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Fort Hood shooting claims former Oklahoma resident
A recently married, 22-year-old soldier from southwest Oklahoma was one of the 13 people killed in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, his mother said Friday.
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Bail set at $1M for man accused in dentist slaying
An Oklahoma City man accused of killing a Fargo dentist in a murder-for-hire scheme made his first appearance in a North Dakota court Friday and asked a judge if he could have a jail cell by himself.
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Warm, windy day on Saturday
It will be a warm, windy Saturday across Oklahoma.
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Lawmaker plans hate crimes bill response
A state lawmaker said he plans to file legislation to protect Oklahomans from encroachments on speech, assembly and religious beliefs.
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Judge: OK to televise pharmacist’s murder trial
A judge ruled Thursday that television cameras will be allowed inside the courtroom for the highly publicized trial of a pharmacist charged with gunning down a 16-year-old during an attempted robbery.
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Woodward shooting victim dies
Woodward police say a 50-year-old woman who was shot in the head has died.
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Grand jury indicts 8
A federal grand jury has indicted eight Mexican nationals who are accused of plotting to traffic drugs in northeast Oklahoma.
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Lawmaker rips raises to DHS officials
A state lawmaker is criticizing the Department of Human Services for giving pay raises to administrators as the agency cuts senior nutrition programs.
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Oklahoma prosecutors charge man
An Oklahoma City man charged in the beating death of a dentist in North Dakota now faces a fugitive from justice count in his home state.
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Pharmacist to be tried for murder in robbery death
An Oklahoma City pharmacist accused of firing five bullets into a 16-year-old boy as he lie unconscious and wounded on the floor during an attempted robbery will stand trial for first-degree murder, a judge ruled Wednesday.
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Okla. state regents request $27.5M budget increase
Despite plunging state revenues, the Oklahoma State Regents on Tuesday asked the state Legislature for a $27.5 million increase over last year's budget and another $35.8 million to make up for this year's budget cuts.
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Shots fired in police pursuit
TULSA, Okla. (AP) ’ A Bixby police officer fired multiple shots at a fleeing vehicle during a pursuit that stretched from Bixby to Tulsa.
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Troops returning to Fort Sill
LAWTON, Okla. (AP) — About 160 soldiers from Illinois and South Carolina will be honored at an early morning welcome-home ceremony at Fort Sill.
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Teen surrenders in weekend shooting
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A 17-year-old boy has surrendered to police in connection with a weekend shooting that left a man critically wounded.
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National group joins search for missing family
EUFAULA, Okla. (AP) — A national group that helps look for missing children is joining the search for a missing family from the Eufaula area.
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Tulsa police layoffs are possible
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tulsa Mayor Kathy Taylor is confirming the layoffs of 37 city employees — including 21 police officers.
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Oklahoma-Texas football activist E.Z. Million dies
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — A Norman man who campaigned for years for the annual Oklahoma-Texas football game to be played on a home-and-home basis has died.
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1 dead in Logan County shooting
GUTHRIE, Okla. (AP) — One person is dead and another is being questioned following a shooting in rural Logan County near Guthrie.
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Search scaled back for missing Eufaula family
The search for a missing Eufaula family continued Saturday in southeastern Oklahoma, but the size of the search party was scaled back.
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Lawmaker gets OK to bring gun to state Capitol
A retired state trooper who now serves in the statehouse says he occasionally carries his gun to the Capitol after he received threatening phone calls at home.
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Wewoka man stabbed to death, brother arrested
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says a Wewoka man was arrested in the weekend stabbing death of his brother — then released when investigators found support for a claim of self defense.
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Hunter shot, killed in Latimer Co.
A deer hunter has been shot and killed in the Gowen Mountain area in southeast Oklahoma.
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Police identify pawn shop owner killed in OKC
Oklahoma City police have identified a man accidentally shot and killed inside a pawn shop as 32-year-old Jason Baggett of Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma state workers protest furloughs
As state agencies continue to grapple with budget cuts amid plunging state revenues, about a dozen Pardon and Parole Board employees picketed in front of the Capitol on Monday, their third furlough day in as many months.
