October 28, 2013
Oklahoma City-based LSB Industries Inc. will get a $113 million insurance payment after a May 2012 explosion damaged one of its chemical plants in south Arkansas. No one was injured in the blast at the El Dorado Chemical Co. plant …
October 18, 2013
Insurance Management Network (INSURICA) has promoted Jeff Burton to the position of branch manager of its Oklahoma City office. Burton will be responsible for all aspects of the Oklahoma City operation including the oversight of production and client services in …
September 10, 2013
A sinkhole that opened up alongside a downtown Oklahoma City street has swallowed a car, but the car’s two occupants escaped unharmed. The sinkhole opened up on Sept. 8 near NW 2nd St. and N. Villa Ave. in downtown. Video …
June 24, 2013
The city of Moore, Okla., is paying a local contractor three times what neighboring Oklahoma City is being charged by vendors from out-of-state to remove debris left over from late May’s deadly tornadoes. The disparity comes as a surprise to …
June 6, 2013
The deadly tornado that struck near Oklahoma City late last week had a record-breaking width of 2.6 miles and was the second top-of-the-scale EF5 twister to hit the area in less than two weeks, the National Weather Service said. The …
May 28, 2013
Authorities have clarified and significantly downgraded the number of homes damaged or destroyed in the May 20 tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb. Oklahoma City Police Department spokesman Dexter Nelson said on May 23 that the most recent count indicates …
May 24, 2013
Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett says 12,000 to 13,000 homes were affected by the tornado that tore through a city suburb. At least 24 people died when the tornado laid waste to Moore on May 20. The Oklahoma Insurance Department …
May 21, 2013
The damage from Monday’s tornado in a suburb of Oklahoma City is likely to exceed that caused by the 2011 twister in Joplin, Missouri, that killed 161 people, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak said. In an interview with Reuters after …