Local & Regional

By KWGS News

Tulsa, OK – Tulsa Police starts a new Internal Affairs tip line. If you know of an officer doing wrong you are urged to report it.

Chief Jordan made the announcement today. He says it is an effort to rebuild trust in the department. This following the corruption scandal which has led to two-dozen court cases being tossed out.

The number is 918-596-1355.

By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, OK – Certification of Okla Islamic law refendum blocked

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) A federal judge has granted a request to keep the state of Oklahoma from certifying election results for a constitutional amendment that would bar state courts from considering international or Islamic law when deciding cases.

By KWGS News

Tulsa, OK – 125-new jobs will be coming to Tulsa over the next two-to-three years. That announcement was made this morning at the Borets-Weatherford facility.

The international company is relocating to Tulsa from Houston and has been accepted into the Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program. The company manufactures electric submersible pumps for the oil and gas industry.

The company is located in the old Ramsey-Winch facility at Pine and North Garnett.

By Associated Press

Tulsa, OK – Man shot to death in north Tulsa; no arrests made

TULSA, Okla. (AP) Police say a 41-year-old man has been shot to death at a north Tulsa apartment complex.

Police say that shortly after 6 p.m. Sunday, Kenneth Maywald knocked on the door of a resident of the complex, saying he'd been shot. When authorities arrived, they found Maywald had been shot in the arm and lower abdomen. He died later at a Tulsa hospital.

By Associated Press

Tulsa, OK – TULSA, Okla. (AP) Tulsa Public Schools officials say an energy efficiency initiative has saved the district more than $1.4 million this year a 17 percent saving over anticipated costs for electricity, gas, sewer and water services. Bob LaBass, the district's executive director of bond projects and energy management, says the saved funds go back into the general fund. He says he expects the district to save even more in 2011.

By Associated Press

Tulsa, OK – TULSA, Okla. (AP) Jury selection in the trial of an 18-year-old Tulsa man charged with killing a Bishop Kelley High School senior is set to start today. Theo Fleming is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 18-year-old Kaitlyn Finnegan, who was shot April 4, 2009, at a southeast Tulsa house.

By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, OK – Cities question DHS child care licensing process

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) An investigation by The Oklahoman is revealing that the state Department of Human Services has issued licenses to more than 230 child care operators without requiring them to obtain city permits or letting the cities know that the licenses have been granted.

By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, OK – Okla law addresses social network profiles of dead

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) A new Oklahoma law giving estate executors control over the social networking profiles of dead people might conflict with terms of service agreements but its co-author says it still could be useful in encouraging people to consider what might happen to such profiles after they die.

By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, OK – Fallin's chief of staff leaving to become lobbyist

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin says he won't be following her as she becomes Oklahoma's next governor.

Nate Webb worked for Fallin during her four years in Congress and also spent more than three years as her chief of staff when she was the state's lieutenant governor. He tells The Oklahoman he will join Capitol Gains, a lobbying firm in Oklahoma City.

By Denise Brewer

Tulsa, Oklahoma – Your local news coverage this Monday morning