Latest Oklahoma Headlines
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Oklahoma Governor Requests Disaster Declaration for November Storm
Dec 21 2015 // Gov. Mary Fallin has requested a major disaster declaration from the federal government for 18 Oklahoma counties affected by a winter storm last month. Fallin’s office announced the request on Dec. 17. If approved,...
Official: 2015 Is Oklahoma’s Wettest Year
Dec 16 2015 // An Oklahoma official says 2015 is the state’s wettest year on record, beating a rainfall record set in 1957. The Oklahoman reports that the state has seen an average of 48 inches of rain this year, topping the...
Company’s Wastewater Kills Over 30,000 Fish in Oklahoma
Dec 14 2015 // Oklahoma wildlife officials say a discharge of partially treated wastewater from an Arkansas wastewater plant killed over 30,000 fish along a Siloam Springs tributary. The fish kill happened in September when the apparent...
Pippin Reappointed to Oklahoma Self-Insurance Guaranty Fund Board
Dec 11 2015 // Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission Chairman Robert Gilliland has reappointed Louis Pippin to the commission’s Self-Insurance Guaranty Fund (SIGF) board. Pippin, of Oklahoma City, fulfilled the remainder...
Energy Companies Want Oklahoma Judge to Toss Earthquake Suit
Dec 10 2015 // Two energy companies asked a judge on Dec. 9 to throw out a lawsuit by an Oklahoma woman who claims she was injured in an earthquake caused by the injection of wastewater deep into the ground — a long-used method to...
Insurance Exec to Co-Chair Trump Campaign in Oklahoma
Dec 10 2015 // An Oklahoma insurance executive has been named co-chair of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump campaign in the state. Trump said in a news release that Bob Mills and Dan Keating will lead his campaign in the...
Judge Suspends Lawsuit Against U. of Oklahoma over Stolen Nazi Art
Dec 8 2015 // A federal judge has suspended activity in a lawsuit that challenges the ownership of a painting that hangs at a University of Oklahoma art gallery as negotiations continue with a French woman who claims the artwork was...
People – South Central
Dec 7 2015 // Houston-based Columbia Lloyds Insurance Co., a provider of homeowners and tenant dwelling insurance throughout Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, appointed John R. Todd as president and chief executive officer, and Shabbir...
Oklahoma Shutting Down Disposal Wells after Series of Earthquakes
Dec 7 2015 // In response to an increase in larger earthquakes in certain oil production areas of the state, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission said it’s working to have some disposal wells shut down and volume reduced at other...
Oklahoma Disposal Well Plan Expected Following Recent Quakes
Dec 4 2015 // The Oklahoma Corporation Commission is working to finalize a plan for wastewater disposal well operators to shut down or reduce volume in north-central Oklahoma, which has been rattled by a swarm of earthquakes. Commission...
7 Quakes Recorded in Oklahoma on Nov. 30; 1 a Magnitude 4.7
Dec 2 2015 // At least seven earthquakes rattled north-central Oklahoma on Monday, Nov. 30, including one felt 300 miles away in Iowa, prompting concern from local residents and policymakers that the state isn’t doing enough to...
Oklahoma Troopers Write 90-Plus ‘Texting and Driving’ Tickets in November
Dec 2 2015 // Authorities have written nearly 100 tickets for texting while driving in the first month Oklahoma state’s ban has been in effect. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. John Vincent says troopers have written 91 tickets for...
Audit: Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Commission not Tracking Payments
Nov 23 2015 // A state audit of the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission indicates the agency has not been tracking some mandatory assessments. A sample test of claims paid from two funds showed roughly half had no supporting...
Northern Oklahoma Rattled by Magnitude 4.7 Quake
Nov 20 2015 // A magnitude 4.7 earthquake rattled northern Oklahoma and southern Kansas early on Nov. 19. It was the second quake over 4.0 magnitude to strike the northern part of the state in less than a week. Two smaller quakes struck...
Settlement OK’d in Class-Action Suit Against Tulsa Appraisal Firm
Nov 17 2015 // A settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit on behalf of former residents of the old mining town of Picher, Okla., against a Tulsa-based appraisal firm involved with the federal buyout of property in the...
Trucker in Fatal Oklahoma Crash Had History of Synthetic Drug Use
Nov 17 2015 // The truck that killed four members of a college women’s softball team in Oklahoma last year was driven by a Texas man with a history of using synthetic marijuana, U.S. safety investigators found. Russell Staley...
Kingstone OK’d to Write Insurance in Connecticut, New Jersey
Nov 16 2015 // Kingstone Companies Inc., a New York-domiciled multi-line property/casualty insurance holding company, announced that its subsidiary, Kingstone Insurance Company, was granted approval to write P/C insurance in Connecticut...
New Oklahoma Texting While Driving Law Now in Effect
Nov 16 2015 // A new law making it illegal to text and drive in Oklahoma became effective on Nov. 1. People caught reading or writing texts or emails while driving will be fined $100 under the Trooper Nicholas Dees and Trooper Keith...
$7.1M Settlement in Louisiana Red-Light Camera Suit OK’d
Nov 15 2015 // A $7.1 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit involving the controversial red-light camera system used in Louisiana’s Jefferson Parish from 2007 until 2010 has been approved. The Advocate reports checks will go...
Oklahoma Grass Fires Burn Houses, Barns
Nov 13 2015 // Authorities say a large grass fire in northeastern Oklahoma that burned two houses and several barns has been mostly contained. Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management spokeswoman Keli Cain tells The Oklahoman a large...
