• Deliberations to resume in Oklahoma child sex abuse trial

    Deliberations to resume in Oklahoma child sex abuse trial - June 19, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A federal jury is scheduled to begin a second day of deliberations in the trial of an Oklahoma man charged with sexually abusing children at a Kenyan orphanage. ...

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  • Baptist church camp evacuated due to rising Washita River

    Baptist church camp evacuated due to rising Washita River - June 19, 2015

    DAVIS, Okla. (AP) - More than 5,000 young people at a Baptist church camp in southern Oklahoma are being sent home early as the nearby Washita River is expected to reach historic levels. ...

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  • I-35 closed in southern Oklahoma other roads closed

    I-35 closed in southern Oklahoma other roads closed - June 18, 2015

    Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. | | Subscribe I-35 Corridor*** Drivers urged to avoid I-35 in southern Oklahoma due to multiple closures, detours and rock slide Dri...

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  • Ponca City residents feel quake

    Ponca City residents feel quake - June 17, 2015

    Ponca City residents felt a 4.2 magnitude earthquake at 2:17 p.m. Wednesday. The earthquake was centered 12 miles west of Perry, Oklahoma, and was 5 km deep, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. ...

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  • Oklahoma man shot before apartment complex crash, police say

    Oklahoma man shot before apartment complex crash, police say - June 17, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma City police say a man who crashed his SUV into an apartment building had been shot. Police said Wednesday that 32-year-old Brian Hill of Midwest City was wounded before ...

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  • Fallin seeks more federal aid for flood-damaged counties

    Fallin seeks more federal aid for flood-damaged counties - June 17, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Gov. Mary Fallin and the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management are requesting federal aid for 14 additional counties that experienced damage from storms and flooding that ha...

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  • Railroad project on U.S. Highway 177 postponed

    Railroad project on U.S. Highway 177 postponed - June 17, 2015

    A railroad improvement project on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway has been postponed. Ted Zachary, an engineer with the Perry office of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, said...

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  • Prosecutors seeking death penalty

    Prosecutors seeking death penalty - June 17, 2015

    DUNCAN, Okla. (AP) - Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a 20-year-old man who was bound for trial in the killing of his newspaper publisher father, his mother and his sister. A Stephens ...

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  • Durham to testify in abuse case

    Durham to testify in abuse case - June 17, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A 20-year-old Oklahoma man accused of sexually abusing children at a Kenyan orphanage is set to testify in his own defense. Matthew Lane Durham is scheduled to take the stand Wed...

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  • DHS cutting 200 positions; increasing child welfare workers

    DHS cutting 200 positions; increasing child welfare workers - June 17, 2015

    MIAMI, Okla. (AP) - The Oklahoma Department of Human Services has announced that it will cut 200 positions while adding 300 child welfare workers. Oklahoma media outlets report department director E...

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