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Mayor announces WalkBikeTulsa safety campaign

As part of Bike Month in Tulsa, Mayor G.T. Bynun held a news conference Thursday to kick off the city’s WalkBikeTulsa safety campaign and increase awareness of the city’s bicycle and pedestrian master plan.

 

Update: Man jailed after being shot in neck by Grand River Dam Authority police

Marcus Allen Stopp, 25, was booked into the Cherokee County jail on a complaint of being in possession of a stolen vehicle. Other complaints were pending.

 

Tulsa police release video of fatal officer-involved shooting

About 30 seconds after the officers arrived at the scene, Beyerl discharged his weapon after he "could see that the front-seat passenger was armed with a gun and it was pointed at him," Sgt. Richard Meulenberg said.

 

Oklahoma National Guard troops who left 'indelible mark' return to loved ones

About 150 soldiers of the Oklahoma Army National Guard returned home Thursday after an August deployment to locations across Syria, Iraq and Kuwait.Photo gallery: Oklahoma National Guard members return to Broken Arrow from Mideast

 

Lawsuit to stop development that could include REI store heads to state Supreme Court

Four Tulsans argue that allowing the development of part of Helmerich Park to proceed would make it easier for municipalities across the state to sell public land for commercial development.

 

Suspended Langston Hughes Academy superintendent sues over grade forgery claims

The suspended superintendent of Langston Hughes Academy for Arts and Technology has sued the president of the school board and two other staff members for defamation after they made what he claims were false allegations of grade-tampering.

 

Michael Bever handed 28-year sentence for attack that severely injured sister

Jurors on Wednesday found the now-19-year-old guilty of five counts of first-degree murder in the stabbings of his parents and three of his siblings, as well as a count of assault and battery with intent to kill related to the…

 

Woman faces federal charge after alleged bomb threat to Claremore schools

Stephanie Montgomery had no known connection to the schools and allegedly told investigators that she “wanted to test police,” Claremore Deputy Police Chief Steve Cox said.

 

Drinking while on parole? Ex-reserve deputy Robert Bates seen at bar after release from prison for Eric Harris slaying

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A white ex-volunteer deputy released early from prison for fatally shooting an unarmed black man was recently seen drinking at an Oklahoma bar in apparent violation of the conditions of his parole, which prohibit him from…

 

Michael Bever found guilty on all counts in quintuple-murder trial

Prosecutors cited his jailhouse journal in closing arguments, while the defense pointed to his older brother's influence on him.

 

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