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Headlines: Cherokee Freedmen Win, Prison Overcrowding Lawsuit & College Football Begins

Headlines for Thursday, August 31, 2017:

  • Members of the Cherokee Freedmen win their citizenship. (KOSU)

  • Oklahoma emergency responders are staying busy in south Texas. (Tulsa World)

  • Will Rogers World Airport sets up a medical evacuation center for Harvey victims. (NewsOK)

  • Oklahoma’s State Superintendent urges lawmakers to solve the issue of underfunding education. (Tulsa World)

  • State faces lawsuit from inmate over overcrowding. (Journal Record)

  • Oklahoma’s Innocence Project works to raise funds. (Journal Record)

  • A Tulsa City Council meeting on dollar stores goes late into the night. (Tulsa World)

  • Tulsa delays EMSA’s request for a rate increase. (Tulsa World)

  • A group of central Oklahoma government officials are forming a Justice Squad. (Journal Record)

  • Oklahoma’s job market continues to show improvement. (NewsOK)

  • State Health officials are urging Oklahomans to wear silver today to raise awareness of overdose deaths. (NewsOK)

  • The college football season kicks off tonight for two Oklahoma teams. (Tulsa World)

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