• Woman dies after being pulled from burning Oklahoma home

    Woman dies after being pulled from burning Oklahoma home - February 17, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A 65-year-old woman has died after being pulled from a burning home in northwest Oklahoma City. State medical examiner's spokeswoman Amy Elliott says Coyett Morgan died Friday af...

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  • OSBI investigating suspicious death of man found in Binger

    OSBI investigating suspicious death of man found in Binger - February 17, 2019

    BINGER, Okla. (AP) - The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says it's been asked to assist in the investigation of the death of a man in Binger, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) west of Oklahoma Cit...

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  • Oklahoma Highway Patrol chief indicted on extortion charges

    Oklahoma Highway Patrol chief indicted on extortion charges - February 16, 2019

    (Information from: The Oklahoman, http://www.newsok.com) OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An Oklahoma Highway Patrol chief has been charged with trying to blackmail the state's Department of Public Safety commis...

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  • Judge keeps most Keystone XL pipeline work on hold

    Judge keeps most Keystone XL pipeline work on hold - February 16, 2019

    BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A federal judge in Montana has largely kept in place an injunction that blocks a Canadian company from performing preliminary work on the stalled Keystone XL oil pipeline. U.S....

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  • Stitt adds to his cabinet, taps Oklahoma tax commissioner

    Stitt adds to his cabinet, taps Oklahoma tax commissioner - February 16, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma's new governor has made two more key appointments, naming a new secretary to his cabinet and a new member of the Tax Commission. Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Fr...

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  • Oklahoma man charged following hit-and-run death of 2-year-old son

    Oklahoma man charged following hit-and-run death of 2-year-old son - February 16, 2019

    SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) - A 41-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in the 2015 hit-and-run death of his 2-year-old son. Jail records show Marland Tramble was being held in the Pottawa...

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  • Minnesota-based Toro to buy Oklahoma-based Ditch Witch maker

    Minnesota-based Toro to buy Oklahoma-based Ditch Witch maker - February 16, 2019

    BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) - Bloomington, Minnesota-based The Toro Company has announced plans to purchase the Oklahoma-based company that manufactures Ditch Witch and other underground construction equi...

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  • Conviction, life sentence upheld for man in Lawton slaying

    Conviction, life sentence upheld for man in Lawton slaying - February 15, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld the murder conviction and life without parole sentence of a man in a Lawton motel slaying. The court on Thursday rejected appeal...

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  • Wildlife advocates push protections for prairie birds

    Wildlife advocates push protections for prairie birds - February 15, 2019

    Wildlife advocates have begun legal proceedings against U.S. officials for allegedly failing to protect a ground-dwelling bird species that has seen its habitat shrink due to farming and energy explor...

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  • Lawmakers mull fines for railroads that delay road traffic

    Lawmakers mull fines for railroads that delay road traffic - February 15, 2019

    (Information from: The Oklahoman, http://www.newsok.com) OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma lawmakers are considering whether to allow law enforcement to issue citations to rail companies whose trains blo...

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