Provides the latest RSS feeds for Oklahoma News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Oklahoma City Sun.com http://www.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/84aeba5e9b6e1230/ en-us Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:06:13 -0400 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:06:13 -0400 30 SAMMAMISH — Trent Whitekiller of Oklahoma State felt right at home when Mother Nature started whipping up a frenzy at the Sahalee Players Championship. The Midwest native was at ease despite th... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15965144/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:26:41 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15965144/ SEATTLE - The Associated Press The NBA's SuperSonics franchise will move to Oklahoma City for the 2008-09 season as part of a settlement announced Wednesday with the city of Seattle. The agreement end... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15963455/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:56:38 -0400 Turkish Daily News http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15963455/ OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahoma City police and U.S. marshals are looking for a convicted rapist who violated his probation.Antonio Lamar Bowen, 27, was supposed to appear in court as part of his supervised... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15961270/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:50:07 -0400 5 Channel Oklahoma http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15961270/ OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality is issuing an alert about the safety of swimming holes this Fourth of July. The organization estimates about 300 bodies of water in th... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15961269/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:50:06 -0400 5 Channel Oklahoma http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15961269/ 2 people shot at Windsong Apartments Two people were shot at a Tulsa apartment complex Thursday night. It happened at the Windsong Apartments, near 31st and Mingo.Police say a 19-year-old woman was ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15962913/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:32:00 -0400 KJRH 2 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15962913/ The Seattle SuperSonics of NBA will move to Oklahoma City next season after reaching a settlement, the team said on Wednesday. The city of Seattle will be paid 45 million U.S. dollars in advance and S... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15958447/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:13:50 -0400 People's Daily http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15958447/ OKLAHOMA CITY -- Investigators have released the name of the man who died after a house fire in Midwest City Wednesday night.John Coleman, 79, was found unconscious in the back bedroom of a burning ho... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15958666/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:50:07 -0400 5 Channel Oklahoma http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15958666/ OKLAHOMA CITY -- A day after the announcement of a deal that will bring the Seattle SuperSonics to Oklahoma City this fall, city leaders said they are working with the team to prepare the Ford Center ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15958667/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:50:06 -0400 5 Channel Oklahoma http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15958667/ OKLAHOMA CITY -- With the Seattle SuperSonics name and team colors staying in the Pacific Northwest, a management team is working with the NBA to forge the franchise a new identity when it moves to Ok... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15958665/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:50:03 -0400 5 Channel Oklahoma http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15958665/ OKLAHOMA CITY -- New help is available for Oklahomans who have exhausted their state unemployment benefits.Many are now eligible to apply for an extra 13 weeks of emergency unemployment compensation.T... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15958664/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:49:57 -0400 5 Channel Oklahoma http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15958664/ Ada authorities are praising a teen who stayed calm and called 911 during a home invasion this week. Thirteen-year-old T.J. Freeman was babysiting her 9- and 6-year-old sisters when she heard dogs ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15955942/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:40:06 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15955942/ A group of 65 soldiers are back in Oklahoma just in time for Independence Day. Headquarters and Headquarters Battery of 214th Fires Brigade arrived Wednesday at Fort Sill after returning from Iraq ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15955941/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:40:05 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15955941/ Bricks and rolling pins soon will be flying in Stroud. This year marks the 48th Stroud International Brick and Rolling Pin Throwing Competition, which begins in three cities tomorrow. Located in E... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15955946/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:39:57 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15955946/ Mayor Mick Cornett was in a conference room waiting for a meeting to get started when City Manager Jim Couch walked in and handed him a slip of paper with a single word on it: "Done."Cornett knew exac... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15956943/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:39:19 -0400 Examiner http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15956943/ LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- A proposed ban on affirmative action appears headed to the Nebraska ballot because supporters turned in boxes they say hold more than 167,000 signatures - about 55,000 more than ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15955324/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:37:31 -0400 Associated Press http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15955324/ EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) -- The University of Evansville's president entered a rehabilitation program Thursday, a day after police charged him with driving while intoxicated. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15955322/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:37:31 -0400 Associated Press http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15955322/ A man sentenced to death for a second time in the 2003 killing of an elderly Choctaw man apologized to his victim's family Wednesday. An Oklahoma County judge concurred with a jury's June 16th rec... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15955935/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:39:53 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15955935/ Thousands of people are expected to go floating along the Illinois River this holiday weekend. Some are coming from as far away as Oklahoma City and Dallas. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15955938/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:40:10 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15955938/ Authorities say a Duncan man was killed when his semi collided with another tractor-trailer rig on Oklahoma 17 in Grady County. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 42-year-old Darryl Jay Jensen susta... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15955933/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:39:51 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15955933/ Jerry Regier, who resigned a state post in Florida after he was accused of ethical impropriety, has been hired as interim director of a state agency in Oklahoma. Regier has been named to head up th... