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Top Local Stories of 2011

By KWGS News

Undated – Top Local stories as determined by KWGS News:
1. Severe weather, including blizzards, tornadoes, and a yearlong drought;
2. Earthquakes rattle state, including the strongest in Oklahoma history;
3. Turmoil at Tulsa City Hall with new Council elected, Mayor's Chief of Staff resigns;
4 .American Airlines files for bankruptcy;
5. The arrest of a man in shooting deaths of two young girls near Weleetka;
6. Election of new Cherokee Nation Chief Bill John Baker;
7. Deployment of Oklahoma National Guard troops to Afghanistan, largest since Korean War;
8. August wildfires at Terlton and Turley;
9. An airplane crash in Arkansas kills two Oklahoma State University basketball coaches, two others;
10. Governor Mary Fallin's year as Oklahoma's first female governor.