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Wind Burst Wrecks Enid Police Vehicle, Officer Injured

An Enid Police Officer was injured after a sudden powerful burst of wind blew dust and debris onto U.S. Highway 412 causing the officer to lose control of his vehicle and crash, Saturday night. More>>

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Mourners Remember Cascia Hall Grad Killed In Grand Lake Boat Crash

Those who knew her well would tell you the beauty on the outside was just the beginning. Rachel Swetnam had an even more beautiful soul.

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Time Waning For Oklahoma Lawmakers To Tackle Credits

Despite calls by several Oklahoma legislators to address hundreds of millions of dollars in state tax credits and exemptions for businesses and industries, little has been done as another session approaches its end. More>>

Jesus House Holds Block Party For Needy Neighbors In OKC

Jesus House of Oklahoma City held the block party to kick off its Adopt-A-Block outreach. More>>

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Drastic Gas Price Hike Leaves Oklahomans With Empty Pockets
Drastic Gas Price Hike Leaves Oklahomans With Empty Pockets
In the past month, a gallon of gas has climbed by about 50 cents a gallon in Oklahoma. The Sooner State is currently the ninth highest when it comes to gas prices.
In the past month, a gallon of gas has climbed by about 50 cents a gallon in Oklahoma. The Sooner State is currently the ninth highest when it comes to gas prices.More >>
In the past month, a gallon of gas has climbed by about 50 cents a gallon in Oklahoma. The Sooner State is currently the ninth highest when it comes to gas prices.More >>
Friends Killed In Grand Lake Boat Crash Died Of Blunt Force Trauma, ME Says
Friends Killed In Grand Lake Boat Crash Died Of Blunt Force Trauma, ME Says

The state medical examiner’s office has ruled the deaths of two people who died in a Grand Lake boating crash an accident, a spokesperson said on Friday.
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The state medical examiner’s office has ruled the deaths of two people who died in a Grand Lake boating crash an accident, a spokesperson said on Friday.
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Corps Of Engineers Explains Releasing Water From Already Low Oklahoma Lakes
Corps Of Engineers Explains Releasing Water From Already Low Oklahoma Lakes
The past few years of little rainfall haven't been good for Skiatook Lake. Grass and weeds are growing up in places that should be covered with water.
Thanks to recent rain, many area lakes are at normal or even above normal levels. But Skiatook Lake is still low, which prompted a viewer to ask why water is being released from the lake.More >>
Thanks to recent rain, many area lakes are at normal or even above normal levels. But Skiatook Lake is still low, which prompted a viewer to ask why water is being released from the lake.
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Strong Storm Systems Approaching Oklahoma This Weekend
Strong Storm Systems Approaching Oklahoma This Weekend
One of the strongest storm systems of the year is taking shape over the Pacific Northwest and will be approaching Oklahoma this weekend into early next week.More >>
One of the strongest storm systems of the year is taking shape over the Pacific Northwest and will be approaching Oklahoma this weekend into early next week.More >>
Supporters Launch Petition For New Trial For Jerome Ersland
Supporters Launch Petition For New Trial For Jerome Ersland
Jerome Ersland's supporters and defense team are working on getting a new trial granted, and On Friday, are calling on the public to rally with them.More >>
Jerome Ersland's supporters and defense team are working on getting a new trial granted, and On Friday, are calling on the public to rally with them.More >>
OSU Students Design Storm-Penetrating Drones
OSU Students Design Storm-Penetrating Drones

School officials say the drones are designed to fly into thunderstorms, including the super cells that spawn tornados, and obtain meteorological data vital for weather forecasting.
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School officials say the drones are designed to fly into thunderstorms, including the super cells that spawn tornados, and obtain meteorological data vital for weather forecasting.
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Oklahoma Unemployment Rate Drops Below 5 Percent
Oklahoma Unemployment Rate Drops Below 5 Percent

The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission says the state's unemployment decreased by one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.9 percent last month.More >>
The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission says the state's unemployment decreased by one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.9 percent last month.More >>
Thieves Using High Tech Device To Steal Credit Card Information
Thieves Using High Tech Device To Steal Credit Card Information

