• Pygmy hippopotamus Francesca dies at Oklahoma City Zoo

    Pygmy hippopotamus Francesca dies at Oklahoma City Zoo - July 05, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Francesca, a female pygmy hippo that "I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas" singer Gayla Peevey welcomed to Oklahoma City's zoo in December, has died at age 26. The Oklahoma Ci...

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  • 15-year-old girl shot in chest in Tulsa drive-by shooting

    15-year-old girl shot in chest in Tulsa drive-by shooting - July 05, 2018

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Police say a 15-year-old girl was shot in the chest in a drive-by shooting as she left a friend's home in Tulsa. Police say the girl was shot once early Thursday morn...

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  • Four-vehicle collision investigated

    Four-vehicle collision investigated - July 05, 2018

    The Oklahoma Highway Patrol responded to a four-vehicle injury collision at 10:32 p.m. Wednesday on Hubbard Road between LA Cann Drive and Pecan Road. The roadway was blocked for an hour and 30 minut...

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  • OSBI investigates fatal officer-involved shooting in Lawton

    OSBI investigates fatal officer-involved shooting in Lawton - July 03, 2018

    Tuesday morning, the Lawton Police Department requested the OSBI investigate an officer-involved shooting. About 6:45 a.m. Tuesday, the Lawton Police Department responded to a disturbance call at ...

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  • Suspect in Kansas killing arrested at Oklahoma bus stop

    Suspect in Kansas killing arrested at Oklahoma bus stop - July 03, 2018

    WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Authorities say a suspect in a deadly weekend shooting in Wichita has been arrested at an Oklahoma bus stop. The Wichita Eagle reports that 34-year-old Robert Hill was booked...

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  • Gross receipts at all-time high, state treasurer reports

    Gross receipts at all-time high, state treasurer reports - July 03, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY – Gross Receipts to the Treasury during the past 12 months, at $12.18 billion, are at an all-time high, State Treasurer Ken Miller announced today. In addition, at $1.1 billion, gr...

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  • Oklahoma Taxpayers Unite ending veto referendum efforts

    Oklahoma Taxpayers Unite ending veto referendum efforts - July 02, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma Taxpayers Unite announced Monday they are ending their veto referendum efforts to roll back tax increases approved by the Legislature to help fund a teacher pay raise...

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  • Federal judge to hear case for Oklahoma City panhandling law

    Federal judge to hear case for Oklahoma City panhandling law - July 02, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A federal judge says he'll hear arguments over an Oklahoma City ordinance that critics contend infringes on the free speech rights of panhandlers. The Oklahoman repo...

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  • Group wants Route 66 on list of National Historic Trails

    Group wants Route 66 on list of National Historic Trails - July 02, 2018

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A national nonprofit says it will push for Historic Route 66 to be designated as a National Historic Trail. The National Trust for Historic Preservation announc...

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  • Man who destroyed Ten Commandments display ordered released

    Man who destroyed Ten Commandments display ordered released - July 02, 2018

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A judge has ordered the release of a man who destroyed Arkansas' Ten Commandments display weeks after he was acquitted on mental health grounds. Pulaski County Circuit Jud...

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