Catherine Roberts

  The finding of an audit of the Oklahoma City bombing Disaster Relief Fund for survivors is that “the overwhelming majority of survivor requests were funded in some way.”

The audit was conducted by BDK, LLP.

Holly Sweet with survivor advocacy group the Survivor Tree Committee says a “majority” is not enough.

“If we were only talking one person who was mistreated,” she said, “that would be the world, even if it was only one.”

The audit states that some survivors fell “between the cracks.”

  Curbside recycling is coming to Jenks. The City of Jenks’s Jennifer Harper says it won’t require an extra cart.

“You can put your trash and your recyclables and your trash in the same cart,” she said. “You can have your recyclables loose and then the others would be bagged.”

Jenks residents will be able to use the same trash cart they currently have.

“It’s actually a large cart, so it handles quite a bit of trash,” Harper said.

She says American Waste Control has the technology to separate the recyclables from the bags at its facility.

The federal government replies to Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak’s assertion that he doesn’t have the authority to enforce the Affordable Care Act.

Authorities at the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services say they will be taking over enforcement of health insurance regulations under the Affordable Care Act.

Doak has said that he can’t legally enforce the law.

Traffic at the Port of Catoosa is down in February compared with the same month last year.

It’s nothing to be worried about, says the Port’s David Yarbrough.

“Our shipping totals are seasonal,” he said, “so we very often see fluctuations this time of year, but overall shipping totals are still up over average.”

He says shipments of fertilizer, as farmers prepare for the growing season, and crude oil traffic, are keeping the Port busy. 

A major expansion planned for the River Sprit Casino at 81st and Riverside puts renewed focus on river development.

Vision 2 and its promised Arkansas River low-water dams are long gone, but Mayor Bartlett says some alternative plans are in the works.

One of them is for “lowering the level of the sand in the river, which will provide, essentially, a large lake.”

“We’ll have water in the river,” Bartlett said.

“That will show everybody what it looks like,” he said, “and then I believe that once that is realized, then a dam will be forthcoming.”

According to the 2013 County Health Rankings, compiled by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the rate of sexually transmitted infections in Tulsa County is more than five times the national benchmark.

The national benchmark represents the 90th percentile for the nation. That means only 10 percent of counties have a better value than the benchmark number.

A bill that would make it easier for restaurants to donate leftover food to charity is making its way through the Oklahoma State Senate. It passed the House last week.

It’s know as the Josephine Meade Anti-Hunger Act, and it would bring state law into alignment with the federal laws protecting restaurants from liabilities associated with donating the leftover, prepared food that isn’t served to customers.

  The Arkansas River may not look like a tropical paradise right now, but the Muscogee (Creek) Nation plans to change that, at least at its 81st Street River Spirit Casino.

It’s planning on adding a new 22-story hotel and a Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville Casino and Restaurant.

Muscogee (Creek) Principal Chief George Tiger says tribal investment in Arkansas River infrastructure is a definite possibility.

“We’re looking at alternatives, options, if you will,” he said, “about how we can put water on the river.”

A jury finds Amber Hilberling guilty of second degree murder.

The 21-year-old was convicted of pushing her husband, Joshua Hilberling, out of a window of their 25th-floor apartment in 2011.

The jury returned a recommendation of 25 years in prison after three hours of deliberation.

The other possible penalty was a charge of first-degree manslaughter.

Hilberling had testified that she never meant for her husband to go through the window, and that she shoved him in self-defense. 

As of Monday morning, the two survivors of a plane crash in Indiana are in the care of doctors at South Bend Memorial Hospital in Indiana. The plane left from Jones Airport in Tulsa. 

A representative of the hospital said that Jim Rogers was in serious condition, and Christopher Evans was in fair condition. 

A third injured person, who was on the ground at the time of the crash, is in fair condition.