We protect our credit cards because all crooks need is a couple minutes with them to rip us off. But the newest type of pickpocketing can take place in seconds without our credit cards ever leaving our possession.More >>
We protect our credit cards because all crooks need is a couple minutes with them to rip us off. But the newest type of pickpocketing can take place in seconds without our credit cards ever leaving our possession.More >>
Governor Proposes Plan To Save Insure Oklahoma Program
Governor Proposes Plan To Save Insure Oklahoma Program
Gov. Mary Fallin released a statement Friday urging lawmakers to redirect $50 million so Insure Oklahoma could continue to operate as a "smaller, more targeted program run with state dollars only."More >>
Gov. Mary Fallin released a statement Friday urging lawmakers to redirect $50 million so Insure Oklahoma could continue to operate as a "smaller, more targeted program run with state dollars only."More >>
Oklahoma Lawmakers Near Passage Of DNA Testing Bill
Oklahoma Lawmakers Near Passage Of DNA Testing Bill
Convicted criminals who maintain their innocence would have a way to seek DNA testing in their cases under a bill that is nearing final passage in the Legislature.More >>
Convicted criminals who maintain their innocence would have a way to seek DNA testing in their cases under a bill that is nearing final passage in the Legislature.More >>

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Sallisaw Man To Stand Trial For 1997 Beating Death During Robbery
Sallisaw Man To Stand Trial For 1997 Beating Death During Robbery
During a preliminary hearing Friday, a Sequoyah County judge ordered 38-year-old Rex Richard Robbins III to be tried for first-degree murder in the death of 28-year-old Mitchell Dayne Nixon.More >>
During a preliminary hearing Friday, a Sequoyah County judge ordered 38-year-old Rex Richard Robbins III to be tried for first-degree murder in the death of 28-year-old Mitchell Dayne Nixon.More >>
Boy, 13, Arrested For Elk City Robbery
Boy, 13, Arrested For Elk City Robbery
Police in Elk City have arrested a 13-year-old boy accused of robbing a convenience store while armed with a knife.More >>
Police in Elk City have arrested a 13-year-old boy accused of robbing a convenience store while armed with a knife.More >>

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Inappropriate Teaching: The Social Media Solution
Inappropriate Teaching: The Social Media Solution
Updated: Tuesday, May 14 2013 8:38 AM EDT2013-05-14 12:38:46 GMT
Social media policies may not stop a bad teacher from trying to engage in an inappropriate relationship with a student, but they could help ease the problem.More >>
Social media policies may not stop a bad teacher from trying to engage in an inappropriate relationship with a student, but they could help ease the problem.More >>
Inappropriate Teaching: Who Needs To Know?
Inappropriate Teaching: Who Needs To Know?
Updated: Monday, May 13 2013 10:47 PM EDT2013-05-14 02:47:30 GMT
Educators turned child rapists and molesters -- and still holding a license to teach. The cases are rare. Some say it would be even more rare, if Oklahoma's education system did a better job of tracking them.More >>
Educators turned child rapists and molesters -- and still holding a license to teach. The cases are rare. Some say it would be even more rare, if Oklahoma's education system did a better job of tracking them.More >>

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Your 2 Cents: Angry Response To 'Open Transfer' Commentary
Your 2 Cents: Angry Response To 'Open Transfer' Commentary
Hundreds and hundreds of students from the suburbs are using "open transfers" to enroll in the premier high schools and middle schools in the Oklahoma City school district.More >>
Hundreds and hundreds of students from the suburbs are using "open transfers" to enroll in the premier high schools and middle schools in the Oklahoma City school district.More >>
My 2 Cents: 'Open Transfer' Students At OKC Schools
My 2 Cents: 'Open Transfer' Students At OKC Schools
HOWEVER.. it is outrageous, in my opinion, that hundreds of students at those two schools don't even live in the Oklahoma City school district.More >>
HOWEVER.. it is outrageous, in my opinion, that hundreds of students at those two schools don't even live in the Oklahoma City school district.More >>

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Consumer Watch: What Identity Thieves Don't Want Us To Know
Consumer Watch: What Identity Thieves Don't Want Us To Know
At least 2,500 Oklahomans have their identities stolen every year and the numbers keep climbing.More >>
At least 2,500 Oklahomans have their identities stolen every year and the numbers keep climbing.More >>
Consumer Watch: When To Never Pay Full Price
Consumer Watch: When To Never Pay Full Price
We all like to save money, but what if I told you there are several items we regularly pay full price for that we shouldn't. Here are some bargain busters that don't require any clipping.More >>
We all like to save money, but what if I told you there are several items we regularly pay full price for that we shouldn't. Here are some bargain busters that don't require any clipping.More >>

