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New Oklahoma attorney general announces staff shake-up - March 09, 2017
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter is making some key staff changes in his office following the departure of his predecessor Scott Pruitt to take over as head of the U.S. Envir...
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DPS commissioner warns of potential ‘crippling’ budget cuts - March 09, 2017
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The commissioner of Oklahoma's Department of Public Safety is warning of "crippling" effects if lawmakers move ahead with plans to slash funding, including the closure of two doze...
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Oklahoma prisons cancel county jail contracts to cut costs - March 09, 2017
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections is canceling contracts to house state inmates at county jails in a cost-saving move. Director Joe Allbaugh said Wednesday...
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First woman brigadier general in Illinois guard retiring - March 09, 2017
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The first woman to be promoted to brigadier general in the Illinois National Guard is retiring. Alicia Tate-Nadeau made history in 2015 when she became the guard's first woma...
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Okmulgee officer shoots passenger during police pursuit - March 09, 2017
OKMULGEE, Okla. (AP) - Authorities are investigating after an Okmulgee police officer shot and wounded a woman who was a passenger in a car involved in a high-speed chase. The Oklahoma State Bureau...
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Oklahoma Geologic Foundation presents treasures to East Middle School students - March 08, 2017
Larry Lunardi, on behalf of the Oklahoma Geologic Foundation, presented East Middle School’s Science department a rocks, fossils, and minerals kit this week. The kit comprises several variations o...
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Oklahoma treasurer sees some good news in revenue figures - March 08, 2017
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma Treasurer Ken Miller says he's cautiously optimistic after overall collections to the state treasury last month were slightly higher than those from the same month last y...
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Voters select nominees for vacant Oklahoma House seat - March 08, 2017
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Voters in Seminole and Pottawatomie counties have narrowed the field of candidates for a vacant seat in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. During a primary election Tuesday, ...
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Winds should ease, helping firefighters - March 08, 2017
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) - Winds are expected to diminish as emergency crews in four states continue to battle wildfires that have killed six people and destroyed hundreds of square miles of land. The...
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Ponca City man injured in truck accident - March 08, 2017
A Ponca City man was transported by Air Evac to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas, after a commercial vehicle collision at 3:17 p.m. Tuesday on U.S. 77 and Brake Road, two miles south of Newk...
