Tag: Oklahoma
Clemson No. 1, Alabama No. 2 in preseason coaches’ poll
Clemson is No. 1 in the USA Today preseason coaches' poll for the first time, followed by Alabama at No. 2.
Magnitude 4.4 earthquake shakes part of northern Oklahoma
The U.S. Geological Survey says a 4.4 magnitude earthquake shook parts of northern Oklahoma and neighboring Kansas.
Oklahoma governor angers gun and gay rights groups same day
Oklahoma's Republican Governor Mary Fallin vetoed a bill that would have allowed adults to carry handguns without a permit and signed another that permits religious organizations to exclude same sex couples from adoptions, managing to anger both gun and gay rights groups on the same day.
Walk-on to Heisman: Oklahoma’s Mayfield wins in landslide
Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield has won the Heisman Trophy, completing a climb from walk-on to one of the most accomplished players in the history of college football.
Oklahoma woman who married mother pleads guilty to incest
An Oklahoma woman who married her biological mother has pleaded guilty to incest.
Acquitted ex-Tulsa officer to work for sheriff’s office
Shelby was found not guilty in May of manslaughter in the September shooting death of Terence Crutcher as he stood near his SUV, which was stopped in the middle of a Tulsa street.
30 treated at St. Francis Hospital after tornado
St. Francis Hospital spokeswoman Lauren Landwerlin says about 30 people have been treated at the hospital's trauma center and three were admitted in "non-critical condition" after a tornado struck near midtown Tulsa.
Father finds hilarious way to surprise son at school
Video of an Oklahoma father picking up his teenage son from school has been viewed more than 15 million times on Facebook.
Acclaimed Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko dies in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Acclaimed Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, whose work focused on war atrocities and denounced anti-Semitism and tyrannical dictators, has died. He...