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OU Student Accused Of Illegally Changing Grades
OU Student Accused Of Illegally Changing Grades
Authorities have charged a University of Oklahoma student with computer-related crimes for allegedly changing his grades.More >>
Authorities have charged a University of Oklahoma student with computer-related crimes for allegedly changing his grades.More >>
Oklahoma Rep Introduces Homeschool Tax Deduction Bill
Oklahoma Rep Introduces Homeschool Tax Deduction Bill
Oklahoma Congressman Tom Cole has introduced legislation to allow homeschool families a tax deduction already available to elementary and secondary school teachers for certain expenses.More >>
Oklahoma Congressman Tom Cole has introduced legislation to allow homeschool families a tax deduction already available to elementary and secondary school teachers for certain expenses.More >>

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Governor Proposes Plan To Save Insure Oklahoma Program
Governor Proposes Plan To Save Insure Oklahoma Program
Gov. Mary Fallin released a statement Friday urging lawmakers to redirect $50 million so Insure Oklahoma could continue to operate as a "smaller, more targeted program run with state dollars only."More >>
Gov. Mary Fallin released a statement Friday urging lawmakers to redirect $50 million so Insure Oklahoma could continue to operate as a "smaller, more targeted program run with state dollars only."More >>
Governor Signs Bill Adding New Requirements For Abortion Providers
Governor Signs Bill Adding New Requirements For Abortion Providers

Abortion providers in Oklahoma will be required to report dozens of new details about each procedure under a bill signed into law by Gov. Mary Fallin.More >>
Abortion providers in Oklahoma will be required to report dozens of new details about each procedure under a bill signed into law by Gov. Mary Fallin.More >>

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Oklahoma Unemployment Rate Drops Below 5 Percent
Oklahoma Unemployment Rate Drops Below 5 Percent

The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission says the state's unemployment decreased by one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.9 percent last month.More >>
The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission says the state's unemployment decreased by one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.9 percent last month.More >>
TransCanada Sues To Stop Oklahoma Keystone Pipeline Protesters
TransCanada Sues To Stop Oklahoma Keystone Pipeline Protesters
TransCanada has filed a lawsuit in Atoka County seeking an injunction and restraining order that keeps protesters from disrupting its pipeline construction sites in Oklahoma.More >>
TransCanada has filed a lawsuit in Atoka County seeking an injunction and restraining order that keeps protesters from disrupting its pipeline construction sites in Oklahoma.More >>

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Forecasters: Potential tornado threat for Oklahoma
Forecasters: Potential tornado threat for Oklahoma
Forecasters with the National Weather Service say severe thunderstorms with possible tornadoes are to move across much of Oklahoma.More >>
Forecasters with the National Weather Service say severe thunderstorms with possible tornadoes are to move across much of Oklahoma.More >>
Time waning for Okla. lawmakers to tackle credits
Time waning for Okla. lawmakers to tackle credits
Despite calls by several Oklahoma legislators to address hundreds of millions of dollars in state tax credits and exemptions for businesses and industries, little has been done as another session approaches its end.More >>
Despite calls by several Oklahoma legislators to address hundreds of millions of dollars in state tax credits and exemptions for businesses and industries, little has been done as another session approaches its end.More >>
Okla. man to be tried on charge from 1997 death
Okla. man to be tried on charge from 1997 death
A judge has ruled there is enough evidence to put a Sallisaw man on trial for a 1997 beating death during a robbery.More >>
A judge has ruled there is enough evidence to put a Sallisaw man on trial for a 1997 beating death during a robbery.More >>
Man arrested after Enid infant shows injuries
Man arrested after Enid infant shows injuries
Police in Enid say a man is charged with harming a child after an infant's mother brought the baby to a hospital seeking treatment for injuries.More >>
Police in Enid say a man is charged with harming a child after an infant's mother brought the baby to a hospital seeking treatment for injuries.More >>
OU student accused of illegal grade changes
OU student accused of illegal grade changes
Authorities have charged a University of Oklahoma student with computer-related crimes for allegedly changing his grades.More >>
Authorities have charged a University of Oklahoma student with computer-related crimes for allegedly changing his grades.More >>
News Minute: Here is the latest Oklahoma news from The Associated Press
News Minute: Here is the latest Oklahoma news from The Associated Press
Governor Mary Fallin is proposing that the state's Insure Oklahoma program direct $50 million in state tobacco taxes to pay for more than 9,000 Oklahomans who are expected to lose their Medicaid health insurance. Fallin...More >>
This Hour: Latest Oklahoma news, sports, business and entertainment
This Hour: Latest Oklahoma news, sports, business and entertainment
Governor Mary Fallin is proposing a last-minute legislative change to the state's Insure Oklahoma program that would direct $50 million in state tobacco taxes to pay for more than 9,000 Oklahomans who are expected to...More >>
Sports Minute: Here is the latest Oklahoma sports news from The Associated Press
Sports Minute: Here is the latest Oklahoma sports news from The Associated Press
A former Oklahoma State star has surrendered the lead in the second round of the Madeira Islands Open. Peter Uihlein had placed the first 12 holes in 10 under. But he bogeyed two holes after that, allowing Scotland's...More >>
Bald eagle found dead at Okla. motel
Bald eagle found dead at Okla. motel
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officers are working to learn the circumstances under which a bald eagle died.More >>
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officers are working to learn the circumstances under which a bald eagle died.More >>
Okla. court upholds life sentence in uncle's death
Okla. court upholds life sentence in uncle's death
An Oklahoma appeals court has upheld the life prison sentence of a 38-year-old man who was convicted of first-degree murder for shooting his uncle to death.More >>
An Oklahoma appeals court has upheld the life prison sentence of a 38-year-old man who was convicted of first-degree murder for shooting his uncle to death.More >>

