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Headlines: Mental Illness, Teacher Bonuses & Stillwater Roller Derby

Headlines for Monday, August 31, 2015:

  • A new report show young people who leave the Department of Human Services end up on the street. (NewsOK)

  • Supporters of a new Oklahoma County jail say they need facilities to handle mentally health patients. (NewsOK)

  • Community leaders want to reduce mental ill patients in jails. (Tulsa World)

  • Mental health records show Labor Commission Mark Costello’s son thought his family was in a cult. (NewsOK)

  • Review shows more than $6M in property seized along I-40. (NewsOK)

  • New report finds a link between pharmacies filing prescriptions and overdose deaths. (NewsOK)

  • Oklahoma school districts are offering cash, computers and other incentives to get teachers. (NewsOK)

  • Tulsa Schools is ending its summer construction projects. (Tulsa World)

  • A group of Confederate flag supporters rally from an Oklahoma City Wal-Mart to the state capital. (KFOR)

  • President Obama’s clean power plan is already impacting Oklahoma. (Journal Record)

  • A police chemist at the center of an Oklahoma County controversy has died. (Fox25)

  • The longtime director of a DHS shelter is retiring instead of fighting termination over the handcuffing of children. (NewsOK)

  • A lawsuit over energy and earthquakes comes quietly to an end. (Journal Record)

  • Some Oklahoma lakes are becoming shallower. (KOCO)

  • Roller derby is coming to Stillwater. (Stillwater News Press)

  • There’s a new street festival near downtown Oklahoma City. (KFOR)

  • OKC Thunder star Russell Westbrook ties the knot. (NewsOK)

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