Latest Oklahoma Headlines
All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Okla. Commissioner Orders Business to Stop Selling ‘Health Care’ Plan
Jan 20 2006 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland issued a Cease and Desist Order to PrimeStar Healthcare for selling a “health care plan” in Oklahoma via facsimile advertisements and telephone sales. PrimeStar...
Cost of Grass Fires in Okla. Continues to Mount
Jan 18 2006 // State officials began the arduous task of assessing the cost of weeks of wildfires as a cold front and higher humidity gave firefighters a much-needed break from battling fields of flames and red-hot embers. Gov. Brad...
Okla. Sen. Authors Bill to Identify Uninsured Drivers
Jan 16 2006 // Oklahoma State Senator James A. Williamson has authored legislation to help identify uninsured motorists. Under his proposal, vehicle owners would be required to display a decal on the driver’s side of the windshield...
RISC Launches New Commercial Auto Market in Okla.
Jan 16 2006 // RISC Inc. announced it is rolling out a new commercial auto market in Oklahoma. Coverage highlight include: –Service vehicles of all types –Waste disposal; salvage and recycling operations –Oil Lease...
Stronger Punishment Sought for Identity Theft in Okla.
Jan 12 2006 // With almost 2,000 cases of identity theft in Oklahoma in 2004, State Rep. Steve Martin believes it’s time to increase deterrence by hiking the penalties upon conviction. Martin filed House Bill 2109, which would...
Okla. Lawmaker Seeks Stiffer Fines for Burn Ban Violators
Jan 11 2006 // Violators of all burn bans in Oklahoma could face much steeper fines if legislation requested by State Rep. Mike Shelton passes during the upcoming legislative session. Currently, violations of the burn ban are...
Okla. Ranked 48th in Emergency Medicine; Liability Lawsuits, Lack of Insurance Part of Problem, Report Says
Jan 11 2006 // Oklahoma ranks 48th among the 50 states and the District of Columbia in emergency medicine in a new report issued by the American College of Emergency Physicians. The state was given an overall grade of “D+”...
Okla. Senate Sub-Committee to Hold Hearing on Rural Fire Department Funding Needs
Jan 9 2006 // The Oklahoma Senate Appropriations Sub-Committee on Natural Resources and Regulatory Services will hold a hearing Jan. 12, 2006, on the funding needs of rural fire departments in Oklahoma in the wake of the wildfires that...
New Fires Flare in Texas; Charges Filed in Okla.
Jan 6 2006 // Six new wildfires flared up in Texas on Jan. 5 and fire fighting crews were battling about two dozen smaller fires in Oklahoma, the Dallas Morning News reported. In Texas, houses and other structures were threatened by...
Suspected Arson Fire Contained in Small Northeastern Okla. Town
Jan 5 2006 // Firefighters contained a grass fire that destroyed an abandoned schoolhouse and a home in Shamrock, a small northeastern Oklahoma town, while officials in Texas and New Mexico also worked to keep fires under control amid...
Okla. AG Warns of Fraud After Fires
Jan 4 2006 // Attorney General Drew Edmondson is warning Oklahomans who lost homes and other property in recent wildfires to beware of being victimized again, this time by fraud. More than 200 homes and businesses have been destroyed by...
AAIS Says Policy Forms OK for Use Under Terrorism Extension
Jan 3 2006 // Insurers including those writing farm and crime coverages that use programs developed by the American Association of Insurance Services will require no immediate changes to existing endorsements and other materials to...
Fire Crews Brace for the Potential of More Fires in Okla.
Jan 3 2006 // Firefighters in Oklahoma remained geared up Monday, Jan. 2 after 25 grassfires ravaged hundreds of acres across Oklahoma City. The fire crews battled blazes from about 7 a.m on Sunday, Jan. 1 until about 7 a.m. Monday,...
FEMA Authorizes Millions to Assist Texas, Okla., N.M. Fight Fires
Jan 3 2006 // The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) this week authorized the use of federal funds from the Nation’s Disaster Relief Fund to help Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico...
Okla., Texas Still Plagued by Wildfires
Jan 2 2006 // Wildfires continued to burn in Texas and Oklahoma on New Year’s Day, fueled by record-high temperatures, high winds and significant lack of rainfall, sweeping across thousands of acres and destroying homes along the...
Business Moves
Jan 1 2006 // Farmers, EsSix The Farmers Insurance Group of Companies and EsSix Agency in Baton Rouge, La., have joined forces to provide Louisiana agents with a way to write Farmers business through EsSix. As such, Farmers and EsSix...
Okla. Senators Say More Money Needed for Rural Fire Departments
Dec 30 2005 // Oklahoma State Senate President Pro Tempore Mike Morgan and two members of his leadership team said they agree with Assistant Majority Leader Jeff Rabon that something needs to be done immediately to address the needs of...
Wildfires Rage in Texas and Oklahoma; At Least 4 People Killed in Blazes
Dec 29 2005 // At least three people in Texas and one in Oklahoma have died as the result of wildfires that have plagued the two rain-starved states in recent days. The Dallas Morning News reported that a body of a man was found in...
State Sen. Says Okla.’s Slow Growth Shows Need for Lawsuit Reform
Dec 27 2005 // Oklahoma Senate Republican Leader Glenn Coffee, R-Oklahoma City, is calling for lawsuit and tax reform, as well as more workers’ compensation reform, to help jumpstart economic growth in the state. Coffee noted that...
Governors in Okla. and Texas Respond to Wildfire Threat
Dec 27 2005 // Both Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry are responding to waves of wildfires plaguing their states as a result of the extremely dry conditions there. Henry reminded citizens that a statewide burn ban...
