• Tulsa digs again for victims of 1921 race massacre

    Tulsa digs again for victims of 1921 race massacre - October 18, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A second search for Black victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre is to begin in a cemetery. Forensic anthropologist Phoebe Stubblefield is assisting in the search and is a d...

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  • Oklahoma virus hospitalizations remain near record high

    Oklahoma virus hospitalizations remain near record high - October 18, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The number of hospitalizations due to the coronavirus remain near a record high in Oklahoma while the number of reported cases has increased by 1,195 and deaths rose by 14. T...

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  • Four killed in head-on collision in central Oklahoma

    Four killed in head-on collision in central Oklahoma - October 18, 2020

    EL RENO, Okla. (AP) — Four people were killed and another person critically injured in a head-on collision in central Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports that the four dead were the dri...

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  • Group falls short after trying to remove Norman councilwoman

    Group falls short after trying to remove Norman councilwoman - October 17, 2020

    NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — The city clerk of Norman acknowledged in a legal filing that a group of citizens who launched a petition drive seeking to oust a City Council member did not have the number of s...

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  • Oklahoma seeks to privatize care to most Medicaid recipients

    Oklahoma seeks to privatize care to most Medicaid recipients - October 17, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma agency that oversees the state’s Medicaid program has published two requests for proposals seeking for-profit companies to outsource care for most Medicaid recipie...

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  • Governor names three Oklahoma state agency directors

    Governor names three Oklahoma state agency directors - October 17, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has announced his appointments, pending state Senate approval, of three state agency directors who have been serving as interim directors. Stitt on ...

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  • Record coronavirus hospitalizations reported in Oklahoma

    Record coronavirus hospitalizations reported in Oklahoma - October 17, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma health officials report that the number of hospitalizations is again at a record high for people either with the coronavirus or under investigation for infection. Th...

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  • I-35 Accident near Braman Kills Tulsa Man

    I-35 Accident near Braman Kills Tulsa Man - October 16, 2020

    According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, a fatality collision occurred today (10/16/2020) at approximately 12:46 a.m. on Interstate 35 southbound at mile marker 230 near Braman, Oklahoma. The firs...

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  • Oklahoma COVID-19 Update for 16 October 2020

    Oklahoma COVID-19 Update for 16 October 2020 - October 16, 2020

    SITUATION UPDATE: COVID-19 This week, five counties moved from the "orange" risk phase to "yellow" and four counties moved from "yellow" to "orange". OSDH continues to monitor closely the statewide h...

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  • NIH Begins Large Clinical Trial for Treatment of COVID-19

    NIH Begins Large Clinical Trial for Treatment of COVID-19 - October 16, 2020

    The National Institutes of Health has launched an adaptive Phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of three immune modulator drugs in hospitalized adults with COVID-19. Some COVID-1...

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