• Disaster Recovery Center opening Thursday in Blackwell

    Disaster Recovery Center opening Thursday in Blackwell - July 10, 2019

    As the July 31 registration deadline approaches, the Federal Emergency Management Agency wants to continue to encourage people who have not yet registered with FEMA to do so, and to remind those who h...

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  • Police arrest person of interest in Stroud homicides

    Police arrest person of interest in Stroud homicides - July 10, 2019

    STROUD -- Stroud Police arrested Shawn Pittman, 39, shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday on a complaint of driving under the influence. Police and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation had been search...

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  • Subject sought in double homicide in Stroud

    Subject sought in double homicide in Stroud - July 09, 2019

    STROUD, Okla. – The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and Stroud Police Department are investigating a double homicide that occurred in the 500 block of West 10th Street in Stroud, Okla. Pau...

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  • Motorcyclist injured in July 4 accident

    Motorcyclist injured in July 4 accident - July 09, 2019

    A Ponca City resident was injured in a motorcycle accident on July 4, according to a delayed report from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Chad Alan Rhea, 47, was riding a 2006 Suzuki motorcycle about 7...

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  • Sentencing hearing starts for teen

    Sentencing hearing starts for teen - July 09, 2019

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A sentencing hearing has begun for an Oklahoma teenager who was accused of killing a schoolteacher and raping an 81-year-old woman. A three-day hearing began in Tulsa Tuesday fo...

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  • 911 calls sporadic in Tulsa area after fire disrupts service

    911 calls sporadic in Tulsa area after fire disrupts service - July 09, 2019

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Tulsa-area police officers are being stationed at QuikTrip stores, major intersections and fire stations after a fire disrupted 911 service. A city news release says the disrupt...

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  • OKC school board member seeks to stop discussion of conduct

    OKC school board member seeks to stop discussion of conduct - July 09, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An Oklahoma City School Board member seeks to permanently prevent the board from discussing his conduct. In a motion dated July 3, member Charles Henry asks a judge for a perma...

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  • Leaders want Oklahoma City’s new top cop to boost relations

    Leaders want Oklahoma City’s new top cop to boost relations - July 09, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma City community leaders say they want the city's new police chief to improve relations between the police department and historically underrepresented groups. Wade Gour...

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  • Oklahoma City Archdiocese delays naming priests facing sexual misconduct accusations

    Oklahoma City Archdiocese delays naming priests facing sexual misconduct accusations - July 09, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City now says there's no timetable for the release of a report that's been repeatedly delayed in naming priests facing accusations of sexual misconduct...

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  • Oklahoma governor, mayors want levee study following floods

    Oklahoma governor, mayors want levee study following floods - July 08, 2019

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and three Tulsa-area mayors want the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to expedite its study of the region's levee system following severe flooding along the A...

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