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• Clean up begins in Oklahoma as relief worker prepare for lengthy stay

  May 24, 2013 9:01 PM

  MOORE, OKLAHOMA - Thousands of volunteers spent the day clearing debris and trying to salvage any personal belongings from the wreckage of the Monday's deadly tornado. An estimated 2,000 people signed up at a staging area organized by the recently formed group servemoore.com . They joined a group of... more »

• Memorial scheduled for tornado victims

  May 23, 2013 12:34 AM

  MOORE, OKLAHOMA - Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin announced Wednesday a memorial service will be held for the victims of the storm on at the First Baptist Church in Moore on Sunday. President Barack Obama is expected to visit the area that day as well. The Oklahoma Department of Insurance... more »

• Patients of Tulsa doctor line up to get tested

  March 30, 2013 12:03 PM

  TULSA, Okla. (AP) - About 150 to 200 patients of a Tulsa oral surgeon who's accused of unsanitary practices are lined up outside a health clinic to be screened for hepatitis and the virus that causes AIDS. The line Saturday wrapped around the front of the large building north of... more »

• $4.5M development for Okla. mental health agency

  March 23, 2013 6:42 PM

  TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Family & Children's Services has taken a $4.5 million step to salvage a state grant and implement programs to expand mental health services in the Tulsa area. The agency had partnered with Hillcrest Medical Center in August 2012 to secure a $1.5 million grant from the... more »

• About 500 wild horses now at Montana ranch

  March 17, 2013 12:43 PM

  ENNIS, Mont. (AP) - About 500 wild horses have arrived so far at the Spanish Q Ranch in western Montana as Bureau of Land Management officials work to reassure neighboring landowners about the long-term holding facility. The Montana Standard reports the horses, all geldings, began arriving Feb. 27. Officials say... more »

• Storms, tornado threats for Christmas around US

  December 25, 2012 11:57 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Nasty weather is already complicating travel in parts of the U.S., with forecasts of snow, thunderstorms and more threatening a sloppy Christmas Day from Texas to Florida. In Oklahoma, authorities were already warning would-be travelers to stay home Tuesday as freezing rain and sleet caused a... more »

• 'Ether Man' gets 156 years for NM rapes

  November 6, 2012 2:30 PM

  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A Colorado inmate suspected of being the "Ether Man" serial rapist has been sentenced to 156 years in prison on rape charges in New Mexico. Robert Howard Bruce was sentenced Tuesday in an Albuquerque court after pleading guilty to nine charges of rape. Bruce is serving... more »

• 12 states now have high obesity; Colorado the lowest

  August 13, 2012 12:25 PM

  ATLANTA (AP) - A new government survey shows 12 states now have very high obesity rates. Overall, more than a third of adults are obese but rates vary by state. The latest figures are based on a 2011 telephone survey that asked adults their height and weight. For the first... more »

• Puppy mill bust brings 57 dogs to El Paso County Play Video

  April 8, 2012 11:58 PM

  57 dogs in need of serious medical care were rescued from a puppy mill in Oklahoma and driven to El Paso County by volunteers from the National Mill Dog Rescue. The dogs- of several shapes, sizes, and breeds- have spent most of their lives in cages barely larger than... more »

• US court strikes down ultrasound abortion law

  March 28, 2012 8:22 PM

  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A judge on Wednesday struck down an Oklahoma state law requiring women seeking abortions to have an ultrasound image placed in front of them and to listen to a detailed description of the fetus before the procedure. District Judge Bryan Dixon ruled the statute passed by... more »

• Colorado 3rd grader drains half-court shot Play Video

  March 25, 2012 5:49 PM

  Step aside NCAA and NBA, the most thrilling finish in basketball this weekend took place Saturday night in Keyes, Oklahoma. Third grader Austin Worthen of Springfield, Colorado drained a buzzer beater from half court. His coach and proud dad Adam Worthen emailed News 5 to share a video of... more »

• Etherman confesses

  February 16, 2012 12:41 AM

  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - Police say a Colorado prison inmate has been connected to 14 sexual assaults that occurred in Norman from 1985 to 2001. Officers say 50-year-old Robert Bruce admitted to the assaults on female students at the University of Oklahoma, where he once attended. Investigators zeroed in on... more »

• Colo., Okla. governors push natural gas vehicles

  February 4, 2012 1:03 PM

  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The governors of Colorado and Oklahoma are leading an initiative to increase the use of natural gas vehicles in their state automobile fleets. Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin hope the multi-state effort will make natural gas vehicles more affordable for the average... more »

• At least one person killed in Oklahoma small plane crash

  December 10, 2011 9:36 AM

  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A small plane has crashed southwest of Oklahoma City, killing at least one person. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Roland Herwig says citizens reported hearing a crash about 9:30 p.m. Friday, and deputies later confirmed the crash about five miles south of Chickasha. Chickasha is... more »

• Is oil and gas drilling responsible for OK quakes?

