Latest Oklahoma Headlines
All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
VW Investors’ $48M Diesel Settlement Receives Preliminary OK
Dec 3 2018 // A U.S. judge in California has granted preliminary approval to a $48 million settlement for investors who said Volkswagen AG made false and misleading statements over its excess diesel emissions. Lawyers for the investors,...
Laughlin Named Chief of Staff for Okla. Insurance Commissioner-Elect Mulready
Nov 29 2018 // Insurance Commissioner-Elect Glen Mulready has tapped Oklahoma native and longtime conservative adviser, Tyler Laughlin, as chief of staff and first deputy insurance commissioner. Laughlin, currently a deputy commissioner...
Kreiter Named Deputy General Counsel at Oklahoma Insurance Department
Nov 19 2018 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak has appointed Ron Kreiter as deputy general counsel at the Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID). Kreiter previously worked at the OID from 1980-1987 as an assistant commissioner...
Universal Insurance Adds Anderson in Oklahoma
Nov 15 2018 // Carol Anderson has joined Universal Insurance, a subsidiary of First United Bank, as an employee benefits insurance advisor in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. Operating out of First United Bank in Sapulpa, Anderson will be partnering...
Health Insurer Aetna Faces $25M Verdict in Oklahoma Coverage Case
Nov 9 2018 // A jury has ordered Aetna to pay more than $25 million to the family of an Oklahoma City woman who died a year after the insurance company refused to cover a type of radiation therapy. Jurors found that Aetna doctors...
Mulready Voted in as Oklahoma’s Next Insurance Commissioner
Nov 7 2018 // Republican Glen Mulready has won the election to become Oklahoma’s next insurance commissioner. According to the state’s election board, Mulready received nearly 62 percent of the votes in the statewide...
Earthquake Prompts Shut Down of Well Completion Site in Oklahoma
Nov 6 2018 // State oil and gas regulators in Oklahoma have ordered the indefinite shutdown hydraulic fracturing operations at a well site after an earthquake struck nearby. The 3.3 magnitude quake was reported Sunday night near Bridge...
Oklahoma Sees Increase in Number of Volunteer Firefighters
Nov 1 2018 // Almost 300 new volunteer firefighters have joined rural fire departments in three years after state lawmakers eliminated the age limit for new volunteers, according to the Oklahoma House of Representatives. House Bill...
Oklahoma Troopers Say Semi’s Lost Wheels Caused Crashes, 1 Fatal
Oct 31 2018 // Oklahoma state troopers are trying to find a tractor-trailer they say lost a wheel assembly in Oklahoma City and caused multiple crashes, including one that left a driver dead. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the series...
Lawsuits: Operator of Oklahoma Rig That Exploded Used Cheaper Drilling Plan
Oct 30 2018 // The operator of a gas well that exploded in southeastern Oklahoma used a cheaper and quicker drilling plan than experts advised, the latest court filings in two lawsuits allege. Amendments filed earlier this month to the...
Texas, Oklahoma Panhandles Shaken by Magnitude 4.0 Quake
Oct 22 2018 // An earthquake shook parts of the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles on Oct. 20. The U.S. Geological Survey says the 4.0 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 8:04 a.m. Saturday about 9 miles (15 kilometers) north-northeast of...
Glen Mulready, Candidate for Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner
Oct 18 2018 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Election 2018 The office of the insurance commissioner in Oklahoma is an elected position. The current commissioner, John D. Doak, is term limited and cannot run again; his successor will be...
Texas DOT Report: Crashed Oklahoma School Bus Was Traveling Too Fast
Oct 17 2018 // An Oklahoma school bus that hydroplaned on a wet road and crashed in Central Texas last month, injuring nearly everyone on board, was traveling at an unsafe speed for the conditions, according to a Texas Department of...
Hub Acquires Oklahoma Retirement Plan Consulting, Financial Services Firm
Oct 16 2018 // Hub International Investment Services Inc., member FINRA/SIPC, and a subsidiary of Chicago-based global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited (Hub), has acquired the Oklahoma-based retirement plan consulting and...
Kimberly Fobbs, Candidate for Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner
Oct 16 2018 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Election 2018 The office of the insurance commissioner in Oklahoma is an elected position. The current commissioner, John D. Doak, is term limited and cannot run again; his successor will be...
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Oct 15 2018 // Wholesale insurance services firm, Midlands Management Corp., headquartered in Oklahoma City, appointed Mark Sullivan as leader of its Transportation team. He is based in Dallas. Sullivan joined Midlands in 2010 as an...
4 New Insurers OK’d to Do Business in Arkansas
Oct 12 2018 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr has approved four new out-of-state companies to sell insurance products in Arkansas. The Arkansas Insurance Department (AID) has granted Certificates of Authority to...
Oklahoma Price Gouging Law in Effect After Violent Weather
Oct 11 2018 // More tornadoes were reported in northeastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas on Tuesday, following several days of violent weather in the region. As a result of the recent heavy rain and storms, causing flooding,...
4 Small Tornadoes Confirmed in Oklahoma, 2 in Texas
Oct 10 2018 // The National Weather Service reported that six small tornadoes from a single storm system hit Texas and Oklahoma, including one that forced the closure of a state highway in northeastern Oklahoma for more than six...
Oklahoma Tornado Forces Closure of State Highway
Oct 9 2018 // The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a state highway in the town of Fairfax in Osage County has been closed because of tornado damage, the Tulsa World newspaper reported. The newspaper says there have been no reports of...