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Last-minute fortune seekers buy Powerball tickets
Last-minute fortune seekers buy Powerball tickets
It's been less than 10 months since the world record for a lottery prize. On Saturday night, it could conceivably fall once again.More >>
It's all about the odds.More >>
1 of 2 fires north of LA contained
1 of 2 fires north of LA contained
A pair of tamed but persistent wildfires still burned in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 after a wild week of burning brush in the area north of Los Angeles.More >>
A wildfire burning in the hills along Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles has been fully contained.More >>
Authorities: Hofstra student was killed by police
Authorities: Hofstra student was killed by police
A funeral has been scheduled for Wednesday for a 21-year-old Hofstra University student who was gunned down during a break-in at her apartment near the school's Long Island campus.More >>
A Hofstra University student being held at gunpoint by an intruder was accidently shot and killed by a police officer who had responded to the home invasion at an off-campus home, police said Saturday.More >>
Police call fatal NYC shooting a hate crime
Police call fatal NYC shooting a hate crime
Police say a gunman used anti-gay slurs before fatally shooting a 32-year-old man in New York City's Greenwich (GREN'-ich) Village.More >>
Police say the man charged with killing a gay man on a Manhattan street in an apparent hate crime has a previous arrest for attempted murder.More >>
Up to 60 injured after car drives into Va. parade
Up to 60 injured after car drives into Va. parade
Witnesses in southwestern Virginia say a car has driven into a crowd at a parade. Several people appear to be hurt, but the nature of their injuries wasn't immediately known.More >>
An elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Saturday parade in a small Virginia mountain town and investigators were looking into whether he suffered a medical emergency before the accident.More >>
Official: Broken rail eyed in Conn. train crash
Official: Broken rail eyed in Conn. train crash
Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent more than 60 people to Connecticut hospitals, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested...More >>
The commuter train derailment and collision that left dozens injured outside New York City was not the result of foul play, officials said Saturday, but a fractured section of rail is being studied to determine if it is...More >>
Federal report documents inmate sex abuse in US
Federal report documents inmate sex abuse in US
Inmates at jails in Indianapolis, Baltimore, St. Louis and Philadelphia face the nation's highest levels of sexual abuse at the hands of guards, according to a new federal report based on surveys of inmates at...More >>
Inmates at jails in Indianapolis, Baltimore, St. Louis and Philadelphia face the nation's highest levels of sexual abuse at the hands of guards, according to a new federal report based on surveys of inmates at U.S. jails...More >>
FBI searches apartment in ricin letter case
FBI searches apartment in ricin letter case
The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are executing a search warrant in the case of two letters containing the deadly poison ricin that were intercepted this week at a post office in Washington state.More >>
Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.More >>
First lady to high school grads: Live your dreams
First lady to high school grads: Live your dreams
First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit.More >>
First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: Strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit.More >>
A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back
A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back
The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual...More >>
The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute.More >>

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