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15955932/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:39:50 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15955932/ A motorcyclist has died after crashing into a deer on a highway in Caddo County. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 53-year-old David Leslie Lee of Minco died at the scene of the crash about 9 p.m. W... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15955943/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:39:59 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15955943/ A second ticket sold in Oklahoma matched the numbers for the Hot Lotto jackpot, a separate multistate lottery game Oklahoma joined in January. That ticket was worth $2.1 million. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15955323/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:37:30 -0400 Associated Press http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15955323/ A $100 million facelift to get the Oklahoma City Ford Center ready for the new NBA basketball team is expected to begin this summer and be completed by fall 2010. Team owner Clay Bennett said last ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15955940/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:40:02 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15955940/ The registration deadline is near for voters wishing to cast a ballot in the July 29 primary election. Unregistered voters who want to vote in the primary must register by Thursday or mail a regist... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15955945/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:39:58 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15955945/ A Wakita man will be formally sentenced September 23rd after entering a blind plea to seven felony and two misdemeanor counts. George Wesley Gilchrist was set to stand trial in Grant County Distri... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15955936/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:39:55 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15955936/ Turnpike are narrowed to one lane between mile marker 272 and mile marker 282 and between mile marker 303 and mile marker 312.• Both directions of the Cimarron Turnpike are narrowed to one lane at ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15953397/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:49:45 -0400 News OK http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15953397/ with county leaders.Thursday, Big Splash paid last year's rent.The water park paid the fairgrounds over 130,000 dollars in rent for last year.The fair board fired the Expo Square president earlier thi... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15957497/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:18:15 -0400 KJRH 2 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15957497/ What to do if your DTV coupon is about to expire A Green Country man has his DTV coupon, but with it about to expire, he can't find a store with a converter box in stock. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15957496/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:18:14 -0400 KJRH 2 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15957496/ Officials say a toddler that fell out of a apartment unit window Friday morning appears it was an accident.Tulsa Police responded to the Lincoln at Memorial Apartments near 77th and Memorial around 11... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15957498/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:18:14 -0400 KJRH 2 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15957498/ The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Black Cat Fireworks, have announced a voluntary recall of Screech and Scream Fountain Fireworks.The company says the firework can produ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15952266/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:34:49 -0400 KJRH 2 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15952266/ A man accused of fatally shooting his wife at their southwest Tulsa home late last month has made his first court appearance. John Kastner was in court for arraignment Thursday morning. He's accused ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15950076/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:24:52 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15950076/ John Kastner A Tulsa man is officially charged with killing his wife.Officials say John Kastner shot his wife Lori in the head, then shot himself in the hand and told police it was a home invasion.H... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15952265/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:34:48 -0400 KJRH 2 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15952265/ OKLAHOMA CITY -- Independence Day celebrations in Oklahoma will mix watermelon seed spitting contests and arm wrestling competitions with patriotic ceremonies and colorful fireworks displays.Check out... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15950081/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:16:01 -0400 5 Channel Oklahoma http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15950081/ OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahoma City is buzzing about the relocation of an NBA team from Seattle, and ticket-seeking fans are overloading phone lines. The team was already taking down contact information fo... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15950080/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:16:00 -0400 5 Channel Oklahoma http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15950080/ LAWTON, Okla. -- A group of 65 soldiers are back in Oklahoma just in time for Independence Day. Headquarters and Headquarters Battery of 214th Fires Brigade arrived Wednesday at Fort Sill after return... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15950079/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:15:57 -0400 5 Channel Oklahoma http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15950079/ TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A cash reward is being offered to help solve the case of a Tulsa man stabbed to death last week. Police discovered 44-year-old Mark Edward Grace dead from stab wounds about 2 a... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15950890/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:56:47 -0400 KJRH 2 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15950890/ MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Prescription drug company GlaxoSmithKline says it will appeal a nearly $81 million verdict in a lawsuit that accused it of overcharging Alabama's Medicaid program. A jury in M... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15948852/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:43:20 -0400 News Channel 4 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15948852/ NEW YORK (AP) - A judge has sentenced the former chief executive of Refco Inc. to 16 years in prison for a financial cover-up that brought down 1 of the world's largest commodities brokerages. Philli... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15948851/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:43:19 -0400 News Channel 4 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15948851/ Someone's 4th of July holiday weekend just got a lot better. A Powerball ticket worth 85-million dollars is waiting to be claimed by an Oklahoman. An Oklahoma lottery ticket won the nearly 85-million... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15947312/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:01:44 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15947312/ A teenager was rescued Thursday morning, several minutes after he apparently fell from the pedestrian bridge into the Arkansas River. It happened shortly before 11 o'clock at the pedestrian bridge, l... