By Associated Press

Prue, OK – Prue schools go to 4-day week

PRUE, Okla. (AP) Students in the Prue School District in Osage County are getting an extra day off in exchange for longer school days.

The school with about 300 students has gone to a four-day week in an effort to save money. Prue added an hour and 38 minutes of class time to each day to meet the 1,080 instructional hours required by the state.

By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, OK – Clean air alerts issued in Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Officials have issued clean air alerts for Oklahoma City and Tulsa because of an expected high level of ground-level ozone.

People with lung or heart disease may experience adverse health effects. Symptoms include chest pain, coughing, sneezing, nausea, headache and pulmonary congestion.

Active children, adults and people with respiratory disease such as asthma should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.

By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, OK – Grants to tribes to combat violence against women

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The U.S. Department of Justice has announced that more than $1.3 million will be awarded to two Oklahoma Indian tribes to fight violence against women.

The grants from the Office on Violence Against Women will go to the Choctaw Nation and to the Tonkawa Tribe.

By Rich Fisher

By John Durkee/Associated Press

Tulsa, OK – Some call it sign litter. No one these days tosses a fast food wrapper or a drink cup out the car window, yet out right-of-ways are filled with illegal signs. The City of Tulsa is forming a group of volunteers to clear our right-of-ways.

By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, OK – Oklahoma schools chief won't run

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Sandy Garrett says she will not seek another term as state superintendent of public instruction.

Garrett is serving her five consecutive term in the post.

She said she wanted to make her announcement early enough for other qualified candidates to have time to consider running for the position in the 2010 elections.

By Airs September 5-24, 2009

On World Radio 88.7 HD3 – Starting with the fateful day Lehman Brothers collapsed, "Aftershock" covers what led to the pandemic financial meltdown, looks at how investments and ordinary peoples' lives have changed over the year, questions big thinkers, reports from China and other countries on the shifting economic balance, and covers key financial gatherings like the upcoming G20 Summit.

By John Durkee

Tulsa, Ok – Tulsans will not vote on making municipal elections non-partisan. Judge Jefferson Sellars ruled an initiative petition was invalid. City Councilor John Eagleton brought the challenge. He was pleased with the ruling.

State law requires valid signatures equal to 25-percent of the voters in the last election . But the judge ruled the City Clerk's office used the wrong election to determine the number of required signatures.

By John Durkee

Tulsa, OK – Tulsa County is getting a little greener. The County Commission has signed Johnson Controls to an energy saving performance contract.

The County's Terry Simonson says the company will review and make improvements to up to 40- county buildings.

The work would cover the county courthouse, the jail, fairgrounds and even the county owned parks and recreation centers.

Oklahoma City, OK – legislative task force to review the 2005 Achieving Classroom Excellence (ACE) Act will hold its first meeting on Tuesday, August 25 at the State Capitol.

Sen. John Ford, Senate Education Chair, was author of the legislation creating the task force to conduct a comprehensive review of ACE and determine whether the program should be modified to better meet its objectives. The task force will be co-chaired by Representative Ann Coody, R-Lawton.