We have performed an angular-resolved photoemission study of underdoped, optimally doped and overdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x samples using a wide photon energy range (15 -100 eV). We report a small and broad non-dispersive A1g peak in the energy distribution curves whose intensity scales with doping. We attribute it to a local impurity state similar to the one observed recently by scanning tunneling spectroscopy and identified as the oxygen dopants. Detailed analysis of the resonance profile and comparison with the single-layered Bi2Sr2CuO6+x suggest a mixing of this local state with Cu via the apical oxygens.PACS numbers: 74.72. Hs, 74.25.Jb, In contrast to pure systems, the carrier density of the CuO 2 planes in the cuprates can only be modified by creating nonstoichiometric defects in the parent compounds. For example, Bi 2 Sr 2 CaCu 2 O 8+x (Bi2212) is hole-doped mainly by the introduction of an extraneous amount of oxygens, which is estimated to be around x=0.16 per formula unit for the T c = 95 K optimally doped samples [1]. Such dopants have long been suspected to induce local electronic disorder [2]. However, it is only recently that scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) measurements established their in-plane positions in the structure by correlating the STS spectra to the local electronic disorder as a function of doping [3]. In particular, the differential conductance at the oxygen dopant (O δ ) site is characterized by a broad peak around -0.96 eV. This peak is observed in ∼ 8Å diameter regions and their number is found to be proportional to doping [3]. Surprisingly, larger superconducting gap magnitudes accompanied with the absence of coherent peaks are observed in these regions, suggesting that the O δ are correlated to the CuO 2 planes electronic properties. Due to the importance of this issue, it is necessary to confirm the existence of that coupling and to investigate further the local impact of the O δ . Owing to its complementarity with STS, APRES is certainly an appropriate tool to investigate this issue. More importantly, the atomic selectivity of the resonant ARPES measurement provides unique and valuable insight concerning the wavefunction of the states of interest. When the incident photon energy is tunned to near an absorption edge of a specific element, a resonance (strong enhancement of photoelectron emission) usually occurs for certain valence spectral features that involve this element. This "element-resolved" capability may shed light on the nature of wavefunctions at the O δ * Electronic address: richarpi@bc.edu site and its influence to local superconducting properties.In this letter, we present an ARPES study of Bi2212 which reveals a small, broad and non-dispersing peak corresponding to a localized state analogous to the one reported recently by STS at -0.96 eV [3]. We show that the spectral weight of the corresponding ARPES peak increases with doping, thus reinforcing its relation to the presence of O δ . In order to characterize further this feature, we report measurements obtained ...