Oklahoma City, OK – Russian grain export ban helps Okla. wheat farmers
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Oklahoma wheat farmers who held onto their grain rather than selling it during the recent harvest are benefiting from Russia's ban on grain exports.
Russian has banned exports of its wheat because of severe drought and wildfires that destroyed about 20 percent of the crop. The ban means countries in Africa and the Middle East are now looking elsewhere for wheat.
Tulsa, OK – The City of Tulsa's sales tax collections for mid July to mid August, as reported by the Oklahoma Tax Commission, are slightly above last year's and higher than budget predictions.
Actual sales tax received is $17,116,149 compared to the $16,849,105 collected during the same period last year, which is a 1.58% increase. The budget estimate for the period was $15,979,000.
Tulsa, OK – Okla police officer seeks release from jail
TULSA, Okla. (AP) A Tulsa police officer accused of corruption has asked a federal judge to release him from custody.
A motion filed on behalf of Bill Yelton seeks to reverse a U.S. magistrate's decision to detail him prior to trial.
Yelton and co-defendant, Jeff Henderson, remain jailed after federal indictments accused them, two present and one retired police officer of crimes including perjury and planting drug evidence.
Tulsa, OK – Okla agency orders landfill to stop taking waste
TULSA, Okla. (AP) The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality has told a north Tulsa landfill where a fire occurred to stop accepting waste.
The agency issued the emergency order Thursday to the North Tulsa Sanitary Landfill.
Under the order, the landfill must be in compliance with all applicable regulations, including those that may have contributed to the fire, before it can reopen.
Tulsa, OK – Tulsa council wants ethics review of mayor
TULSA, Okla. (AP) The Tulsa City Council wants to know if Mayor Dewey Bartlett committed an ethics violation.
The council voted unanimously to ask the city's Auditor's Office to investigate the mayor's accepting free legal services from an attorney who has done legal work for the city in the past.
Tulsa, Okla. – North Tulsa has long borne the stigma of being one of Tulsa's most underdeveloped areas. The North Tulsa Economic Development Initiative, established three years ago, seeks to change both that stigma and the underlying problems in the area that contribute to its bad reputation.
Dr. Lana Turner-Addison chairs NTEDi's Education Sub-Committee.
Tulsa, OK – Today is first day of school at Tulsa's five continuous learning schools: Chouteau, Eugene Fields, Mark Twain, Marshall and Kendall-Whittier.
Oklahoma City, OK – Court ref hears arguments on Medicaid funding bill
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) An attorney for Oklahoma's Insurance Department says a law to raise money for the Medicaid program is unconstitutional and a lawsuit against it should be considered by the state Supreme Court.
Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland has sued to overturn the law that imposes a 1 percent fee on paid insurance claims.
