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Okla. DHS announces $16M to help with energy bills

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:47:03 -0400

OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma Department of Human Services says about $16 million in federal funds will be made available this year to help low-income Oklahomans with their summer cooling bills.

Architect to brief panel on Okla. Capitol repairs

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:43:42 -0400

OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma's Capitol architect will brief a panel dedicated to preserving the nearly 100-year-old building on renovation and restoration plans.

Okla. Treas. awards $5,529 to baby's college fund

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:31:17 -0400

TULSA, Oklahoma - An Oklahoma baby has received a big boost toward her Oklahoma 529 College Savings Plan.

Sammy Hagar to join Okla. tornado relief concert

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:00:14 -0400

NORMAN, Oklahoma - Former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar is joining a star-studded country music concert planned to benefit victims of last month's deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma.

Okla. man sentenced to 6 months for Wyoming threat

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:32:41 -0400

OKLAHOMA CITY - An Oklahoma City man has been sentenced to serve six months in federal prison for making a threat to commit violence in Casper, Wyoming

Okla. health dept. investigating rabies exposure

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:40:48 -0400

OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma Department of Health is investigating whether anyone who handled a rabid puppy that later died was exposed to the disease.

Judge denies request by Cherokee candidate

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:06:58 -0400

TULSA, Oklahoma - A Cherokee Nation man is likely to appeal a decision by a Tulsa federal judge that barred descendants of the tribe's freed slaves to vote in a weekend election in which he's a candidate, his attorney said Wednesday.

More than 56K tons of debris cleared in Moore

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:46:57 -0400

MOORE, Oklahoma - More than 56,000 tons of debris have been removed from the 19 neighborhoods in Moore that were affected by the deadly tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburb last month, city officials said Wednesday.

Oklahoma AG offers mobile app for tracking inmates

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:24:22 -0400

OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma Attorney General's Office is offering a new mobile app that victims of crime can use to track inmates.

Inhofe: Now is not the time to reduce US nukes

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:43:57 -0400

OKLAHOMA CITY - Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe says now is not the time to reduce the country's nuclear arms forces around the globe.

Family searches for Okla. teen missing in Ecuador

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:40:21 -0400

OKLAHOMA CITY - Relatives say an Oklahoma teenager disappeared while hiking with his family in Ecuador.

Jury recommends death for 2009 Cache slayings

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:07:48 -0400

LAWTON, Oklahoma - A jury has recommended a death sentence for an Oklahoma man convicted in the 2009 killings of a Comanche County couple.

Tulsa mail theft trend prompts police warning

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:09:03 -0400

TULSA, Oklahoma - A rise in mail theft from unsecured mailboxes in the east Tulsa area has police officers warning business owners to take proper precautions.

Oklahoma City water wins taste test

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:31:20 -0400

OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma City's tap water has come in first place in a national taste test competition.

Oklahoma executes inmate for couple's 2000 deaths

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:10:53 -0400

McALESTER, Oklahoma - Oklahoma executed a 36-year-old man on Tuesday for taking part in the brutal killing of a ranching couple 13 years ago.

NTSB: Bad eyesight likely caused Okla. train crash

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:46:24 -0400

TULSA, Oklahoma - An engineer killed in a fiery train collision in the Oklahoma Panhandle last year suffered from serious vision problems for much of his life, underwent several corrective procedures in the years leading up to the crash and even complained that he couldn't distinguish between red and green signals, a doctor told a federal oversight board Tuesday.

Oklahoma corrections head quits amid flaps

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:28:57 -0400

OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma's prisons chief resigned amid disagreements over whether more state corrections facilities should be run by private companies and whether his agency properly documented money held in reserve, but the governor's office said Tuesday she did not ask for him to step aside.

Aerospace company to hire 20 workers in Grove

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:31:14 -0400

GROVE, Oklahoma - An Australian aerospace company says it will open a facility in Grove and hire 20 workers.

Police kill man who took girl at Oklahoma store

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:12:15 -0400

MIDWEST CITY, Oklahoma - Authorities say a police officer shot and killed a man who'd taken a toddler hostage at a Walmart Market in suburban Oklahoma City.

Prosecutors won't seek death penalty in Tulsa case

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:23:08 -0400

TULSA, Oklahoma - Prosecutors say they won't seek the death penalty for a 21-year-old man charged in the beating death of a Tulsa woman.

Highway patrol: Texas man drowns in Red River

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:25:18 -0400

DURANT, Oklahoma - The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a Texas man has drowned in the Red River near Durant.

Exchange program announced for gas lawn mowers

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:10:04 -0400

OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality is announcing an exchange program for gasoline-powered lawn mowers.

Former Oklahoma St QB Lunt joining Illinois

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:29:23 -0400

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois - Former Oklahoma State starting quarterback Wes Lunt is transferring to Illinois, returning to his home state after giving the Illini little consideration out of high school.

Oklahoma weighing options in murder case

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:56:51 -0400

TULSA, Oklahoma - The Oklahoma Attorney General's Office said Monday it's weighing its options after a federal appeals court ruled the state doesn't have jurisdiction over a death row case in which a man pleaded guilty to killing three people in Indian Country.

Habitat for Humanity to donate to tornado victims

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:20:45 -0400

OKLAHOMA CITY - Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity says it will donate proceeds from sales at its Renovation Station stores in Oklahoma City to help pay for construction and repairs of homes of the May tornado victims.