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School district announces January ‘You Inspire Me’ recipients - January 31, 2018
Liberty student Daishawn Casper was the student recipient of the district’s new "You Inspire Me" project for the month of January. Liberty Principal Jennifer Martinez surprised him with the honor. ...
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Train carrying GOP lawmakers to policy retreat hits truck - January 31, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican lawmakers and aides say a train carrying them to a policy retreat in West Virginia has struck a truck. Oklahoma GOP Rep. Tom Cole says a person on the truck may have been...
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Police release video footage of Oklahoma marijuana raid - January 31, 2018
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. (AP) - Police have released video footage of a marijuana raid at an Oklahoma residence in which officers fatally shot a 72-year-old woman. According to the Bartlesville Police Dep...
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Oklahoma-based Chesapeake announces hundreds of layoffs - January 31, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Chesapeake Energy Corp. has announced the layoffs of about 400 employees, the vast majority at its headquarters in Oklahoma City. The layoffs were announced Tuesday in an email t...
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Oklahoma City schools superintendent submits resignation - January 31, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The superintendent of Oklahoma's largest school district has submitted a letter of resignation less than a week after complaining on social media about the school board. In a let...
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Oklahoma prison escapee fatally shot by law officers - January 31, 2018
PINK, Okla. (AP) - An Oklahoma prison inmate who walked away from a halfway house in December was fatally shot by law officers. Pottawatomie County Sheriff Mike Booth said 40-year-old Ricky Rusche ...
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Former treasurer pleads guilty in two youth group embezzlement cases - January 31, 2018
Jennifer Cary entered guilty pleas on Jan. 29 in two embezzlement cases in Kay County District Court. In April 2017, Cary was charged with one felony count of embezzlement in two cases involving th...
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Governor issues burn ban for 40 counties - January 30, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY – Gov. Mary Fallin on Tuesday issued a burn ban effective immediately for much of the western half of the state because of extreme weather conditions and extraordinary fire danger. Th...
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Financial irregularities prompt Oklahoma tourism probe - January 30, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A special House investigative committee is taking a closer look at some financial irregularities at the Oklahoma Department of Tourism. The House panel met on Monday to questio...
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Two killed in multiple-vehicle wreck in central Oklahoma - January 30, 2018
GOLDSBY, Okla. (AP) - Authorities say two people were killed in a wreck involving multiple vehicles on Interstate 35 in central Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the crash happened Monday ...
