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Banned Tulsa banker 'Kell' Kelly resigns from EPA Superfund role

Albert “Kell” Kelly, a former Tulsa banker, resigned Tuesday from the Environmental Protection Agency, where he had been hired to bring business acumen to the Superfund cleanup program but faced questions about his banking past.

 

Money follows Republican gubernatorial hopefuls

Fundraising for Oklahoma's jam-packed Republican gubernatorial campaign matches almost exactly the only public polling on the race.

 

Pot-bellied pigs are crawling out of the mud and making a comeback in Tulsa

City Councilor Connie Dodson wants to know what Tulsans think about allowing the animals to be household pets.

 

Hand prints, footprints focus of testimony in Michael Bever trial on Tuesday

Using as comparison a set of hand prints and footprints taken from then-16-year-old Michael Bever upon his arrest for the stabbing deaths of his family, an Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation criminalist spent more than a year on efforts to…

 

Updated: Jenks police make arrest in city's first homicide since 2014 after man found fatally shot

Police identified Johnathon Weatherford, 21, as the city's first homicide victim since 2014. Jenks Police Sgt. Melissa Brown said the police chief would make a statement at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.

 

Dennis Byrd's widow offers forgiveness for Claremore motorist at fault in husband's fatal crash

Zachary Reed, 19, has received a one-year deferred sentence after pleading no contest in an agreement with prosecutors to amend a first-degree manslaughter charge down to negligent homicide.Related: Bill Haisten: As Dennis Byrd is eulogized, ‘our hearts are broken’From 2002:…

 

Woman accused of running fraudulent pet training business charged after 100-plus animals seized from her home

Marjorie Rosa Satterfield, 61, was initially was booked on 123 complaints of animal cruelty before being released on bail. Those complaints were reduced to three charges — one for each type of animal found at her home.

 

Tulsa's risk of severe weather this week downgraded from 'enhanced' to 'slight'

The focus of a severe weather outbreak expected this week for the Plains has shifted north to parts of Kansas and Missouri, forecasters said.

 

Petition effort to investigate Claremore finances amid smart meter complaints nears deadline for signatures

A woman who for years has fought against the city of Claremore over smart meter technology still needs hundreds of signatures for a petition to examine "possible irregularities" in the city's budget.

 

14-year-old struck by gunfire during drive-by shooting in north Tulsa

One person was reportedly shot in the buttocks in a north Tulsa neighborhood.

 

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