A Stigler, Okla., woman, a former insurance agent, has begun serving time in prison for insurance-related crimes uncovered earlier this year, the Oklahoma Insurance Department announced. Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak revoked the insurance license of Amanda Jean Burgess …
Officials say three Oklahoma City middle students who were injured when they got stuck underneath an elevator are in good condition. School District spokeswoman Tierney Tinnin says officials were notified about 11:20 a.m. Tuesday that two seventh graders and one …
The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management will join local and federal agencies to assess damage from earthquakes that have rattled the state recently. Officials say representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Small Business Administration will be …
The chairman of the Delaware County Democratic Party said he favors raising sales taxes for three years to help pay off a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the county sheriff’s office. Michael Sperry made the comments Friday at a county meeting he …
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has declared a state of emergency for 20 counties after earthquakes, tornadoes and severe storms battered the state in recent days. Fallin issued the executive order on Wednesday. It allows state agencies to make emergency purchases …
The strongest aftershock yet to hit in the wake of last weekend’s earthquake in central Oklahoma damaged dozens of homes, closed some schools and caused at least one minor injury, emergency officials said Tuesday. The 4.7 magnitude aftershock recorded late …
When an earthquake rattled his Oklahoma home a couple of years ago, retiree Melvin McBane briefly considered buying quake insurance for the next time it happened. Finding a policy too pricey, McBane figured he could do without. Now that the …
Central Oklahoma continued to be rattled by aftershocks after an earthquake measuring 5.6 rocked the state over the weekend. The U.S. Geological Survey had recorded at least five more tremors by midday Monday, the strongest being a 3.4 magnitude quake …
Halliburton Co faces lawsuits over groundwater pollution near a now-closed facility in Oklahoma that cleaned missile casings for the U.S. Defense Department during the Cold War, the company said Friday. Halliburton, which now specializes in oilfield services, said one of …
A moderate earthquake early Saturday in central Oklahoma knocked pictures off walls and woke people and pets as it shook an area that stretched into Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Texas. The U.S. Geological Survey said on its website Saturday that …