• Survivor recalls Oklahoma hit-and-run that killed 3 friends

    Survivor recalls Oklahoma hit-and-run that killed 3 friends - March 07, 2020

    MOORE, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma high school student who was among three people to survive a hit-and-run that killed three of his friends says that his fellow cross-country runners helped save his li...

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  • Oklahoma Governor pushes Medicaid expansion to skeptical GOP

    Oklahoma Governor pushes Medicaid expansion to skeptical GOP - March 07, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt's administration is submitting a proposal to expand Medicaid to the federal government, but Republican lawmakers are balking at a plan to pay for the s...

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  • First Oklahoman tests positive for new coronavirus

    First Oklahoman tests positive for new coronavirus - March 07, 2020

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt says that a Tulsa man in his 50's who recently traveled to Italy is the first Oklahoman to test positive for the new coronavirus. Stitt made the announc...

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  • Autopsy shows convicted Oklahoma killer died of meth overdose

    Autopsy shows convicted Oklahoma killer died of meth overdose - March 06, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY (The Oklahoman) — An autopsy of a convicted killer found dead in his cell at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in November shows he died of a methamphetamine overdose. The autopsy rep...

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  • Most ODOC facilities resume normal operations

    Most ODOC facilities resume normal operations - March 06, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Department of Corrections has returned to normal operations, including visitation, for all but six prisons. Three state-run prisons and three private prisons remain on lock ...

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  • HJ Reed roasting Coleman at PTC Foundation Dinner   

    HJ Reed roasting Coleman at PTC Foundation Dinner   - March 06, 2020

    The annual Pioneer Technology Center Roast, set for April 2, will feature H.J. Reed. This year’s “Roastee” will be Sen. Bill Coleman, who is also the owner of Team Radio Marketing Group which...

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  • Postal clerk sentenced to probation for embezzling

    Postal clerk sentenced to probation for embezzling - March 06, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY – James Bryan Barnes, 53, of Norman, has been sentenced to a 24-month term of probation for embezzling postal funds and making false postal record entries, announced United States Atto...

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  • Floor work update

    Floor work update - March 06, 2020

    By Sen. Bill Coleman We have another deadline this coming week.  All Senate bills that made it out of committee must be voted on by Thursday, March 12, in order to move forward in the legislative pr...

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  • Ponca City Concert Series to present ‘Sons of Serendip’ March 10

    Ponca City Concert Series to present ‘Sons of Serendip’ March 10 - March 06, 2020

    The Sons of Serendip, finalists in America’s Got Talent, will be the featured act in the Ponca City Concert Series at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 10. “They were so outstanding that Bartlesvi...

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  • Oklahoma pastors isolated over possible coronavirus exposure

    Oklahoma pastors isolated over possible coronavirus exposure - March 06, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Two leaders at an Oklahoma-based megachurch have been quarantined after learning they may have been exposed to the new coronavirus at a Germany conference where a scheduled spea...

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