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JENKS — The superintendent of the Jenks School District said the federal government is auditing his district because he supported a bill that would change oversight of standardized tests in Oklahoma. He said the federal "compliance review” audit comes about a month after a fellow superintendent warned at a United Suburban Schools Association meeting that anyone who supported Senate Bill 1111 could be audited. State schools Superintendent Sandy Garrett said her agency can’t request audits and likely a parent in Jenks asked for it.

TULSA WORLD

CREEK COUNTY SETTLES LAWSUIT

TULSA — Russell Mounger of Sapulpa, who had both his legs amputated after a two-week stay in the Creek County jail, has settled a lawsuit against the county for $2.7 million. Mounger claimed in a federal lawsuit that his jailers didn’t give him his medication and put him in a restraint chair for extended periods during his time in jail in 2007. Within a month after he was booked into jail, both his legs had been amputated because of medical conditions.

TULSA WORLD

MYRIAD GARDENS TO RELEASE BUGS

Kids of all ages are invited to Myriad Botanical Gardens’ annual "Bug Out.

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