoma.com project, Bellmon disucssed the night Richard Nixon told him he would resign the presidency. You may hear more of the interview at VoicesofOklahoma.com

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The former chief of staff for Henry Bellmon says the former Oklahoma governor and U.S. Senator has died after a long battle with Parkinson's disease.

By Rich Fisher