March 7, 2016 Western Oklahoma dodges bullet with no wildfires An Oklahoma forestry official says the western part of the state "dodged a bullet" when no wildfires developed despite conditions described as "critical fire weather" by the National Weather Service.
March 7, 2016 Oklahoma man sentenced to 40 years for sexually abusing Kenyan orphans A former missionary from Oklahoma convicted of sexually abusing children at an orphanage in Kenya was sentenced Monday to 40 years in a federal prison.
March 4, 2016 New class-action suit filed against energy firm after ex-CEO killed in car crash Federal authorities sought Thursday to drop a criminal indictment of bid rigging against Oklahoma energy tycoon Aubrey McClendon, who died in a fiery single-car crash just hours after the indictment was announced.
March 3, 2016 Oklahoma interim sheriff says reserve program should close The reserve deputy program at an Oklahoma sheriff's office that has been under scrutiny since a volunteer fatally shot an unarmed man should be shut down after an audit found the agency suffered from a "system-wide failure of leadership and supervision," the interim sheriff said Thursday.
March 3, 2016 Latest: Landowner's lawyers sue Oklahoma City energy giants The Latest on Oklahoma energy tycoon Aubrey McClendon, who was killed in fiery single-vehicle crash just hours after being indicted on federal charges connected to rigging bids for oil and gas leases (all times local): 4:30 p.m.
March 3, 2016 Investigators probing whether crash that killed indicted former CEO was suicide Investigators in Oklahoma said Thursday they were looking into whether the car crash that killed Aubrey McClendon, the co-owner of an NBA basketball team and former energy company chief, was a suicide.
March 2, 2016 Chesapeake Energy ex-CEO McClendon indicted Aubrey McClendon, the former chief executive of Chesapeake Energy Corp., was indicted Tuesday for conspiring to rig bids to buy oil and natural gas leases in northwest Oklahoma.
February 26, 2016 Muslims lobby at Oklahoma Capitol, draw some protests A group of Muslims is meeting with Oklahoma lawmakers and discussing civic engagement while pro- and anti-Muslim groups bicker outside the state Capitol.
February 24, 2016 Prosecutor files amended charges in Oklahoma parade crash Amended charges have been filed against a woman accused of crashing her car into spectators at the Oklahoma State University homecoming parade, killing four and injuring dozens.
February 23, 2016 University of Oklahoma will return Nazi-stolen painting to French family The University of Oklahoma has agreed to return a painting that the Nazis stole from a French family during World War II, a lawyer and school officials said Tuesday in announcing a settlement of a drawn-out dispute over the artwork's ownership.