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Man burns self to death after authorities arrive
Tulsa County authorities say a convicted sex offender burned himself to death when authorities went to his home to serve a warrant.
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Managing contractor for jail chosen
Woodward County officials have chosen a managing contractor for the construction of the new county jail.
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Eufaula police chief reinstated
The Eufaula City Council has reinstated the town's police chief, who was suspended last month.
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Idaho woman admits lying to grand jury
An Idaho woman has pleaded guilty to lying to a multicounty grand jury last year that was investigating a 1980 Pontotoc County murder.
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Strict Oklahoma abortion laws spark court battles
Two new laws being challenged in the Oklahoma courts would give the state some of the strictest abortion laws in the country by forcing women to answer questions about race and their relationships, and to listen to a doctor talk them through an ultrasound.
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OSU regents OK naming $70M facility for Bellmon
The regents who govern Oklahoma State University approved a plan Friday to name a $70 million science research building on the Stillwater campus after former Gov. Henry Bellmon.
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Oklahoma personal income up slightly in 2Q
Oklahoma's personal income grew 0.1 percent in the second quarter of 2009, buoyed by the $787 billion stimulus package Congress passed earlier this year, according to estimates released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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8-state Cyber Consortium gets $2.7 million grant
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $2.7 million grant to an eight-state consortium of technology centers and community colleges that is working to block cyber attacks and stop the loss of high-tech jobs in the U.S., officials said Wednesday.
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Brent Rinehart pleads guilty in campaign case
A former Oklahoma County commissioner criticized for a campaign comic book that lampooned gays and his political opponents pleaded guilty Wednesday to his role in an illegal campaign contribution scheme.
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AG names Kennedy to Tobacco Trust board
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Attorney General Drew Edmondson has appointed Oklahoma City businessman John Kennedy to the board of directors of the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust.
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Blackjack a good living for one dealer
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — The chips and cards fly across the tables under the watchful eye of Abby Beals.
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Oklahoma City-County Health Department to Hold First H1N1 Immunization Clinic at OCCC
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Police seek missing Ardmore woman
ARDMORE, Okla. (AP) — Authorities have canceled a Silver Alert after a missing 85-year-old woman was found unharmed.
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Officials report decline in traffic fatalities
State officials report a decline in traffic fatalities, but roughly two-thirds of those who died were not wearing their seat belts.
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Man found dead on OKC motel
Oklahoma City police are investigating an apparent fatal stabbing at a motel on the city's south side.
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Coburn targets funding for political science study
Political science projects receiving federal money are the latest target of U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, who is proposing to halt the National Science Foundation's funding for such research.
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Report released on excessive force complaint
An Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper who is on leave for the second time this year over excessive force complaints said in his report on the latest incident that he hit a man with his baton only after he appeared to physically resist arrest.
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Panel to study texting and driving rules
A legislative panel plans to investigate the potentially dangerous practice of texting while driving.
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Traffic stop leads to drug bust in Panhandle
Texas County authorities say a New Mexico man was arrested on drug complaints after officers found marijuana in his car following a traffic stop.
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Poultry companies cry foul on state's witness
Eleven Arkansas poultry companies are accusing Oklahoma of foul play, saying the state is trying to introduce new research done by one of its expert witnesses.
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Del City teen killed in front of his home
Police in Del City say the shooting death of a 17-year-old boy may be drug-related.
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Accident victims' families sue driver
Family members of the 10 people who were killed when a tractor-trailer slammed into a line of stopped cars on a turnpike have sued the truck's driver and his employer.
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Ex-softball player dies
A memorial service for a former University of Oklahoma softball player has been scheduled for Thursday in Norman.
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4 injured when plane from Okla. crashes in Texas
Four men were being treated at Texas hospitals Tuesday after a twin-engine airplane that took off from Oklahoma crashed not far from Fort Worth, authorities said.
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Taylor set to secure federal education dollars for Oklahoma
The appointment of outgoing Tulsa Mayor Kathy Taylor as Gov. Brad Henry’s education czar bookends the self-described “education governor’s” two terms in office.
