Oklahoma News Report

Starting July first some streets will be a bit darker in Muskogee. As a cost cutting measure the city will turn off some street lights to save an anticipated twenty percent of what it had been spending on street lights.

About 100 WWII veterans are back from the inaugural “Oklahoma Honor Flight” to Washington D.C. The members of the greatest generation, many of them in wheelchairs and in their 80s and 90s, had the opportunity to visit and reflect at the memorials dedicated in their honor- including the National World War Two Memorial. Organizers say it’s all part of the Honor Flight Network’s mission of sending as many war hero’s as possibe to the nation’s capitol.
OETA’s Angela Rosecrans and photojournalist Edwin Wilson have our special series of reports on this week’s honor flight.

Monday, May 17th on a two to one vote Pawnee County Commissioners put a halt to plans to build and operate a recycling plant and landfill.

Commissioner Dale Vance was the only yes vote. He backed the plan calling it a new eight to ten million dollar a year revenue source for the county which has a flat tax base and rising expenses. He says the plant would have created as many as 145 jobs with a $1.3 million dollar annual payroll.

Opponents of the plant say County Commissioners did not answer their questions about the project at community meetings and they fear trash hauled into the recycling plant and landfill could pollute the air and water in Pawnee County.