• Tourism a growing force in Oklahoma

    Tourism a growing force in Oklahoma - December 26, 2018

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - State officials say tourism is a growing economic force in Oklahoma. The Tulsa World reports visitors pumped $9 billion into the state economy over the past year. That's a 4.4-per...

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  • Oklahoma’s license-plate scanners flag 2,100 vehicles

    Oklahoma’s license-plate scanners flag 2,100 vehicles - December 26, 2018

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A new program in Oklahoma that uses automatic license plate scanning technology to search for uninsured vehicles has identified about 2,100 possible violators in its first weeks of...

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  • Sperry accident fatal to two; three others injured

    Sperry accident fatal to two; three others injured - December 26, 2018

    SPERRY -- A fatal collision occurred at 1:20 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 25, on N 20th West Ave, approximately .5 mile west of Sperry, in Osage County, Oklahoma. Terry Lynn Bumgarner, 55, of Turley, Oklahom...

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  • Corrections Department searching for escapee

    Corrections Department searching for escapee - December 26, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY --  Chris E. McDonald walked away on Sunday from the Carver Transitional Center in Oklahoma City. McDonald, 49, is described as white, 5-feet 11-inches tall, weighing about 161 pounds,...

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  • Leaders applaud passage of bill ending blood-quantum requirement

    Leaders applaud passage of bill ending blood-quantum requirement - December 26, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma tribal leaders and members of Congress are applauding the final passage of bill that will end a blood-quantum requirement they have long considered discriminatory. The...

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  • Fatality collision in Osage County

    Fatality collision in Osage County - December 25, 2018

    The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported a fatality collision occurred about 1:20 p.m. Tuesday on N 20th West Avenue, approximately half a mile west of Sperry in Osage County, OK. The patrol said the a...

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  • Public input sought on Oklahoma’s work plan for Medicaid

    Public input sought on Oklahoma’s work plan for Medicaid - December 25, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The federal government is soliciting comments on Oklahoma's new plan to impose work requirements on some Medicaid recipients. Oklahoma submitted its waiver application to the fed...

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  • Oklahoma’s population grows due to births, migration

    Oklahoma’s population grows due to births, migration - December 25, 2018

    (Information from: Tulsa World, http://www.tulsaworld.com) TULSA, Okla. (AP) - U.S. Census Bureau estimates show Oklahoma's population grew by 0.3 percent in the 12 months ending July 1 largely due t...

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  • Oklahoma patrol: 2 fishermen drown after boat takes on water - December 25, 2018

    IDABEL, Okla. (AP) - Authorities say the bodies of two fishermen from Idabel have been recovered from a lake in far southeast Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the bodies were recovered Mond...

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  • Motions seek to dismiss Oklahoma human trafficking lawsuits

    Motions seek to dismiss Oklahoma human trafficking lawsuits - December 24, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Attorneys are awaiting a federal judge's ruling on motions to dismiss two human trafficking lawsuits against an Oklahoma couple and several of their companies. The motions in U.S...

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