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15947314/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:01:44 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15947314/ The Tulsa County Sheriff's Office is backing off its recommendation that three dogs that are part of a bestiality case should be destroyed. Tulsa County residents Donald Roy Seigfried and Diane Wha... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15947311/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:01:43 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15947311/ A teenage boy is in critical condition after an accident Wednesday night.Police say the boy was driving a motor scooter when he ran a stop sign in North Tulsa.That's when he hit a car coming through t... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15948257/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:31:41 -0400 KJRH 2 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15948257/ FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - An interest rate hike in the 15-nation euro zone. The European Central Bank today raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point -- to 4.25% -- in an effor... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15945771/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:18:10 -0400 News Channel 4 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15945771/ WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of newly laid off people signing up for unemployment insurance rose sharply last week. The Labor Department, in a new report Thursday, says new applications jumped by 16,... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15945772/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:18:08 -0400 News Channel 4 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15945772/ By The Associated Press CARLISLE, Pa. -- Pennsylvania authorities have identified an Oklahoma man who died from an accident while riding an inner tube down a creek. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15943074/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:29:15 -0400 News OK http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15943074/ had been there already. He was sentenced to death in 2003 after being convicted of killing a 73-year-old Choctaw man after the man refused to loan him $50. An appeals court overturned that sentence in... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15943073/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:28:07 -0400 News OK http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15943073/ Two people are hospitalized after a meth lab causes a garage fire.Tulsa police say around 1 a.m. Thursday, a detached garage caught fire in the 2100 block of E. 46th Street North.Two people inside the... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15945027/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:49:42 -0400 KJRH 2 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15945027/ "Given the lead times associated with any franchise acquisition or relocation and with a construction project as complex as a KeyArena renovation, authorization of the public funding needs to occur by... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15938590/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:49:56 -0400 Associated Press http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15938590/ is pulling out of a race for the state House District 23 seat because of health issues that are preventing her from being as active as she'd like, she said. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15937702/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:12:40 -0400 News OK http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15937702/ OKLAHOMA CITY -- Police are warning people that hackers have been able to access ATM personal identification numbers without having to get anywhere near a cash machine.For more than a year, thieves ha... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15938014/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:54:09 -0400 5 Channel Oklahoma http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15938014/ Bricktown district.He says that first game will be a historic event for the city. The Sonics will be the first major professional team to have a permanent presence in the state. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15936772/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:06:36 -0400 Examiner http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15936772/ Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce , said that agency will work with the Sonics to smooth the team's transition.The New Orleans Hornets spent two seasons in Oklahoma City after that franchise w... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15936771/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:06:38 -0400 Examiner http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15936771/ State Rep. Laid To Rest Hyman, 56, was working on his farm in southern Oklahoma when a tractor lunged forward and knocked him down. He was the first Oklahoma state lawmaker to die in office in four de... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15935356/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:08:18 -0400 5 Channel Oklahoma http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15935356/ PHOENIX -- Former Oklahoma standout Longar Longar wasn't taken in the NBA draft last week, but the Harlem Globetrotters are interested. The iconic exhibition team selected Georgetown forward Patrick E... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15935355/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:08:17 -0400 5 Channel Oklahoma http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15935355/ It doesn't have to be a holiday for the waters to be dangerous.In fact, the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality is warning people about warm stagnant water.That's where you can find certain h... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15937021/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:49:42 -0400 KJRH 2 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15937021/ When was the last time there was an Internet video starring a big time athlete that wasn't something self aggrandizing, private, awful or just plain stupid? Meet Shan ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15934084/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:13:42 -0400 Examiner http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15934084/ WESTWEGO, La. (AP) -- Chris Paul left the New Orleans Hornets training center on Wednesday afternoon without a new contract extension in place, but his agent remained optimistic the deal would be comp... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15933149/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:12:00 -0400 Associated Press http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15933149/ By The Associated Press Parts of Oklahoma will see an increased chance of showers and thunderstorms on Thursday as a storm system inches southward toward the state. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15931920/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:28:35 -0400 News OK http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15931920/ NEW YORK - Shares of Tulsa-based Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group have taken a tumble. Shares plunged $1.49, or 26%, to $4.21 in morning trading today and reached an all-time low of $4.18. The drop cam... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15932502/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:21:17 -0400 News Channel 4 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15932502/ OKLAHOMA CITY -- Now that gas stations in Oklahoma are required to post the ethanol content of their gasoline, drivers can choose whether to use ethanol blended fuel.Chemistry professor John Nail said... