Oklahoma News

OKLAHOMA CITY a ' The University of Oklahoma's plan to power its Norman campus with wind energy was approved Wednesday by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.

Gov. Brad Henry and First Lady Kim Henry will be joined by schoolchildren from across the state for the annual lighting of the State Capitol Christmas tree.

Oklahoma Wesleyan has tied an NAIA Division II men's basketball record with its 27th consecutive win.

A former Marine has been arraigned on six counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of four people whose bodies were found in a burning home, including a prostitute featured on the HBO reality series "Cathouse." David Tyner appeared Monday morning by video before Oklahoma County Special Judge Russell Hall, who denied bail.

The first seven members of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Hall of Fame have been selected.

For the first time, AAA's popular Tipsy Tow service over the Thanksgiving holiday - from 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov.

A preliminary autopsy report for a prostitute featured on the HBO reality series "Cathouse" shows that she was shot, stabbed and slashed multiple times.

Nov. 21--The final piece of steel was lifted high and placed on the uppermost tip of the building on the University of Oklahoma campus Thursday.

The offices of Oklahoma's governor and lieutenant governor were temporarily evacuated Monday after a man threw a package onto an X-ray machine at a security checkpoint on the east side of the state Capitol.

In this May 8, 2007 file photo, Dr. Jay Chapman holds a human skull from Nepal that has been hand decorated with silver at his home in Napa, Calif .

U.S. Congressman Dan Boren voted to provide local firefighters with the tools and resources they need to prevent and fight fires, and to continue keeping communities safe.

Corrections officials say several inmates were hurt after disturbances erupted at three prisons in Oklahoma.

More investigators are joining the fight against Internet predators thanks to federal stimulus dollars.

About $10,000 worth of jewelry was stolen from one of four people found shot to death last week inside a burning home in Oklahoma City, police said Thursday.

An attorney for an Oklahoma man accused of hiring his handyman to kill a Fargo, N.D., dentist says his client plans to waive extradition and return to North Dakota.

The American Automobile Association predicts Thanksgiving travel among Oklahomans will be up about 7.5 percent this year.

WOODWARD a ' More than 40 whooping cranes have been spotted on or around the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge during the past week.

A public employees' group has lodged a complaint against the governing board of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, alleging a violation of the state's Open Meeting Act.

Brad Henry to call a special session of the Legislature for December. Henry, a Democrat, had suggested earlier this week that a January special session might be possible to deal with the state's ongoing budget issues, after the state Board of Equalization releases revenue estimates on Dec.

A federal judge scolded the 30-some attorneys on Oklahoma's pollution case against the Arkansas poultry industry Thursday, accusing them of bombarding him with "thousands" of documents as the bench trial dragged into its 25th day.