Latest Oklahoma Headlines
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Trustees OK $9M Settlement in Nevada Bus Driver Sex Crimes Case
Feb 15 2022 // School trustees in Las Vegas have approved a $9 million settlement in a case involving a former school bus driver who was sent to prison in 2018 for sexually assaulting special education preschoolers. The Clark County...
Massive Fire Burns Empty Five-Story Building Complex in Oklahoma City
Feb 10 2022 // A massive fire ripped through an empty five-story hotel and apartment complex in northwest Oklahoma City that was under construction, fire officials said. There were no injuries reported in the blaze late Feb. 8 at the...
4.5 Earthquake Hits Northern Oklahoma
Feb 1 2022 // A 4.5 magnitude earthquake struck northern Oklahoma at 11:10 a.m. CST Jan. 31 about seven kilometers northwest of Medford, the United States Geological Survey confirmed. A USGS Community Internet Intensity Map reported...
Oklahoma Oil Tank Battery Explosion and Fire Injures 2
Jan 26 2022 // Two workers were injured Jan. 24 in an explosion and fire at a central Oklahoma oil tank battery, officials said. The incident happened shortly before 2 p.m. at a Devon Energy oil well pad in Okarche, Oklahoma, about 35...
Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas Among States With Highest Frozen Pipe Claims
Jan 25 2022 // State Farm paid more than $471 million in claims from frozen pipes in 2021, and more than two/thirds of claims can be rooted back to one state: Texas. The Lone Star State accounted for $343 million of frozen pipes claim...
Judge Gives Preliminary OK to Firm’s $34M ‘Forever Chemical’ Settlement in Vermont
Jan 12 2022 // A federal judge has given preliminary approval to a $34 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit against a chemical company over contamination of groundwater and soil in a southern Vermont community. Notices are going...
Oklahoma Housing Agency to Settle Federal Race Discrimination Lawsuit for $75K
Jan 4 2022 // The Justice Department announced that it has obtained a settlement agreement with the Housing Authority of the Town of Lone Wolf, Oklahoma, and two of its former employees to resolve allegations that they violated federal...
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Warns Against Porch Piracy
Dec 15 2021 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready is encouraging residents to take precautions against porch piracy as the winter holiday season nears. According to C + R Research, 230 million Americans will be shopping online...
Oklahoma Wildfire Destroys 5 Homes, 14 Barns
Dec 15 2021 // A wildfire that forced evacuations in rural southwestern Oklahoma last week destroyed five homes, 14 barns and nine vehicles, officials said Monday. Three of the burned homes were unoccupied, said Comanche County Emergency...
Ex-Oklahoma Cabinet Secretary Files $60 Million Claim over Bribery Charge
Dec 14 2021 // A former member of Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s cabinet has filed a claim for $60 million damages with the state attorney general’s office, alleging he was wrongly charged with bribery. Former Secretary of...
Oklahoma Grass Fire Forces Evacuations
Dec 13 2021 // A grass fire in southwestern Oklahoma that forced evacuations was about 95 percent contained by late Friday, Dec. 10, emergency officials said. There were no reported deaths or injuries due to the fire near Lawton, which...
Oklahoma Pork Plant Faces $27,000 Penalty Over Unsafe Work Conditions
Dec 3 2021 // A Guymon, Oklahoma processing and packing facility – operated by one of the nation’s largest pork processors – failed to prevent workers from being exposed to repetitive motion injuries and did not record...
Oklahoma High Court Rules National American Off Hook in Earthquake Lawsuits
Nov 29 2021 // The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled last week that an earth-movement exclusion precludes insurance coverage for an oil and gas company facing several lawsuits accusing its operations of causing earthquakes. National American...
Oklahoma Attorney General Joins Suit Over Health Vaccine Mandate
Nov 18 2021 // Oklahoma is among 12 state attorneys general filing a federal lawsuit over the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates for health care workers. Attorney General John O’Connor said Nov. 16 that Oklahoma...
Oklahoma Supreme Court Tosses $465 Million Opioid Ruling Against J&J
Nov 9 2021 // The Oklahoma Supreme Court overturned a ruling that drugmaker Johnson & Johnson must pay the state $465 million for its role in the opioid epidemic, determining that Oklahoma’s public nuisance law does not extend...
31 October Tornadoes Breaks Oklahoma Monthly Record
Nov 4 2021 // A total of 31 tornadoes last month was a record-high for October in Oklahoma dating to 1950, according to the National Weather Service. The previous high for October, the fifth most active month for tornadoes, was 27 in...
Texas Regulators OK Rule Requiring Power Companies to Better Prepare for Winter
Oct 22 2021 // Texas utility regulators on Oct. 21 approved a rule requiring power companies to better prepare for winter weather — based on recommendations that were made, but never acted upon, a decade ago by experts and federal...
Likely Tornadoes Cause No Major Damage in Oklahoma City
Oct 14 2021 // Two likely tornadoes touched down in the Oklahoma City area Wednesday in addition to two other suspected twisters in western Oklahoma as severe storms hit the state, according to the National Weather Service. There are no...
Tornadoes Rip Oklahoma; Storms Rock Central U.S.
Oct 12 2021 // Severe storms brought suspected tornadoes and baseball-sized hail to parts of Oklahoma, but there were no reports Monday of deaths or injuries. The severe weather system that hit Oklahoma late Sunday also brought heavy...
Company Faces $202K in Penalties After Worker’s Death at Oklahoma Facility
Oct 7 2021 // Federal officials cited Valmont Coatings for one willful and five serious violations and proposed $202,000 in penalties following the death of a worker at its facility in Claremore, Oklahoma. The Occupational Safety and...