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15932281/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:12:16 -0400 5 Channel Oklahoma http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15932281/ There's no doubt that kids love the pool, especially during summertime. But having a pool isn't always fun and games. A Wagoner county toddler almost drowned after wandering out the front door of h... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15929463/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:32:55 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15929463/ BOK Financial Corporation has filed information with the Securities and Exchange Commission indicating the company expects a second-quarter credit loss provision of between $30 million and $35 million... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15929464/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:32:56 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15929464/ OKLAHOMA CITY -- Two men have been charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping in the June 25 death of a woman who was abducted and set on fire. Quintez Deshawn Thomas and Lynn Shimon Hurley are a... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15929487/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:23:23 -0400 5 Channel Oklahoma http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15929487/ OKLAHOMA CITY -- Officials with the city of Seattle and the Seattle Sonics have reached an agreement, according to the judge who presided over their lawsuit.In a one-sentence issuance, Judge Marsha Pe... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15929486/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:23:22 -0400 5 Channel Oklahoma http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15929486/ SEATTLE -- The owner of the Seattle Supersonics NBA team will hold a news conference at 7 p.m. in Oklahoma City, presumably a reaction to Judge Marsha Pechman's decision in a court case between the te... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15929485/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:23:21 -0400 5 Channel Oklahoma http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15929485/ Nearly 7 months after the December ice storm, some parts of Green Country are still littered with tree limb debris.Neighbors in Osage county, along Wild Mountain Road, say they are tired of waiting fo... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15931099/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:02:59 -0400 KJRH 2 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15931099/ A long-time teacher and superintendent of the Midwest City-Del City School District will be laid to rest today. "Babe" Eubanks died Saturday night in his sleep. He was 86. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15927075/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:45:49 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15927075/ ARDMORE, Okla. (AP) -- A flower company will close its Ardmore call center on Sept. 1 because it can't find enough local employees during peak holiday periods. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15926563/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:43:14 -0400 Associated Press http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15926563/ STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) -- An Oklahoma State University football player is facing charges of being in a Stillwater bar with another player's driver's license. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15926562/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:43:13 -0400 Associated Press http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15926562/ A Washington County woman is seeking $125,000 in damages from the city of Bartlesville after a police officer shot and killed her dog. Sirena Ortiz claims in her lawsuit that officer Troy Newell sh... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15927067/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:45:52 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15927067/ Those planning to hit Oklahoma lakes and rivers for the July 4th holiday should take precautions. The state Department of Environmental Quality issued an advisory this week urging people to practic... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15927073/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:45:52 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15927073/ A Lawton woman is arrested after police say she tried to smuggle marijuana into a prison. Police say they arrested 46-year-old Sabrina Perez Monday on a complaint of possessing a controlled substan... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15927068/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:45:55 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15927068/ An Oklahoma County judge will decide later this month whether Oklahoma County Commissioner Brent Rinehart should stand trial on felony campaign finance charges. Attorneys for Rinehart, former campa... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15927074/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:45:51 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15927074/ The state's two largest universities have announced their fundraising totals from a recent push for donations for endowed chairs. Oklahoma State University says that in the last six weeks, it has r... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15927071/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:45:59 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15927071/ DALLAS (AP) - Job cuts could be coming to American Airlines. The nation's largest carrier says it could cut 900 flight attendant jobs as it reduces flights to cope with record high fuel costs. Americ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15925767/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:52:08 -0400 News Channel 4 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15925767/ OKLAHOMA CITY -- A judge is hours away from deciding whether the Seattle SuperSonics can move to Oklahoma City next season.Judge Marsha Pechman is expected to issue her ruling in City of Seattle v. Pr... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15925483/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:43:59 -0400 5 Channel Oklahoma http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15925483/ OKLAHOMA CITY -- Police said they've discovered about 100 pounds of marijuana in the apartment of a man who was shot to death in northwest Oklahoma City. Police say 33-year-old Charles Crump was found... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15925481/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:43:56 -0400 5 Channel Oklahoma http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15925481/ Dog lovers in Tulsa will soon be able to let their pooches roam free in a Tulsa park. The city's Park and Recreation Board yesterday approved converting an unused city-owned baseball field into an ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15921906/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:36:16 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15921906/ WHITE HOUSE (AP) - President Bush says Congress has to accept some of the blame for rising gas prices. Speaking at a Rose garden news conference, Bush says lawmakers continue to block his proposals -... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15922134/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:34:53 -0400 News Channel 4 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15922134/ Police are looking for a man who robbed a Tulsa store overnight and they say it's not the first time he's robbed the store chain. Officers say the man walked into the Walgreen's at 15th and Lewis and... