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Tulsa, OK – KWGS News remembers the Oklahoma City bombing on this the 15th Anniversary of the attack.

By John Durkee

Tulsa, OK – Hear a recap of Monday morning's Top Local Stories:

By Associated Press

Okmulgee, OK – Firings put on hold plans for Tulsa-Jenks span

OKMULGEE, Okla. (AP) Plans for a Muscogee (Creek) Nation company to build a toll bridge spanning the Arkansas River between Jenks and south Tulsa have been put on hold.

Principal Chief A.D. Ellis said any such plans have been postponed in the wake of his dismissal earlier this week of the firm's CEO and chief operating officer, plus its board.

Ellis said the businesses and assets of the tribe's Trade and Commerce Authority had been grossly mismanaged.

By Associated Press

Tulsa, OK – Okla. House speaker: resistance by GOP will go on

TULSA, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma House Speaker Chris Benge says the Republicans who control that chamber will continue doing all they can to resist Obama administration initiatives in health care, the environment and energy.

By Associated Press

Lawton, OK – Okla. senator says US-Russian treaty faces battle

LAWTON, Okla. (AP) U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe said a treaty signed by President Barack Obama and Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev to limit nuclear weapons faces a hard battle in the Senate, "and I'll lead the opposition to it."

Inhofe, R-Okla., visited Lawton Friday for a dedication of a new facility at nearby Fort Sill.

By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, OK – Okla. unemployment rate declines

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Oklahoma's unemployment rate declined in March but was still higher than the jobless rate during the same period in 2009.

The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission reported Friday that March's unemployment rate was 6.6 percent, down from 6.8 percent in February. According to the commission, there were 117,740 people who were out of work last month.

By Associated Press

Tulsa, OK – 1 killed in collision involving school bus

TULSA, Okla. (AP) Authorities say the driver of a pickup truck was killed and six others, including five children, were hurt when the truck collided with a school bus in north Tulsa.

The accident occurred about 2:45 p.m. Friday.

Emergency Medical Services Authority spokesman Chris Stevens says the driver of the truck, whose name hasn't been released, died.

By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, OK –

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The state has received more than $77.1 million from the tobacco industry as part of a legal settlement that imposed sweeping changes on tobacco companies.

State Treasurer Scott Meacham says his office received the money Thursday from the trustee of the tobacco settlement funds.

Almost $58 million was deposited into a tobacco settlement trust fund to fight tobacco addiction and promote health and wellness. That fund now has a balance of almost $558 million.

By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, OK – Brief respite from high pollen in OKC, Tulsa

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Allergy sufferers in Oklahoma City and Tulsa have gotten a brief break from high pollen levels but the levels are expected to rise again soon.

By Associated Press

Tulsa, OK – OSU opens new health clinic in east Tulsa

TULSA, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma State University's Center for Health Sciences has opened a clinic in what OSU officials say is an underserved area of east Tulsa.

Howard Barnett, the president of OSU's Tulsa campus and the Center for Health Sciences, spoke Thursday during a ceremony marking the facility's opening. He says the clinic was placed in east Tulsa after OSU officials identified the area as needing additional health care resources.