Local & Regional
6:50 am
Mon May 13, 2013

Woman Arrested in Tulsa Fatal Stabbing

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tulsa police have arrested a woman on a murder complaint in the stabbing of a man who was found dead inside his home.

Police say 58-year-old Robert Middlebrooks was found just before 4 p.m. Saturday and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Tulsa World reports that police found no sign of forced entry but there was evidence of a struggle inside the home.

Later in the day, detectives arrested 49-year-old Karen Haley. Police say she admitted to stabbing Middlebrooks during an argument.

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Local & Regional
6:44 am
Mon May 13, 2013

Monday Morning's Local News from KWGS

In the local news this morning:

  • Declining sales tax revenue is causing a $2-Million dollar Tulsa budget shortfall.
  • The Ten Commandments will be the focus of a school board meeting in Muldrow.
  • An Oklahoma Senator speaks out on the gun debate.
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Rebecca Plevin is a reporter for Valley Public Radio. Before joining the station, she was the community health reporter for Vida en el Valle, the McClatchy Company's bilingual newspaper in California's San Joaquin Valley. She earned the George F. Gruner Award for Meritorious Public Service in Journalism and the McClatchy President's Award for her work at Vida, as well as honors from the National Association of Hispanic Publications and the California Newspaper Publishers Association. Plevin grew up in the Washington, D.C. area and is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. She is also a fluent Spanish speaker, a certified yoga teacher, and an avid rock-climber.

Local & Regional
8:59 am
Sun May 12, 2013

OKC Award Goes to Pakistani Girl Shot by Taliban

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The empty chairs at the OKC Memorial

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum will honor a 15-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman and her father, a human rights activist who founded an all-girls school in Pakistan.

The 2013 Reflections of Hope Award will be bestowed Monday to Malala Yousafzai  and her father, Ziauddin  Yousafzai. He will accept the award on his and his daughter's behalf on his first trip to the United States since the October assassination attempt on Malala, who is receiving medical treatment in Great Britain.

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Local & Regional
8:56 am
Sun May 12, 2013

School Board to Discuss Ten Commandments Plaques

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MULDROW, Okla. (AP) — The Muldrow school board is to discuss a complaint about Ten Commandments plaques that hang in each of the school's classrooms.

The board is to meet Monday to discuss the complaint by an unidentified student that calls for the plaques to be removed.

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Local & Regional
8:53 am
Sun May 12, 2013

Prison Workers Feel Trapped in Political Spat

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Prison workers across Oklahoma who were denied a raise in a $7.1 billion budget deal say they feel trapped in the crossfire of a political dispute between the governor and the state's prison director over how much money the agency has available in several revolving accounts.

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Music
9:33 am
Sat May 11, 2013

Bob Crosby on Big Band Saturday Night

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Alan Lambert with you...join me this weekend for the Bob Crosby story! His great instrumental and vocal hits as well as his fascinating tale. 8 o'clock, 89.5 on Big Band Saturday Night. We're now celebrating 18 years on Tulsa radio.

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Local & Regional
9:31 am
Sat May 11, 2013

Oklahoma Air National Guard Airmen Returning

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A Guard jet flies over North Sheridan on final approach to Tulsa International

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma Air National Guard says about 50 airmen are returning after a six month deployment to Afghanistan.

The Guard says the airmen are to arrive at Tulsa International Airport about 10 a.m. Saturday where they're expected to be met by family and friends.

The airmen are with the 219th Engineering Installation Squadron. The Guard says the squadron completed electrical installation projects in Afghanistan that were part of extending communications capabilities in the country.

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Local & Regional
9:29 am
Sat May 11, 2013

Oklahoma Woman Guilty of Trying to Sell Children

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Misty VanHorn

SALLISAW, Okla. (AP) — A Sallisaw woman has pleaded guilty to charges of trying to sell her two children to a Fort Smith, Ark. woman.

The Sequoyah County District Attorney's Office says 22-year-old Misty Vanhorn pleaded guilty Friday to trafficking children and was sentenced to two years in prison and eight years probation.

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Local & Regional
9:27 am
Sat May 11, 2013

State Senator to Run for Demo Post

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Senator Connie Johnson

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A state senator from Oklahoma City has announced her candidacy for chairwoman of the Oklahoma Democratic Party.

Sen. Connie Johnson said Friday she will seek the post during the party's annual convention on Saturday, May 18. Democratic campaign strategist Jed Green will seek the vice-chair position.

Current Democratic Party Chairman Wallace Collins also is seeking re-election to the post, along with current vice-chair Dana Orwig. Collins is a former Democratic state legislator from Norman.

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