In a policy reversal, the Oklahoma National Guard will no longer process benefit requests from same-sex couples after being notified by Gov. Mary Fallin's office that doing so violates state law banning gay marriage.
“We have always strived to feature marquee non-conference opponents on the Oklahoma schedule,” said OU athletics director Joe Castiglione said in a statement.
In just 12 years, natural gas plant builder Thomas Russell Co. grew from a Tulsa startup to a $750 million company.
The incarceration rate in Oklahoma is among the highest in the nation with approximately 26,000 people behind bars at any given time.
The signature item is the Philly cheesesteak sandwich made with a uniquely American ingredient, Cheez Whiz, and the owners immigrated here from Philadelphia.
Rites held for Locust Grove woman who helped spot forest fires Situated atop the tallest hill in the area and rising 60 feet off the ground, Oma McCuistion's lookout ...
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Nora Yvetta Rudd Piguet Piguet Nora Yvetta Rudd Piguet went to be with her Lord and Savior on September 14, 2013 from her home ...
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In Memoriam: Audrey Arlene Aschan We know you and Stacy are together in Heaven with your friends, loved ones, and animals. We all look ...
Margaret Mason 87 of Tulsa, left this earth Saturday, September 14, 2013.
Carolyn Schoeffler Born September 4, 1951, went to be with the Lord, September 15, 2013.
Patricia Ann Cole Jones 61, of Mars Hill, NC, died Sunday, September 15, 2013 at John F. Keever Solace Center after a courageous ...
John "Allen" Gonzalez John “Allen” Gonzalez was born on September 20, 1972, to Johnny and Linda Gonzalez. On September 13, ...
Doris Irene Bucklew Doris Irene Bucklew, 84, of Tulsa, died Monday, September 16, 2013.
Mildred (Downey) Daniels Mildred (Downey) Daniels died on Tuesday, September 17, 2013, in Claremore, OK.
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Baby Veronica update: Both sides spend several hours in court Matt and Melanie Capobianco raised Veronica for the first two years of her life, but she has lived with ...
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Baby Veronica case: Parents return to court for third day Baby Veronica's two sets of parents returned at 9 a.m. Wednesday and left at 11:30. It's not clear whether ...
Health Department confirms patient contracted hepatitis C from Tulsa dentist office An investigation into a Tulsa dentist has revealed that one person contracted hepatitis C as a direct ...
Baby Veronica court proceeding continues Meeting for a second-straight day, Baby Veronica's competing sets of parents spent several hours at a ...
What looked like a rugged stretch for OU doesn't look as tough now with Notre Dame, TCU and Texas struggling About the time players reported for practice last month, this three-game stretch in Oklahoma's schedule ...
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Baby Veronica's parents meet in Tulsa court In the longest hearing yet since the custody battle moved to Oklahoma, Baby Veronica's two sets of parents ...
Tulsa Club owner Josh Barrett vows to remake historic building
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Oklahoma National Guard defies Pentagon on same-sex benefit requests In a policy reversal, the Oklahoma National Guard will no longer process benefit requests from same-sex ...
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Bodies found in Foss Lake may be teens who went missing in 1970s An anthropologist from the office has been at the lake and is returning there today to help gather three ...
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Investigative firm hired by OSU to look into SI allegations is the "gold standard" On Monday, Oklahoma State announced the hiring of Charles E. Smrt to lead an independent review of alleged ...
JIMMIE TRAMEL World Sports Writer
Death notices for September 17 Including Tulsa and northeastern Oklahoma.
Tom Gilbert: Budweiser's OK+ is headed for Oklahoma liquor stores Word has it that OK+ (in excess of 3.2) Budweiser is coming to a liquor store near you.
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Change in state lottery split again suggested Oklahoma Lottery Commission Executive Director Rollo Redburn on Tuesday sent up a trial balloon for ...
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Teen prostitute leaves shelter to return to street life A 15-year-old prostitute has left a Tulsa shelter and is back on the streets, saying she prefers the ...
SHEILA STOGSDILL World Correspondent
John E. Hoover: Artrell Woods' story is heartbreaking, but all stemmed from choices he made How can one not have sympathy for Artrell Woods?
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Latest Tulsa homicide likely related to drugs A man's body was found in a car early Monday in what Tulsa police say is the city's 43rd homicide of ...
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Oklahoma National Guard reverses stance on same-sex couple benefits Oklahoma now joins Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana as the only states that have publicly said they will ...
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Study: Oklahoma tops cuts to per-pupil spending since recession At 22.8 percent, Oklahoma has had the largest percentage cuts to per-pupil spending in the nation since ...
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13 killed in Washington shooting rampage A defense contractor employee went on a shooting rampage Monday inside a building at the heavily secured ...
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Analysis: Oklahomans' insurance rates average $143 to $673 under Affordable Care Act Health insurance rates offered by the state's largest insurer under the Affordable Care Act will average ...
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Oklahoma responds to ACLU lawsuit opposing Ten Commandments monument at Capitol The plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the Ten Commandments monument on the state Capitol grounds are ...
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White House pushes back on Putin's Syria op-ed The White House pushed back Thursday against Russian President Vladimir Putin for his opinion piece in ...
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