The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety says 58 people died in traffic crashes in August. That’s compared with 65 in the same month last year. The new numbers released Wednesday show that five of the fatal crashes involved alcohol. The …
A tiger ripped up the left arm of a worker at a central Oklahoma animal park after the woman stuck her hand into the giant cat’s enclosure. Joe Schreibvogel, owner of Garold Wayne Interactive Zoological Park in Wynnewood, said the …
The State Chamber of Oklahoma has filed a motion to intervene in a constitutional challenge against Oklahoma’s new workers’ compensation law. Online court records indicate the State Chamber as well as chambers of commerce in Oklahoma City and Tulsa filed …
Authorities in Oklahoma on Tuesday recovered two vehicles from a lake that contain the bodies of five people who may have been missing for decades. The cars recovered from Foss Lake in western Oklahoma may solve cold cases from the …
The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety says fewer people died on the state’s roads and highways in July than the same month last year. DPS says 51 fatalities were reported on Oklahoma roadways in July. A total of 60 highway …
Gov. Mary Fallin is announcing the appointment of Oklahoma Commerce Department executive director Jonna Kirschner to a transition team to establish a new workers’ compensation system. The new system was authorized by legislation passed and signed into law earlier this …
An Oklahoma woman and her pet kangaroo have found a new home after battling a city council over her right to keep the animal. Two years after fighting a city council in northeastern Oklahoma over her right to keep a …
Oklahoma and the city of Moore will receive nearly $37 million in federal aid to help recover from the tornadoes and storms that killed dozens of people and caused damage estimated at more than $1 billion this spring, U.S. Housing …
An Oklahoma lawmaker says the state needs to study safety issues after several fatal crashes involving medical helicopters. State Sen. Tom Ivester, a Democrat from Sayre, says medical helicopters are crucial in rural areas far from large medical centers. But …
Powerful thunderstorms swept through parts of Oklahoma late Tuesday and early Wednesday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses and setting off fires caused by lightning strikes. American Electric Power-Public Service Company of Oklahoma reported more …