  November 7, 2011 6:13 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Experts say the flurry of earthquakes in Oklahoma can't be blamed on man's thirst for oil and gas. The weekend quakes were far stronger than the weak tremors caused by drilling - especially the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking. The shaking caused by... more »

• Big quake shakes Oklahoma for as much as minute

  November 6, 2011 12:09 PM

  SPARKS, Okla. (AP) - Residents in Oklahoma are shaken after the state's strongest earthquake ever and a big aftershock. Saturday night's magnitude 5.6 earthquake was centered near Sparks, 44 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. It was followed early Sunday by a 4.0 aftershock. Sparks resident Jesse Richards says the big... more »

• Oklahoma experiencing eathquakes

  November 5, 2011 8:14 AM

  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Authorities say three earthquakes that have shaken much of central Oklahoma could be felt as far away as Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas. The U.S. Geological Survey says on its website early Saturday morning that a 4.7 magnitude earthquake struck at 2:12 a.m., with an epicenter... more »

• Oil rig explodes in Oklahoma

  September 20, 2011 8:14 AM

  WATONGA, Okla. (AP) - Authorities in Blaine County say an oil rig that exploded near Watonga and forced the evacuation of several homes caused no injuries. Blaine County Sheriff's dispatcher C.J. Woulard said Tuesday morning that the fire was still burning - but no injuries were reported. County... more »

• Sooners clear path to join another conference

  September 19, 2011 9:10 PM

  University of Oklahoma president David Boren says he is focused solely on either keeping the Sooners in the Big 12 or moving to the Pac-12. Boren spoke Monday after university regents gave him the authority to move the school to a new conference. Boren said it is not inevitable that... more »

• Local firefighters helping fight Oklahoma wild fire

  September 6, 2011 6:09 PM

  Firefighters from Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs are in Oklahoma helping crews there contain the Ferguson Fire. The wild land fire has charred 55 square miles of land in the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge. A team of seven firefighters and two brush trucks from the Colorado Springs and... more »

• Parts of Oklahoma City airport evacuated

  June 3, 2011 2:02 PM

  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Officials at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City say they've evacuated parts of the building and canceled some departing flights after a suspicious box was discovered at a baggage claim office. Airport spokeswoman Karen Carney says the box was discovered Friday morning and that... more »

• Man uses grill-cam to catch arsonist, ends up catching his wife

  May 8, 2011 4:50 PM

  MEEKER, Okla. (AP) - Authorities say a central Oklahoma man hid a camera in a backyard grill to catch whoever set fires on his property and unexpectedly captured images of his wife starting a blaze. Sharlet Renea Flick, 47, of Meeker has been charged with third-degree arson and endangering... more »

• New gas pipeline to run through N. Colorado

  January 25, 2011 7:39 AM

  GREELEY, Colo. (AP) - An Oklahoma company plans to build a natural gas pipeline that will ship gas from Montana and connect with the existing Overland Pass pipeline in northern Colorado. The Tribune in Greeley reports that representatives of Oneok Partners of Tulsa, Okla., met with Weld County commissioners... more »

• Davis leads Oklahoma past Colorado 67-60

  January 22, 2011 5:26 PM

  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - Cade Davis had 15 points and four other Oklahoma players scored in double figures as the Sooners defeated Colorado 67-60 Saturday. Andrew Fitzgerald, Carl Blair Jr., and Cameron Clark each added 13 points for Oklahoma (10-9, 2-3 Big 12). Steven Pledger had 11. Alec Burks and... more »

• No. 11 Oklahoma beats Colorado 43-10

  October 31, 2010 7:25 PM

  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - Ryan Broyles broke the school record with 208 yards receiving as part of the biggest passing day in Oklahoma history, and the 11th-ranked Sooners bounced back from their first loss of the season to beat Colorado 43-10 on Saturday night. Landry Jones threw for a career-high... more »

• Man arrested after alleged threats on officers

  October 14, 2010 7:01 PM

  Colorado Springs Police arrested John Winkler, 43, of Oklahoma Thursday on a parole violation. They were concerned he came to town to harm or kill police officers. Winkler is the father of John Winkler, 20, who died after jumping from a moving police car on I-25 Tuesday. Police... more »

• No. 7 Oklahoma holds off Air Force 27-24

  September 18, 2010 8:03 PM

  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - DeMarco Murray gained a total of 148 yards and scored three touchdowns to help No. 7 Oklahoma hold off a late charge from Air Force's overpowering run game to beat the Falcons 27-24 on Saturday. Murray ran for a 5-yard touchdown and scored on a 17-yard... more »

• DeBerry will watch Falcons in Oklahoma this weekend

  September 17, 2010 1:31 AM

  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- These days, Fisher DeBerry prefers to stay at a distance as he keeps an eye on the Air Force program he built. He doesn't want Troy Calhoun, one of the starting quarterbacks from his 23-year tenure as the Falcons' head coach, putting up with questions... more »

• Storm death toll at 8 after 2 more bodies found

  September 15, 2010 10:10 AM

  The death toll from flooding caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine has reached eight after two more bodies were found in Texas. One body was identified Tuesday as that of Jennifer Ring of Austin. The mother of two children had been missing since swift water swept her... more »

