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By KWGS News

Tulsa, OK – Jury Selection got underway in the federal trial of two Tulsa Police officers indicted for being on the wrong side of the law.

Prosecutors had originally asked for a 30-day delay in the trials of Jeff Henderson and Bill Yelton. However, the motion to delay the case while the prosecution reviewed some 500-pages of discovery was withdrawn just before the scheduled start of the jury selection.

By KWGS News

Tulsa, OK – The power was knocked out in south Tulsa last night.

About 81-hundred PSO customers were left without juice when a transformer blew near 61st and Lewis. It could have been caused by thieves trying to steal metal at a substation.

The power was restored about 10- last night.

By John Durkee

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By KWGS News/NWS

Tulsa, OK – .EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS EXTENDED THE EXCESSIVE
HEAT WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND HAS ADJUSTED THE
EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH...NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

By KWGS News

AP – Two more arson fires are in north Tulsa overnight. The blazes, in vacant houses, were near Pine and Lewis.

In the first blaze, one fire fighters suffered minor injuries. That blaze was put out within ten minutes.

The other blaze was reported about a half-hour and half-mile away. Tulsa Fire officials have been investigating a rash of arson fires in the same general areas.

By KWGS News

Tulsa, OK – A passenger is dead following an overnight car crash in Tulsa. The accident happened shortly after three 3 AM this morning.

He was hanging out of a car window and struck his head on a guard rail when the driver of the car lost control near 11th and Mingo in east Tulsa. Tulsa Police say the driver and dead passenger has apparently been drinking.

The man's body was ejected from the car.

By AP

Oklahoma City, OK –
Blue green algae found at Oklahoma City lakes

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Oklahoma City officials say blue green algae has been found at two of its lakes.

Officials said Friday that the city's Water Quality department has treated Lake Hefner and Lake Overholser and will continue to monitor the algae levels daily.

Officials say swimming isn't allowed on Oklahoma City lakes, but they want visitors to avoid areas with visible algae accumulation.

By AP

Choctaw, OK – 6 small earthquakes recorded in central Oklahoma

CHOCTAW, Okla. (AP) The Oklahoma Geological Survey says six small earthquakes have been recorded near Choctaw in central Oklahoma.

No injuries or damage have been reported as a result of the quakes on Friday.

The survey says the largest was magnitude 2.7 and was recorded at 10:45 p.m. Friday. The U.S. Geological Survey gave the quake a preliminary magnitude of 2.8.

By AP

Oklahoma City, OK – Deadline approaching for disaster aid in Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The deadline is approaching to apply for disaster assistance for residents of several Oklahoma counties who had uninsured losses because of storms and floods in May.

Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management Director Albert Ashwood said that business owners and home owners and renters in Caddo, Canadian, Delaware, Grady, Kingfisher, Logan, McClain and Ottawa counties have until Friday, Aug. 5, to apply.

By AP

Oklahoma City, OK – Okla. officials have no contingency for default

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) With the unprecedented possibility of a federal government default, state officials in Oklahoma acknowledge they have no contingency plan in place if the billions of dollars in federal funds were to suddenly stop.

State Treasurer Ken Miller says no one knows what the true impact of a default would mean.