House Democratic Leader Danny Morgan and Republican state Rep. Lee Denney have received the Distinguished Service Award at the Oklahoma Career and Technology Education Summer Conference.

A coalition of Tulsa-area oilmen have helped increase to $160,000 the reward offered for information in the shooting deaths of two girls near the town of Weleetka last summer.

Two teenagers have been arrested on first-degree murder complaints after a man was found dead in the eastern Oklahoma town of Okemah.

TULSA (AP) — Athletic director Bubba Cunningham’s pursuit of more exposure for a rising Tulsa program has led him back to his alma mater, where he’s trying to put together a contract for the Golden Hurricane’s first ever game against Notre Dame.

A Pampa, Texas cowgirl, who won more than $2,100 during the first round of this week’s International Finals Youth Rodeo, has moved into the lead for the barrel racing championship.

A report from the Office of State Finance indicates that the 29 American Indian tribes that offer gaming contributed almost $106 million to state coffers during the just-completed fiscal year.

When the middle-of-nowhere town of Woodward invited George W. Bush to its Fourth of July celebration, no one really expected the former president to accept. But he did.

Now this community of 12,000 is scurrying to get ready for what some locals are calling the biggest thing ever to happen to Woodward, a place where cattle outnumber people.

State Rep. Sally Kern has launched a proclamation for morality at a state Capitol rally where she was heckled by protesters who urged her to "love they neighbor."

Power has been restored in Harrah after a severe thunderstorm moved through the area and left about 14,000 customers in the dark.

Norman police have released the names of three people killed when their car went out of control and crashed into a tree in northeast Norman.

Most of the 470 workers for an Oklahoma energy regulatory agency could receive furlough days starting next month.

Family and friends mourned a 2-year-old girl, whose death following an outing last week at a lake in southeast Oklahoma City is being investigated by police.
Sobs were heard all over the chapel Tuesday, but none louder than the mother of 2-year-old Allie Croom.

University of Oklahoma regents voted Wednesday to name a $20 million clinic planned for north Tulsa after former Sooner basketball star Wayman Tisdale.

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a $307,000 grant to the research division of the Oklahoma Historical Society as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. 
The grant will be used to digitize 100,000 pages of Oklahoma newspapers that will reflect the state’s political, cultural and economic history. The project is a partnership with the University of North Texas and the Oklahoma Press Association.

The importance of doing well on state tests has increased dramatically for high school students who will be sophomores in the fall.

Chesapeake Energy Corp. has acknowledged that it has laid off employees in Oklahoma City.

A Muskogee woman charged with a friend of killing and skinning a puppy told authorities she couldn't afford to keep the animal and planned to make a belt out of its hide.

An Ada man who shot and killed a woman in his home in November 2007 has been found not guilty by reason of insanity.

A spokesman for Gov. Brad Henry is defending how Oklahoma spent its federal stimulus dollars on education.

Oklahoma City police say a man told officers he was attacked for his bologna and cheese sandwich.