All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 27 2022 // A 60-ton crane being used to remove a video display board from a downtown Oklahoma City building toppled onto the building that houses several news offices, officials said.The crane’s operator suffered minor injuries...
Sep 23 2022 // A proposed state question on whether to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Oklahoma won’t appear on the November ballot, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, dealing a blow to Democrats who hoped the...
Sep 19 2022 // An appeals court ruling could mean the end of a federal lawsuit filed by the parents of a Black teenager who was naked and unarmed when he was shot and killed by suburban Oklahoma City police in 2019.Police said...
Sep 16 2022 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department issued a special notice to licensed Customer Service Representatives and Insurance Consultants last week regarding the automatic conversion of their licenses as Insurance...
Sep 14 2022 // An Oklahoma County inmate found dead in his jail cell over the weekend was a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the county alleging that in 2019, he and other inmates were tortured by jail employees who forced them to...
Sep 9 2022 // Civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of three transgender Oklahoma schoolchildren, arguing the state’s new law requiring students use only the bathroom of the sex listed on their birth certificate is...
Sep 2 2022 // The family of an Oklahoma police officer killed when a truck struck the motorcycle he was riding while on duty is suing the driver and his employer.The wrongful death lawsuit, dated last Friday, on behalf of Edmond Officer...
Sep 1 2022 // The Oklahoma Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to consider whether a question on legalizing recreational use of marijuana should appear on the ballot in November.Oklahomans for Sensible Marijuana Laws gathered enough...
Jul 12 2022 // An oilfield worker was killed last Thursday in an accident at a northwestern Oklahoma oil rig, officials said.In a statement, the Major County Sheriff’s Office says the accident was reported shortly before 9 a.m....
Jul 4 2022 // ResourceMFG, a national manufacturing specialty staffing company, violated federal law when it failed to refer an Oklahoma job applicant for employment because she was not born in the United States, the U.S. Equal...
Jun 30 2022 // Oklahoma officials have reached an opioid settlement with three drug companies that would bring more than $250 million to finance efforts to battle opioid addiction, state Attorney General John O’Connor has...
Jun 28 2022 // Porch Group’s Homeowners of America introduced service in Oklahoma. This is now HOA’s 18th state of operation. Porch Group is a Seattle-based vertical software company in the home services and insurance...
Jun 22 2022 // ResourceMFG, a national manufacturing specialty staffing company, violated federal law when it failed to refer an Oklahoma job applicant for employment because she was not born in the United States, the U.S. Equal...
Jun 20 2022 // Two Oklahoma attorneys were charged last week in an alleged medical marijuana scheme that allowed out-of-state growers to skirt the state’s law requiring marijuana businesses to be at least 75% owned by state...
Jun 20 2022 // Jerry Harwood couldn’t collect workers’ compensation benefits after he was paralyzed when he was struck by a car while trying to cross US Route 66 after leaving his workplace.But a split decision by the...
Jun 7 2022 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a lawsuit from an Oklahoma Goodwill branch seeking coverage for COVID-19 business income loss.Goodwill Industries of Oklahoma had sought to appeal its lawsuit against Philadelphia...
Jun 7 2022 // Johnson & Johnson acquired the assets of the wholesale brokerage & binding (WB&B) and managing general underwriting (MGU) units of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma-based Midlands Management Corporation.Midlands is a...
Jun 3 2022 // Jerry Harwood couldn’t collect workers’ compensation benefits after he was paralyzed when he was struck by a car while trying to cross US Route 66 after leaving his workplace.But a split decision by the...
Jun 2 2022 // AM Best has removed from under review with developing implications and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of “a-” (Excellent) of...
May 18 2022 // Oklahoma Heart Hospital South, LLC has paid $1,151,770.50 to settle civil claims stemming from allegations it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare, announced United States Attorney Robert J....