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2/4/2012
Kevin Durant scored 36 points and hit the tiebreaking 3-pointer in the final minute to lift the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 101-94 victory against the Memphis Grizzlies last night in a rematch of their epic Western Conference playoff series
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2/4/2012
Oklahoma's commissioner of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services has been named the interim director of the state's Department of Human Services. The Oklahoma Commission for Human Services voted yesterday to name Terri White the interim DHS director until a permanent director is hired.
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2/3/2012
A Coyle teacher and her husband are facing child neglect and drug charges after a marijuana pipe is found in their baby's diaper. Jessica and Jesse Renaker were arrested yesterday when deputies went to their home to check on the child's welfare. The DHS contacted the Logan County Sheriff's office when the baby showed up to the Guthrie Head Start program with the pipe tucked in its diaper.
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2/3/2012
One man is in custody following what officials are calling the largest meth bust in state history. Twenty-year-old James Coon was charged yesterday with 123 counts including manufacturing a controlled dangerous substance within two-thousand feet of a child care facility. Payne County Sheriff's deputies found 119 one-pot meth labs in a home and trailer across the street from a Perkins daycare center.
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2/3/2012
A five-thousand-dollar stipend for teachers who obtain National Board Certification will be restored if Senator John Ford of Bartlesville gets his way. Ford is the chairman of the Senate Education Committee. He said ensuring teachers get what was promised to them is his top priority of the legislative session that begins Monday. The stipend was cut last year due to budget constraints.
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2/3/2012
One block of Walker Avenue from Reno Avenue to Sheridan Avenue in downtown Oklahoma City will convert from one way to two way on Monday, Feb. 6.
Over time, the rest of Walker and other downtown streets will transition to two way traffic. The change is geared to improve traffic flow and provide easier access to downtown businesses.
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2/3/2012
Oklahoma has the highest hepatitis A vaccination rate in the country for teenagers. So finds the journal Pediatrics last month. About 85 percent of teenagers 13 through 17 years of age have completed the two-dose series of hepatitis A vaccine. This compares to the national rate of 29.5 percent. State Health Commissioner Dr. Terry Cline credits the successful implementation of school and child care hepatitis A vaccine requirements initiated during the 1998 to 1999 school year. The epidemic peaked in 1996 with 2500 cases in Oklahoma compared to 3 cases last year in the state.
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2/3/2012
Governor Mary Fallin wants two tribal leaders to dismiss their lawsuit against the state over tribal water rights in southeastern Oklahoma. Fallin sending a letter to Chief Greg Pyle of the Choctaw Nation and Governor Bill Anoatubby of the Chickasaw Nation. Fallin asks them to allow an ongoing mediation process to resolve disputes between the state and the tribes.
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2/3/2012
Triple A Oklahoma is offering its Tipsy Tow Service for the Super Bowl beginining at 4 pm this Sunday and ending 2 am Monday. Call AAA toll-free at 1-800-AAA-HELP (1-800-222-4357). Tipsy Tow will be available in metro Oklahoma City and Tulsa as well as in Lawton, Muskogee, Bartlesville, Shawnee and Enid. The free community service provides a one-way ride for the driver, one passenger and their vehicle at no cost for up to 15 miles.
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2/3/2012
Oklahoma House Speaker Kris Steele says he supports an initiative to require the Oklahoma Legislature to be subject to the requirements of the state's Open Meetings Act. The Shawnee Republican says that the time has come for a similar law to apply to the Legislature.
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