• Oklahoma COVID-19 Update for 27 December 2020

    Oklahoma COVID-19 Update for 27 December 2020 - December 27, 2020

    SITUATION UPDATE: COVID-19 The COVID-19 numbers reported today are from Dec. 26 and 27th. As of this advisory, there are 279,139 cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma. Kay County is reporting a tot...

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  • Oklahoma sees 2,631 coronavirus cases, 13 deaths in two days

    Oklahoma sees 2,631 coronavirus cases, 13 deaths in two days - December 27, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma health authorities have reported more than 2,600 news cases of COVID-19 over the last two days as well as 13 more deaths from the disease caused by the novel coronaviru...

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  • Tribes try to shield elders and their knowledge from virus

    Tribes try to shield elders and their knowledge from virus - December 27, 2020

    (AP) — Across the nation, Native American tribes are working to protect their oldest members from the coronavirus. The effort is about more than protecting lives. Tribal elders serve as honored link...

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  • Officials: Phase Two of vaccine distribution Possible Next Week

    Officials: Phase Two of vaccine distribution Possible Next Week - December 25, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY — More than 130,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Oklahoma with nearly 44,000 additional doses set to be here before the end of the month. We asked state health lea...

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  • Carnegie Teacher Accused Of 2nd Degree Rape Makes Court Appearance

    Carnegie Teacher Accused Of 2nd Degree Rape Makes Court Appearance - December 25, 2020

    CARNEGIE, Okla. - An Oklahoma teacher has been charged with second-degree rape, accused of having sex with a 16-year-old student. She appeared in a Caddo County courtroom Wednesday. Investigato...

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  • UPDATE: Man, 18, two juveniles arrested in Oklahoma double killing

    UPDATE: Man, 18, two juveniles arrested in Oklahoma double killing - December 25, 2020

    FORT TOWSON, Okla. (AP) — Police have arrested three teenagers after finding the dead bodies of one of their parents near a southeast Oklahoma community, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation a...

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  • Health Officials reject CDC vaccine recommendation

    Health Officials reject CDC vaccine recommendation - December 24, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma health officials say they don’t plan to follow all of the new federal guidelines for coronavirus vaccine distribution and will keep adults 65 and older in Phase Two o...

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  • Dept. of Health to outsource health lab management

    Dept. of Health to outsource health lab management - December 24, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma State Department of Health will outsource management of the state’s public health lab, a move many saw problematic to do so during a pandemic. The state made a c...

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  • Sen. Lankford Issues Video Message

    Sen. Lankford Issues Video Message - December 24, 2020

    Senator Lanford: "From my family to yours, Merry Christmas!" [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbpyE6KvgeE[/embed]...

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  • OSBI Investigating Choctaw County Double Homicide

    OSBI Investigating Choctaw County Double Homicide - December 24, 2020

    FORT TOWSON, Okla. – The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) is investigating a double homicide in Choctaw County. The investigation began on December 23, 2020 at approximately 9:18 a.m., ...

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