Former Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will stop in Norman as part of her national book tour.

State health officials say the swine flu vaccine is now available to all Oklahomans.

A recently married, 22-year-old soldier from southwest Oklahoma was one of the 13 people killed in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, his mother said Friday.

The Oklahoma State Department of Health says the number of deaths in the state associated with the swine flu has increased.

When President Barack Obama sits down with tribal leaders in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Eastern Shawnee Tribal Chief Glenna J. Wallace will be there to represent the concerns of her people.

U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin is engaged and plans to marry an attorney from Edmond, her office confirmed on Thursday.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says there will be no disciplinary action against a trooper seen in a television news video punching a man in the back as the man lay face down while being arrested.

Troy N. Smith, founder of Sonic drive-in restaurants and long-time Shawnee philanthropist, has died in Oklahoma City after a short illness. He was 87.
Between 1948 and 1953, Smith ran a series of restaurants in Shawnee, eventually opening the Top Hat root beer stand, where he developed many of the concepts that would make Sonic successful.

The Carter County Health Department is confirming the death of a child due to medical complications related to swine flu.

Department of Public Safety officials report a decrease in traffic fatalities for the month of September, 2009.
Fatalities were down by 15 in September with a total of 41 compared to 56 in the same month last year.

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation Safe Routes to School Program sponsored the 13th annual International Walk to School Day Oct. 7.

An Oklahoma company will assemble and sell all-electric, street-legal low-speed vehicles manufactured by an Atlanta-based company.

The U.S. Census Bureau says 14 percent of Oklahomans lacked health insurance in 2008, down nearly a percentage point from 2007.

Members of a state House committee say they're concerned about a rise in the number of returning military veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder — or PTSD.

A state health official says she expects Oklahoma to be one of the first states to get the brunt of the swine flu this year.

Sonic Corp. has named a new president of its restaurant operating subsidiary, Sonic Restaurants, Inc.

A Harrah woman has pleaded guilty to embezzling about $400,000 in life insurance funds intended for the son of a soldier who was killed in Iraq.

A state lawmaker plans to file legislation next year to impose life in prison or the death penalty on repeat child molesters.

A new report shows 121 children died in Oklahoma as a result of accidents in 2008.

State Rep. Ken Miller is dropping out of the race to replace House Speaker Chris Benge and is endorsing his rival for the job, Rep. Kris Steele.