• 4 dead, 3 still missing after Hermine flooding

  September 10, 2010 8:28 AM

  At least three people are still missing after flooding caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine. The search is expected to resume in Texas after daylight Friday for a missing swimmer and two motorists. The confirmed death toll now stands at four, including one person in Oklahoma. ... more »

• Girl dies in playground accident

  August 25, 2010 7:42 PM

  TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Some schools are pulling equipment off the playground as authorities try to determine why a 9-year-old Oklahoma girl died after falling off a teeter-totter-like structure. Fourth-grader Alyssa Avila of Wyandotte died last week after falling from the device called an X-Wave, then hitting her head.... more »

• Colorado prison escapee caught in Oklahoma

  July 6, 2010 8:32 AM

  A Colorado prison escapee has discovered it's a good idea to use turn signals. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says Rickey Hunter was pulled over by a trooper in Enid early Saturday. Trooper Josh Byrd said in a report that Hunter had failed to use his turn signals before rounding... more »

• Oklahoma declared disaster area following deluge

  June 15, 2010 8:49 AM

  Forecasters say more severe weather may be on the way in Oklahoma where a band of thunderstorms dropped as much as 10 inches in some areas in a matter of hours. The Oklahoma State Department of Health reports 136 people suffered minor injuries. Firefighters helping a 17-year-old girl... more »

• Texas stays in the Big-12

  June 14, 2010 9:00 PM

  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas says it is staying in the Big 12. Shortly after Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott confirmed to The Associated Press in an e-mail that the University of Texas had declined an invitation to join his conference, the Longhorns put out a statement saying they would "continue... more »

• Oklahoma legislature overrides Governor's veto of abortion bill

  May 25, 2010 4:45 PM

  The Oklahoma Legislature has overridden the governor's veto of an abortion bill that would require women and doctors to complete lengthy questionnaires before the procedure could be done. It is the third time this session the Republican-controlled House and Senate have overridden Democratic Gov. Brad Henry's veto of an... more »

• Tornadoes reported across several states

  May 21, 2010 11:15 AM

  Authorities in Oklahoma say several homes and businesses have been damaged by tornadoes. Few injuries were reported from Wednesday's storms. Officials say two truck drivers were taken to hospitals their semitrailers toppled. Their injuries weren't considered life-threatening. In Stillwater in northern Oklahoma, emergency management official Rob Hill says two... more »

• Tornadoes touch down across Oklahoma

  May 20, 2010 11:29 AM

  Severe weather was forecast to continue sweeping through the South on Thursday, a day after at least a half-dozen tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma, causing some damage and power outages but few injuries. The National Weather Service reported tornadoes in mostly sparsely populated areas of central and northern Oklahoma,... more »

• Twister-battered Oklahoma braces for more storms

  May 12, 2010 8:38 AM

  Residents in the southern Plains are bracing for more storms two days after a deadly tornado outbreak. The National Weather Service says a storm system that's expected to move into the Plains and parts of the Midwest on Wednesday could bring more thunderstorms, heavy rain and possibly even tornadoes.... more »

• Oklahoma picking up the pieces after deadly twister

  May 11, 2010 8:38 AM

  Violent weather in Oklahoma has left at least five people dead and dozens injured. Officials in Oklahoma City say a young boy who was killed when hit by debris in his home. A man was killed when his recreational vehicle flipped over on top of him. And three people... more »

• Five dead in Oklahoma twisters

  May 10, 2010 9:49 PM

  Five people have been killed in Oklahoma during an outbreak of violent weather that dropped tornadoes across parts of the Southern Plains. The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management said three people were killed at Tecumseh on Monday and that another person died at Oklahoma City. Details have not yet... more »

• Oklahoma abortion law put on hold

  May 3, 2010 12:21 PM

  Attorneys for Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson have agreed to a court order requested by abortion providers to temporarily block enforcement of the state's new abortion law. The law requires pregnant women to have an ultrasound and hear a detailed description of the fetus before they can get an... more »

• Remembering Oklahoma City bombing

  April 19, 2010 2:53 PM

  Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says Oklahoma City's spirit in the wake of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building 15 years ago serves as an example to the nation. Napolitano also warned of the need for continued vigilance against terrorists when she spoke today to survivors... more »

• Man loses nose in knife attack

  April 13, 2010 4:05 PM

  An Oklahoma City man is recovering after his nose was cut off during a bizarre attack at a bar. The suspect, Adan Zapata, is charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Police say Zapata, the bar's manager, thought the victim and his friends were making too much noise. Zapata... more »

• Tornadoes, baseball-sized hail slam southeast

  March 11, 2010 9:15 AM

  Twisters struck parts of Arkansas Wednesday night, injuring four people and destroying a handful of homes, as a line of storms marched east. After a daylong watch for possible tornadoes in the region, Emergency Management spokeswoman Renee Preslar said three people suffered major injuries in a tornado that destroyed... more »

• After slow start, tornado season under way

  March 9, 2010 2:57 PM

  Forecasters say a wetter-than-usual winter and a jet stream dipping deep into Tornado Alley could lead to an active spring for tornadoes. The 2010 tornado season has had a slow start with one twister reported - in California - in February. A strong twister ripped through Hammon in western... more »