Residents in a southeast Oklahoma town have filed a lawsuit to close an old mining pit where fly ash from a nearby coal-powered plant is dumped. The Tulsa World reported in Wednesday’s editions that seven Bokoshe residents and others sued …
An Oklahoma-based company is recalling nearly 9,000 pounds of frozen meat and poultry pie products. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said Thursday some products from Original Fried Pies, Inc. contain a preservative called sodium benzoate …
Oklahomans who drive drunk or fail to stop for a school bus loading or unloading children will face stiff new penalties beginning Tuesday. Nearly 200 new Oklahoma laws are scheduled to take effect, ranging from sweeping changes to the way …
The family of a former University of Tulsa football player who died following an unsanctioned boxing match at a local church filed a suit Friday in Tulsa County against the church for damages. The suit alleges gross negligence by Guts …
An exemption that allows some daycare operators not to carry liability insurance coverage should be removed, a state lawmaker told a legislative panel. More than 1,500 home-based daycare operators and nearly 140 day care centers in the state don’t carry …
A bank bag burst and scattered cash on Interstate 40 in Oklahoma City – leading motorists to stop on the interstate and grab bundles of money. Emergency Medical Services Authority paramedic Shawn Altebaumer told The Oklahoman that he drove onto …
Thieves have stolen a cement statue of St. Francis from an Episcopal church in Edmond, Oklahoma. Oklahoma City television station KFOR reports that the theft was reported last week. The statue was stolen from a garden on the grounds of …
Pamela Gosney, 51, was charged with workers’ compensation fraud, according to the Oklahoma Attorney General Workers’ Compensation Fraud Unit. According to authorities, Gosney filed a claim with the Workers’ Compensation Court on May 24, 2010, for alleged injuries sustained while …
Authorities are investigating the death of a drilling company employee at a site near Eldorado. The accident occurred Thursday afternoon at a site owned by Big Giant Drilling. Jackson County Sheriff Roger Levick told the Altus Times the man was …
Oklahoma workplace deaths rose 11 percent last year, but the increase was likely caused by people returning to work following the steep economic downturn of the year before, a federal official said. There were 91 work-related deaths in Oklahoma in …