All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 12 2014 // May 20, 2014, marks the one-year anniversary of the deadly tornado outbreak in Moore, Oklahoma, which contributed to the state’s designation as the site of the costliest U.S. natural disasters in 2013, according to...
May 8 2014 // A stubborn wildfire that has killed one person and destroyed at least 10 homes continued to burn north of Oklahoma City on as investigators narrowed down the cause of the blaze.The wildfire in rural Logan County has...
May 8 2014 // Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe says Pulaski, Randolph and White counties have been declared federal disasters and people with storm damage are eligible for individual assistance. Faulkner County, where most of the 15 who died...
May 7 2014 // The rate of earthquakes in Oklahoma has increased by about 50 percent since October 2013, significantly increasing the chance for a damaging quake in the central part of the state, federal and state agencies said.The U.S....
May 6 2014 // Firefighters facing another hot and windy forecast worked on May 5 to battle a large wildfire in central Oklahoma that destroyed at least six homes and left one person dead after a controlled burn spread out of control.The...
May 5 2014 // New research suggests the sharpest earthquake to strike Oklahoma may have been triggered in part by wastewater injection – which, if true, would make the 2011 temblor the strongest ever linked to disposal practices...
May 5 2014 // The transition of Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system from a court-based system to an administrative one became effective Feb. 1, a change that proponents say will lower costs and help make the state more...
Apr 30 2014 // The National Weather Service in Tulsa, Oklahoma says the EF2 tornado that killed one person in Quapaw earlier this week started at 5:29 p.m. Sunday, April 27 about 3 miles southwest of Quapaw. The tornado packing maximum...
Apr 29 2014 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group has launched an Oklahoma Option Employers Indemnity policy.The new coverage, offered through its Employer’s Comp Associates (ECA) Division, is available to any...
Apr 28 2014 // Arkansas, Oklahoma and parts of the Midwest were pounded over the weekend by deadly tornado-producing storms that touched down in seven states. As many as 30 tornadoes have been reported, half of which touched down in...
Apr 24 2014 // Safety National Casualty Corp. has introduced Oklahoma Elect, an employers’ excess indemnity policy that provides excess coverage over an occupational injury benefit plan, as well as excess employers’ liability...
Apr 16 2014 // Tornadoes that hit the South Central states of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas over the past weekend caused minimal damage but with them Oklahoma saw the end of its eight-month twister-less streak.Surveys by National Weather...
Apr 15 2014 // The U.S. House of Representatives in early April passed a bill sponsored by an Oklahoma congressman that would enable development of technology for improving weather forecasting and predicting.Rep. Jim Bridenstine of...
Apr 14 2014 // Oklahoma hasn’t had a tornado or a tornado warning for more than eight months, though it is doubtful Oklahoma will be able to match its longest streak ever without a twister.Things have been unusually quiet through...
Apr 14 2014 // Legislation creating rules for unregulated rideshare companies such as Uber, Lyft and Sidecar is moving through the Illinois Legislature.House lawmakers voted to put regulations on commercial ridesharing with an 80-26...
Apr 11 2014 // No injuries or damage were reported after a series of earthquakes rattled central Oklahoma overnight, including a 4.1-magnitude temblor that woke many residents near Guthrie. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded four...
Apr 10 2014 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) announced the formation of a new captive insurer and the redomestication of two other captive entities have been approved under new rules adopted to implement Senate Bill (SB)...
Apr 10 2014 // The transition of Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system from a court-based system to an administrative one became effective Feb. 1, 2014, a change that proponents believe will lower costs and help make the...
Apr 9 2014 // Oklahoma, which has had 133 quakes of magnitude 2.5 or greater in the last 30 days, was rocked on April 7 by a 4.3 magnitude earthquake in the central part of the state, according to the Oklahoma Geological Survey.The...
Apr 7 2014 // Houston, Texas-based independent Insurance agency, Brady, Chapman, Holland & Associates Inc., elected Timothy J. Brady to senior vice president and equity partner.Prior to joining BCH, Brady gained experience in the...