Latest Oklahoma Headlines
All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sharing Power Seen as Option for Evenly Split Oklahoma Senate
Oct 30 2006 // Democratic and Republican state Senate leaders in Oklahoma may follow the lead of their counterparts in other states and share power if the chamber has a tie in membership after the Nov. 7 general election, officials...
Okla. District Attorney Indicted for Embezzlement
Oct 27 2006 // A Multicounty Grand Jury indictment unsealed recently in Oklahoma’s Cherokee County District Court accuses District Attorney Richard Gray of embezzling money seized as evidence in drug investigations, state Attorney...
States have common, and unique, concerns with homeowners coverage
Oct 23 2006 // The homeowners markets in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas, while sharing some similarities, all have their own special considerations and concerns. Oklahoma has some of the highest property insurance rates in the...
Former insurance company execs get 6 years
Oct 23 2006 // A federal judge sentenced two men to six years in prison for their roles in the failure of a Tulsa, Okla., insurance company, which had repercussions in both Texas and Oklahoma. Besides prison terms for convictions on...
News Currents
Oct 23 2006 // Okla. AG, Ark. governor spar over chicken waste Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Ed-mondson is playing politics by demonizing the poultry industry and setting unrealistic goals for reduced...
Health Insurance Program for Small Businesses in Okla. to Expand
Oct 16 2006 // New rules expanding a program to help small businesses in Oklahoma provide health insurance for their employees are now in effect. Gov. Brad Henry announced Oct. 13 that he had signed Oklahoma Health Care Authority rules...
Ark. Gov. Blasts Okla. AG
Oct 13 2006 // Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson is playing politics by demonizing the poultry industry and setting unrealistic goals for reduced pollution levels in Oklahoma’s...
Okla. Doctor Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Medicare, Private Insurers
Oct 12 2006 // An Alva, Okla., doctor faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine after pleading guilty to defrauding Medicare out of $1 million. Gregory Glase Pinegar also will forfeit more than $400,000 as part of his plea...
New Markets
Oct 9 2006 // Liability Long Term Care Facilities Nuts & Bolts: Houston, Texas-based London American Risk Specialists Inc. is offering CareSurance, a new liability insurance program designed to meet the needs of skilled, assisted...
Former Insurance Company Officers Sentenced to Six Years in Okla.
Oct 6 2006 // A federal judge has sentenced two men to six years in prison for their roles in the failure of a Tulsa, Okla. insurance company. Besides prison terms for convictions on embezzlement, wire fraud and money laundering...
Chicago Fort Dearborn Life Merges with Mutual Legal Reserve
Oct 5 2006 // Chicago Fort Dearborn Life Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), a Mutual Legal Reserve Co., has successfully completed its merge with Oklahoma-based Member Service Life Insurance Co., also...
Woman Charged With Second-Degree Murder in Okla. Fire Death
Oct 5 2006 // Grady County prosecutors have filed a second-degree murder charge against a Chickasha, Okla., woman who allegedly set fire to the apartment of a blind man for whom she was caring. Andrea D. Sledge was formally charged on...
Man Left Dangling in Air in Okla. After Bungee Cord on Thrill Ride Breaks
Oct 5 2006 // A bungee cord on a thrill ride broke, leaving a man dangling 25 feet (7.5 meters) off the ground in Tulsa, Okla., for a half-hour until he was rescued by firefighters. Steve Alan Stone, 48, was not seriously hurt in the...
Federal Grand Jury in Miss. Seeks State Farm Transcript
Oct 1 2006 // A federal grand jury in Jackson, Miss., has ordered a transcript from an Oklahoma case in which State Farm Insurance Co. was hit with a $13 million judgment involving a lawsuit by policyholders from a 1999 tornado. Records...
Most Okla. Births Paid for by Medicaid
Sep 28 2006 // A tax-supported health insurance program for low-income Oklahomans paid for more than half the births in the state in 2004, according to the head of the state’s Department of Human Services. DHS Director Howard...
Okla. Man Sentenced in Comp Case
Sep 19 2006 // An Elk City, Okla. man was ordered to pay more than $20,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to two felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud in Oklahoma County District Court, the state attorney...
Gov. Henry Removes Northwestern Okla., Metro Areas From Burn Ban
Sep 14 2006 // Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry has lifted a month-old statewide burn ban for about half the state, saying rainfall in recent weeks had helped relieve wildfire dangers. Henry’s order lifted burn prohibitions in much of...
Chicago Fort Dearborn Life Announces Plan to Merge with Member Service Life
Sep 7 2006 // Fort Dearborn Life Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), a Mutual Legal Reserve Company, recently announced its intent to merge with Oklahoma-based Member Service Life Insurance...
Subsidiary of Health Care Service to Merge with Okla. Member Service Life
Sep 7 2006 // Fort Dearborn Life Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), a Mutual Legal Reserve Company, today announced its intent to merge with Oklahoma-based Member Service Life Insurance Company,...
Okla. Insurance Commissioner Candidates Draw Out-of-State Funds
Sep 5 2006 // The two candidates for Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner drew at least one-quarter of their campaign contributions since January 2005 from out-of-state donors, campaign data shows. The Oklahoman’s analysis of campaign...
