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Arkansas man sentenced to life in death of 90-year-old woman
An Arkansas man who prosecutors say had become obsessed with zombies and wanted to know what it would feel like to kill someone was sentenced to life in prison Friday in the fatal shooting of a...
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Pipeline remains closed following oil spill in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A Seaway Crude Pipeline Co. pipeline that spilled oil at a storage hub in Oklahoma remained closed Tuesday, according to a spokesman for Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners,...
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Oklahoma court tosses abortion law on hospital privileges
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a law requiring abortion clinics to have doctors with admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, saying efforts to portray the...
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Oklahoma lawmaker abandons anti-abortion bathroom signs law
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma Republican lawmaker on Friday abandoned a measure that required public bathrooms to display anti-abortion signs after an outcry from business leaders and health...
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Colorado man jailed in Oklahoma accused of killing kid’s mom
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A Colorado man was charged with murder Thursday in the death of his year-old daughter’s mother, a day after authorities in Oklahoma caught up to him and the girl, who had been...
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Author, newspaper columnist Jay Cronley dies at 73
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma-based author Jay Cronley, whose books were made into movies starring some of Hollywood’s most notable funnymen, has died at age 73. The longtime Tulsa newspaper columnist...
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Settlement erases some of Aubrey McClendon estate debts
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Chesapeake Energy Corp. withdrew its claim for more than $455 million against the estate of late Oklahoma City energy magnate Aubrey McClendon as part of a settlement of a lawsuit...
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Record high temperatures set for first day of spring
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The first day of spring saw temperatures in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas that broke or tied several high-temperature records, including four that were more than a century old. The...
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Correction: Man kills 3 home burglars; woman arrested
In a March 28 story about the killing of three burglars during a home invasion, The Associated Press incorrectly reported the name of an organization. The correct name is the National Conference of...
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Woman who drove 3 slain in Oklahoma home invasion speaks out
The woman who says she drove three teenagers to an Oklahoma home where they were fatally shot during a midday break-in told television reporters that she feels guilty, but not responsible for their...
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Acclaimed Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko dies in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Acclaimed Russian poet Yevgeny A. Yevtushenko, whose work focused on war atrocities and denounced anti-Semitism and tyrannical dictators, has died. He was 84. Ginny Hensley, a...
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No charges against Oklahoma man who killed 3 intruders
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma prosecutor said Monday no charges will be filed against a 23-year-old man who fatally shot three teenage intruders in his home, but that the woman who drove them there...
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Oklahoma authorities release video of fatal police shooting
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Police on Tuesday released an officer’s body camera video of the fatal police shooting of a man when officers say backed a pickup truck toward two Oklahoma law officers after...
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Oklahoma court upholds convicted killer’s death penalty
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma appeals court on Thursday upheld the death penalty of a man convicted of killing his girlfriend and her two children then burning their mobile home in 2010. The court...
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Oklahoma’s ‘Pioneer Woman’ builds media empire on the Plains
PAWHUSKA, Okla. (AP) — Growing up in an Oklahoma town she considered too tiny, Ree Drummond sought the bright lights of a city and headed west for Los Angeles. She never dreamed the journey would send...
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Oklahoma officials, others dispute California climate claim
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Officials from Oklahoma and more than a dozen other states have sent two letters to California’s insurance commissioner, asking that he stop pressing insurance companies to...
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Lawsuit: Trafficking scheme lured Filipinos to Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Owners of an Oklahoma hotel and other businesses engaged in a human trafficking scheme that lured workers from the Philippines promising good wages but instead paid them less than...
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Oklahoma City-area earthquakes prompt new investigation
EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — Utility regulators and geologists said Thursday they suspect a series of earthquakes in the Oklahoma City metro area, home to about a third of Oklahoma’s population, were caused by...
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Rare August tornado sends 30 to hospital in Tulsa; no deaths
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A rare late summer tornado smashed into a shopping district of Tulsa early Sunday just hours after it was packed with people, sending more than two dozen people to hospitals...
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Search continues for 2 escaped inmates in northwest Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Authorities were searching Wednesday for two inmates who may be armed after overpowering two transport officers and stealing their van in northwestern Oklahoma. Andrew Foy, 32, and...
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