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15921908/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:36:18 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15921908/ OKLAHOMA CITY -- One person was injured during a police pursuit that ended with a crash.The chase started at about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, and it ended in Memorial Park at the intersection of NW 35th Stree... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15921940/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:26:25 -0400 5 Channel Oklahoma http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15921940/ At Least 1 Dead In Semi Crash Two semitrailers collided on State Highway 17, four miles west of Rush Springs, at about 9:30 a.m., said Oklahoma Highway Patrol spokesman Lt. Chris West. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15921939/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:26:24 -0400 5 Channel Oklahoma http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15921939/ An Oklahoma City man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing his girlfriend in 2006. A jury handed down the sentence Tuesday for 47-year-old Charleston Evans Stokes. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15919622/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:02:35 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15919622/ Former University of Oklahoma tight end Adrian Cooper is accused of assaulting a fellow inmate at a federal prison in El Reno. Cooper was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Oklahoma City.... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15919621/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:02:35 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15919621/ Authorities say an Anadarko man who sustained serious head and internal injuries in a fatal accident last month has died. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says Roger Bruce Birch Jr. died Tuesday at OU ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15919628/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:02:31 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15919628/ A Sentinel-based bank accused of discriminating against female employees and firing a longtime worker for complaining about the practice is being sued by a federal agency. The U.S. Equal Employmen... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15919626/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:02:29 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15919626/ A study released today indicates that Oklahoma is making progress in reading and math achievement in grade schools but needs to increase its number of college graduates. State Education Department... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15919624/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:02:28 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15919624/ Oklahoma City police are investigating the shooting death of a man inside an apartment on city's northwest side. Police say the man's girlfriend called authorities about 1 p.m. Tuesday when she ca... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15919627/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:02:30 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15919627/ Background The Supreme Court instructed the trial court to conduct a hearing after notifying the parties and the state attorney general's office. The divorce was filed in court papers as being between... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15917749/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:18:31 -0400 News OK http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15917749/ WASHINGTON (AP) - Orders to U.S. factories turned in the weakest performance in three months in May, reflecting slumping demand for autos, heavy machinery and steel. The Commerce Department reported ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15918439/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:11:48 -0400 News Channel 4 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15918439/ SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft is going to sell its Office programs to consumers on a subscription basis starting later this month. The idea is to attract thrifty PC buyers who would otherwise pass on prod... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15918438/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:11:46 -0400 News Channel 4 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15918438/ Tulsa police say an armed robbery of a Tulsa drug store may be the work of a serial criminal.Just before 2 a.m. Wednesday, a man walked into a Walgreens drug store at 15th and Lewis with a handgun.He ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15920883/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:40:47 -0400 KJRH 2 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15920883/ TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- The board that oversees the Tulsa State Fair has fired Expo Square's president and chief operating officer and suspended the fairgrounds' comptroller over rent left unpaid by a bi... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15915382/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:51:12 -0400 Associated Press http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15915382/ Banks said two groups of walkers set out from San Francisco and split up - the southern delegation passing through states like Texas, Alabama and Tennessee, while the northern group has walked through... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15909935/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:13:54 -0400 Associated Press http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15909935/ OKLAHOMA CITY -- Days after two Oklahoma foster children died in separate incidents and in the face of a lawsuit filed against the state agency, a Department of Human Services spokesman said Tuesday t... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15906987/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:11:49 -0400 5 Channel Oklahoma http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15906987/ A mental competency test is being ordered for a man convicted of killing an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper in the day after Christmas in 2003. Ricky Malone was convicted and sentenced to death for... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15904839/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:31:26 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15904839/ A new report shows burying all of Oklahoma's power lines would cost the average consumer about $260 each month for the next 30 years. The study began earlier this year after a December ice storm le... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15904841/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:31:25 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15904841/ A Midwest City grandmother is facing up to 10 years in prison for allegedly taking money and a motorcycle in what prosecutors described as a bribery scheme involving her daughter. Jacqueline Fankha... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15904843/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:31:24 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15904843/ More than two dozen race horses confiscated during a raid at an illegal horse track in southern Oklahoma will go on the auction block later this month. Twenty-nine horses, along with trailers, tack... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15904844/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:31:23 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15904844/ Lawton police are investigating the strangulation death of a woman's dog on the city's northwest side. The woman told police she arrived home Monday and found someone had tied zip ties around the n... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15904845/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:31:22 -0400 News Channel 8 http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84aeba5e9b6e1230/id/15904845/