9 February 2012, 3:00 pm
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla (Reuters) - Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin granted a 30-day stay of execution on Thursday to a convicted murderer scheduled to be put to death next week so that state attorneys could study whether he should be granted clemency. Garry Thomas Allen, scheduled for lethal injection on... Read More »
9 February 2012, 2:51 pm
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's mental health commissioner is urging legislative budget writers to increase funding to treat the thousands of people who suffer from mental illness or substance abuse in the state. Terri White, commissioner of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse ... Read More »
9 February 2012, 10:21 am
GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum defended hydraulic fracturing in natural gas fields during an Oklahoma City appearance.... Read More »
9 February 2012, 9:50 am
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin's spokesman says Fallin plans to issue a 30-day reprieve to a death row inmate scheduled to die next week for the 1986 shooting death of the mother of his two children.... Read More »
9 February 2012, 9:09 am
The White House announced Thursday that Oklahoma is one of 10 states that will receive a waiver from federal requirements under the 10-year-old No Child Left Behind law.... Read More »
8 February 2012, 8:28 pm
An Oklahoma House panel approved a measure Wednesday to let voters decide whether to amend the state's constitution to protect officeholders from losing their jobs if they are called up for active duty in the military... Read More »
8 February 2012, 5:51 pm
American Indian Cultural Center: Oklahoma City likely will be asked to contribute millions of dollars toward completion of the American Indian Cultural Center as fundraisers attempt to cover an $80 million funding gap.... Read More »
8 February 2012, 5:00 am
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Oklahoma lawmakers are hoping to help quell the state's uninsured motorist problem with a bill that would allow police to pull over drivers simply because information ...... Read More »
6 February 2012, 10:06 pm
Baylor and Oklahoma have often played the most anticipated and best games in the Big 12 each season.... Read More »
6 February 2012, 5:14 pm
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (Reuters) - Oklahoma's Republican governor announced a plan on Monday to dramatically cut state income tax rates and eventually do away with them altogether, and said the state would pay for the cuts by closing "loopholes." Speaking to both houses of the state legislature... Read More »