Latest Oklahoma Headlines
All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
60-Ton Crane Crashes Onto Downtown Oklahoma City Building
Sep 27 2022 // A 60-ton crane being used to remove a video display board from a downtown Oklahoma City building toppled onto the building that houses several news offices, officials said. The crane’s operator suffered minor...
Oklahoma Court: Marijuana Question Won’t Make November Ballot
Sep 23 2022 // A proposed state question on whether to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Oklahoma won’t appear on the November ballot, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, dealing a blow to Democrats who hoped the...
Court Rules In Favor of Officer in Oklahoma Teen’s Death Lawsuit
Sep 19 2022 // An appeals court ruling could mean the end of a federal lawsuit filed by the parents of a Black teenager who was naked and unarmed when he was shot and killed by suburban Oklahoma City police in 2019. Police said...
Oklahoma CSR and Insurance Consultant License Conversion To Take Effect Nov. 1
Sep 16 2022 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department issued a special notice to licensed Customer Service Representatives and Insurance Consultants last week regarding the automatic conversion of their licenses as Insurance...
Dead Oklahoma Inmate Was Suing Over ‘Baby Shark’ Claim
Sep 14 2022 // An Oklahoma County inmate found dead in his jail cell over the weekend was a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the county alleging that in 2019, he and other inmates were tortured by jail employees who forced them to...
Federal Lawsuit Challenges Oklahoma Anti-Trans Bathroom Law
Sep 9 2022 // Civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of three transgender Oklahoma schoolchildren, arguing the state’s new law requiring students use only the bathroom of the sex listed on their birth certificate is...
Wrongful Death Suit Filed in Fatal Crash of Oklahoma Officer
Sep 2 2022 // The family of an Oklahoma police officer killed when a truck struck the motorcycle he was riding while on duty is suing the driver and his employer. The wrongful death lawsuit, dated last Friday, on behalf of Edmond...
Oklahoma Supreme Court to Consider Marijuana Legalization Question
Sep 1 2022 // The Oklahoma Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to consider whether a question on legalizing recreational use of marijuana should appear on the ballot in November. Oklahomans for Sensible Marijuana Laws gathered enough...
Oklahoma Oilfield Worker Killed in Accident
Jul 12 2022 // An oilfield worker was killed last Thursday in an accident at a northwestern Oklahoma oil rig, officials said. In a statement, the Major County Sheriff’s Office says the accident was reported shortly before 9 a.m....
Staffing Company Faces National Origin Discrimination Charge in Oklahoma
Jul 4 2022 // ResourceMFG, a national manufacturing specialty staffing company, violated federal law when it failed to refer an Oklahoma job applicant for employment because she was not born in the United States, the U.S. Equal...
Oklahoma Reaches Opioid Settlement With 3 Drug Makers
Jun 30 2022 // Oklahoma officials have reached an opioid settlement with three drug companies that would bring more than $250 million to finance efforts to battle opioid addiction, state Attorney General John O’Connor has...
Homeowners of America Launches Insurance Services in Oklahoma
Jun 28 2022 // Porch Group’s Homeowners of America introduced service in Oklahoma. This is now HOA’s 18th state of operation. Porch Group is a Seattle-based vertical software company in the home services and insurance...
Staffing Company Faces National Origin Discrimination in Oklahoma
Jun 22 2022 // ResourceMFG, a national manufacturing specialty staffing company, violated federal law when it failed to refer an Oklahoma job applicant for employment because she was not born in the United States, the U.S. Equal...
Oklahoma Attorneys Charged in Medical Marijuana Scheme
Jun 20 2022 // Two Oklahoma attorneys were charged last week in an alleged medical marijuana scheme that allowed out-of-state growers to skirt the state’s law requiring marijuana businesses to be at least 75% owned by state...
Oklahoma Court: Tort Reform Law Allows Lawsuit Against Employer
Jun 20 2022 // Jerry Harwood couldn’t collect workers’ compensation benefits after he was paralyzed when he was struck by a car while trying to cross US Route 66 after leaving his workplace. But a split decision by the...
U.S. Supreme Court Denies Oklahoma Goodwill COVID Business-Interruption Suit
Jun 7 2022 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a lawsuit from an Oklahoma Goodwill branch seeking coverage for COVID-19 business income loss. Goodwill Industries of Oklahoma had sought to appeal its lawsuit against Philadelphia...
Johnson & Johnson Acquires Oklahoma’s Midlands Management WB&B and MGU Units
Jun 7 2022 // Johnson & Johnson acquired the assets of the wholesale brokerage & binding (WB&B) and managing general underwriting (MGU) units of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma-based Midlands Management Corporation. Midlands is a...
Oklahoma Court: Tort Reform Law Allows Lawsuit Against Employer
Jun 3 2022 // Jerry Harwood couldn’t collect workers’ compensation benefits after he was paralyzed when he was struck by a car while trying to cross US Route 66 after leaving his workplace. But a split decision by the...
AM Best Removes Ratings of Oklahoma’s Sutton Specialty From Under Review
Jun 2 2022 // AM Best has removed from under review with developing implications and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of “a-” (Excellent) of...
Oklahoma Hospital to Pay $1.1M to Settle False Claims Act Violations
May 18 2022 // Oklahoma Heart Hospital South, LLC has paid $1,151,770.50 to settle civil claims stemming from allegations it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare, announced United States Attorney Robert J....
