Oklahoma Government News

News On 6 has gotten dozens of calls and emails across Green Country about finding photos and other documents from as far away as Shawnee.

Alli Christian, left, returns Jessica Wilkinson's dog Bella to her after finding her among the wreckage of Wilkinson's home shortly after a tornado struck near 156th street and Franklin Road on Sunday, May 19, 2013 in Norman, Okla.

A tornado that hit Oklahoma late Sunday did heavy damage to the town of Shawnee.

A severe storm system that is sweeping through the Midwest has generated tornadoes in Kansas, Oklahoma and Iowa and has left at least one person dead in Shawnee, Okla.

The State Emergency Operations Center is activated due to severe storms in the state.

A tornado watch has been issued for almost all of eastern Oklahoma until 11 p.m. Overnight thunderstorms on Saturday led to damage in Broken Arrow.

After an unusually quiet U.S. spring tornado season through the first half of May, it is trying to make up for lost time with multiple outbreaks of tornadoes possible through Tuesday.

Supporters of a plan to permit some grocery stores in Oklahoma's most populous counties to sell wine plan to launch a new petition drive to put the proposal to a statewide vote.

Despite calls by several Oklahoma legislators to address hundreds of millions of dollars in state tax credits and exemptions for businesses and industries, little has been done as another session approaches its end.

"It's frustrating and it hurts, you know, because you've got stuff you've got to do," Ella James said.

Gov. Mary Fallin is proposing a last-minute legislative change to the state's Insure Oklahoma program that would direct $50 million in state tobacco taxes to pay for more than 9,000 Oklahomans who are expected to lose their health insurance under the program.

Backers of a museum devoted to Oklahoma popular culture say they're still hopeful state lawmakers will approve $40 million to help build it.

An Oklahoma death row inmate scheduled to be executed next month plans to ask the state Pardon and Parole Board to commute his death sentence.

Unlike the small, clandestine labs we see in Oklahoma, Mexican meth is made in super labs, where they don't produce grams or pounds, but tons of meth.

The average price for a gallon of gasoline in Oklahoma City has jumped at least 34 cents over the past month while the national average has added less than a dime.

The Senate on Wednesday unanimously approved a resolution honoring U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange, Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Tom Colbert, Court of Criminal Appeals Judge David Lewis and Tulsa County District Court Judge Carlos Chappelle.

A Shawnee native who was 1 of the nation's first astronauts - Gordon Cooper - is being honored by the Oklahoma Senate.

"It was just for the fun of it," this young mother said. "I liked the effect of it and then I couldn't stop." Then Morgan started working at a doctor's office where she said she stole a prescription pad and forging her own prescriptions.

State and local authorities say they're searching for a missing Holdenville man who may be the victim of foul play.

A bill designed to make low-price retail events like "Black Friday" sales legal in Oklahoma has been approved by the Oklahoma Senate.