Washington, July 3 : A natural compound can be used to stop diabetic retinopathy, one of the leading causes of blindness around the world, according to researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences...

Bethesda Church recently conducted the "God Is Green: Taking Care of His Creation” vacation Bible school to give young people biblical knowledge about God’s creation and their...

Hassan Maymani and his family once feared persecution for disagreeing with their government or for having a newspaper or a typewriter in their home. Now, Maymani is one of a dozen Iranians living...

"It’s a time to celebrate our freedoms in this country and to remember those who bled and died to give us those freedoms,” Shugart...

Jefferson County . The ranch includes a cow-calf operation, yearling cattle, American Quarter Horses and a hunting operation. The Stuart Ranch was the 1995 recipient of...

Pakistani Taliban militant training center and communications center, killing 17 people and wounding nearly 30, Pakistani intelligence officials...

EDMOND — The memory care center at Touchmark at Coffee Creek will further extend the development of the Covell-Kelly area across generational lines, which...

Oklahoma County totaled more than $14 million, according to deeds released from County Clerk Carolyn Caudill’s office. Major sales are those of $200,000 or more. Transactions...

Darfur . Sudan welcomed the move, and other Africans said it was a signal to the West that it shouldn’t impose its ways on Africa. A human rights group said the decision was a gift to a...

Now this community of 12,000 is scurrying to get ready for what some locals are calling the biggest thing ever to happen to Woodward, a place where cattle outnumber...

Experts believe it will fetch more than $490,000 when it is auctioned to the highest bidder on Thursday. Until then it will be on display at...

Brazil ’s air force released a recording Friday it said proves it handed over control of Air France Flight 447 to Senegalese authorities before it crashed — but African officials denied...

Touchmark at Coffee Creek is north of Covell Road and east of Kelly Avenue. The second phase will include a 34,812-square-foot addition to the...

Edmond nursing home. "My mother dreamed at an early age she wanted to come here,” Stanfa said. "Her dream came true, the same as mine.” The July Fourth fireworks will be a...

More boating accidents occur during the Fourth of July weekend than any other time of the year, and state officials say alcohol use is the...

Tax day — April 15 — has long since come and gone, but sharp budget cuts and falling revenues have forced many states to delay income tax returns for months — and left taxpayers...

Dobson Communications recently signed a new lease for 22,288 square feet of office space at 13900 N Portland Ave. in Parkway Commons, after expansion...

Members of Ninnekah Baptist Church could see the needs in their rural community, so they decided to help those closer to home this summer with a mission project in their own...

Lee Purser , 27, requested a continuance based on his competency to defend himself when it was revealed that he had not received his medications the day before. The hearing was rescheduled for July...

Roger Federer defeated Tommy Haas in straight sets and will face Andy Roddick in Sunday’s men’s final. (AP Photo) WIMBLEDON, England — Rising, rising, rising, high above the most famous...

Tulsa , the panels are part of the First Street Lofts, a Vision 2025 tax-supported project, and the Cherry Street Nine town homes on Rockford Avenue just north of 15th Street. "This is Green...

Several city employees help install a lifesize statue of Russell Dougherty in front of the Edmond elementary school bearing his name in Edmond as the sculptor, Mary Lou Gresham, watches. PHOTO BY...

Bank of Oklahoma branch, 6517 Northwest Expressway, and ordered everyone to the ground. He made several threats before gathering the money in a gray or silver bag and leaving on...

Johnny Ray Montoya , 36, went into the lake about 11:30 p.m. Thursday. His body was recovered in less than 10 feet of water about 3:35 p.m. Friday, according to a patrol report. The cause of the...

‘America’s Piano Showman’ to play Entertainer Dino Kartsonakis (pictured) will perform in concert at 6 p.m. Sunday at Southern Hills Baptist Church, 8601...

"I’m happy for her to be in the final, but I have to face her and defeat her,” Venus said after reaching her eighth final at...

"I had a few chances in the first tiebreak. I had chances early in the third set,” said Murray, who was 6-2 against Roddick before the match. "I didn’t take...

The book presents religious quotes taken from the Quran, the Hebraic tradition, Eastern Christianity and noted authors such as the Sufi poet and jurist Rumi. A daily dose of wisdom coupled with...

The number of active rigs has increased by 52 in the past few weeks, but the U.S. count is still down 54 percent since the end of August as weak energy demand has hampered oil-field...

Woods lived up to his hopes of being a "greedy host” when he salvaged his round during a shaky stretch in the middle and shot 4-under 66 to take a one-shot lead at his AT&T National...

The Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz let another one slip away from them against Rio Grande Valley Friday night in a 46-43 loss. (Photo by Sarah Phipps, The...

Authorities are investigating allegations that the 50-year-old Jackson had been consuming painkillers, sedatives and anti- depressants. Any criminal charges would depend on whether Jackson had been...

Tulsa 66ers player Moses Ehambe wears the cross necklace given to him by his father as a reminder of what his father experienced coming to America. (Photo by Chris Landsberger, The...

Years ago, church members decided to take advantage of the parade’s popularity by starting Freedom Fest, an outreach event. The congregation distributes free hot dogs, chips, water, balloons...

The worker, who was among the crew that was setting off the fireworks, was rushed from River City Park, where the celebration was taking place, to Hillcrest Medical Center...

Announcement made Jannati, a powerful hard-liner who is close to Iran’s supreme leader, told worshippers during a Friday prayers that the detainees confessed. He did not say how many staffers...

Take a moment today to make sure your children understand that the Fourth of July is more than just a day for family and friends to gather for barbecues and fireworks. Talk about the courage and...

Grounded by delays or missed connections, it’s possible to spend hours waiting for a flight at an airport. Combat boredom with these...

Last weekend, the couple’s three children, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren threw them a 50th anniversary celebration where the Roes renewed their wedding vows, fed each other...

Tulsa ’s Church of the Holy Spirit Anglican, which left the Episcopal Church several years ago over concerns that the denomination was drifting from its biblical...

The decision coincides with Express Sports filing paperwork to start negotiations with a "prospective AHL franchise,” according to city...

Richard Lee Turpin , who is charged with child sexual abuse, inducing a minor to engage in prostitution and two counts of placing an obscene, threatening or harassing phone call after two or more...

A 5-year-old boy was seriously injured when he was hit by a sport utility vehicle Friday afternoon at an intersection in a busy shopping...

Frederick , according to the weather service. Before relief arrives, temperatures are forecast to reach the 90s in the north and low 100s in the south on Saturday. Showers and thunderstorms are...

Mark Johnston , vice president of corporate communications for Sanford Health. The company is recruiting others to join her. The clinic, at 2502 W Elk Ave., will employ seven and feature 12 exam...

NEWKIRK — Four inmates who escaped Thursday from the Kay County jail were caught today in Missouri, a sheriff's spokeswoman said. Law officers caught Ponca Green, 30,...

Jeffrey Proctor , 20, of Tulsa, was booked into the Tulsa Jail just after 5 p.m. Friday, according to jail records. A witness said Proctor had a handgun and confronted the teenager, Tevon Mathies,...

TPS is at the mid-point in an intensive process of applying for a $17 million grant that would change the way it recruits, prepares, develops, distributes and compensates its more than 3,000...

Bethel Maine, and Sunday River Ski Area real estate sales leader. Specializing in ski and golf resort properties, vacation homes, townhouses, condominiums, land and village...

WASILLA, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin made a surprise announcement Friday that she is resigning from office at the end of the month without explaining why she plans to step down, raising...