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Tulsa Top Story - Creditors take control of SemGroup Energy Partners- a Tulsa based company that stores and moves petroluem products. This after the parent company, SemGroup, announced it was eyeing bankruptcy last week and saw the value of it's stock take a dive. Jake Dollarhide with Longbow Asset Managment in Tulsa says today's action by the investment firms Manchester Securities and Alerian Capital Management is about money- more specifically about a $250 million dollar loan. "They are now in survival mode. The holders of the loan-- which SemGroup has are exercising the right to take control of the company." Dollarhide says, in effect, this is an ousting of the current board because they have failed. The new management expects to release more details about the transition Tuesday in a conference call.
Tulsa - Three people are killed and another critically injured in a car crash near Coweta. Investigating highway patrol troopers say the vehicle went flying off a bridge on a county road, and crashed upside down in the creek below. The three men inside died, and a woman was flown to a Tulsa hospital by helicopter. Nearby residents say the bridge is poorly marked and 'a deathtrap', but troopers say evidence indicates excessive speed and alcohol were likely factors in the wreck.Two of the dead have been identified as 25 year old Matthew Ennes of Coweta and 20 year old Brandon Hargrove of Wagoner. The identity of the 19 year old man that also died has yet to be released.
Tulsa - Hoping to get more people to pedal their way to the office, the city holds a Bike to Work promotion Friday morning. Bikers were able to make a swing to the Riverparks near 21st street and have a glass of juice, a muffin, and a cup of coffee. Those on the bikes say riding the bike is a way to improve your health. One biker says she does it once a week when the weather is nice. She says its enjoyable not to have to worry about the bumper to bumper traffic. Officials with the city of Tulsa encourage more people to ride their bikes because it cuts down on auto emmissions in the air. That in turn helps the community battle the ozone problem.
Tulsa - A double shooting sends two men to the hospital. The shooting started between the occupants of 2 vehicles about one Friday morning in the 41-hundred block of North Frankfort. Tulsa Police Sergeant Laurel Ledbetter says the driver of a truck is hospitalized in serious condition. She says the car driver later shot into a group of people who were outside at a nearby residence. One person was hit but is expected to survive. No one has been arrested.
Tulsa - Federal authorities say 45 gang members and immigration violators are behind bars after a six-day operation in the Tulsa area. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's ``Operation Community Shield'' ended on Wednesday. The program partners federal, state and local law enforcement to target members of violent street gangs. ICE officials say 15 of the arrests were transnational gang members who are aliens, while 17 gang members were U.S. citizens arrested on state warrants on criminal charges. Another 13 had no known gang affiliation, but were deportable because they were in the country illegally. Along with the arrests, officials seized handguns, cash, cocaine and methamphetamine.
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