• Man who threatened sheriff, Gov. Fallin's child has lost 'everything'

    BY ANDREW KNITTLE aknittle@opubco.com | Updated: 4 hr ago

    Scott Neil Helling, 49, threatened the lives of Gov. Mary Fallin's child and several law enforcement officials in an email to a television station.

  • Oklahoma County Sheriff hits the streets and tweets all about it

    BY ROBERT MEDLEY Staff Writer rmedley@opubco.com | Updated: 3 hr ago

    A warrant sweep was all over Twitter on Wednesday. The Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office has one of the largest followings in the country for a sheriff's department

  • Vehicle, other items stolen from Bob Stoops' home early Wednesday

    FROM STAFF REPORTS | Published: Wed, Jun 19, 2013

    The home of University of Oklahoma football head coach Bob Stoops was burglarized early Wednesday while the family slept, police said.

  • One arrested in Edmond burglary

    FROM STAFF REPORTS | Published: Wed, Jun 19, 2013

    About 9:30 p.m., officers were called to a home on Craig Boulevard in the Westboro housing addition of Edmond after a 15-year-old girl reported someone was trying to break into the back of the house, police spokeswoman Jennifer Monroe said.

  • A man died Wednesday after being shot by an Oklahoma City police officer

    FROM STAFF REPORTS | Updated: 3 hr ago

    Police say the man shot at police with a rifle. Officers had arrived at the scene of a reported disturbance between two neighbors in northeast Oklahoma City on Wednesday, officials said.

  • Man killed by police at Midwest City store made mention of 'Illuminati' as he held girl, 2, at knife point

    BY JULIANA KEEPING jkeeping@opubco.com | Published: Wed, Jun 19, 2013

    Sammie Wallace died of a gunshot wound to the head, said Amy Elliott, a spokeswoman for the state medical examiner's office. Midwest City police Wednesday identified the officer who shot Wallace as 22-year police department member Capt. David Huff, a commander of the department's investigations unit.

  • Will Oklahomans get on board with new water toy?

    BY CARMEN FORMAN cforman@opubco.com | Published: Wed, Jun 19, 2013

    Management at David's Sport Center, 6301 NW 10, are still debating if they will sell the boards because each one comes with a nearly $6,000 price tag. They also are wary of stocking the boards because the technology is relatively new. If the store does decide to carry the boards, it would be the first Flyboard retailer in Oklahoma.

  • Teen charged with murder to be prosecuted as 'youthful offender,' judge rules

    By BILL BRAUN - For Tulsa World | Updated: 7 hr ago

    A Jenks teenager will be treated a “youthful offender” and not as an adult on a murder charge linked to a woman's fatal shooting in Jenks.

  • US tries saving Taliban talks after Karzai objects

    Updated: 8 hr ago

    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Hopes dimmed for talks aimed at ending the Afghan war when an angry President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday suspended security negotiations with the U.S. and scuttled a peace delegation to the Taliban, sending American officials scrambling to preserve the possibility of dialogue with the militants. What provoked the mercurial Karzai and infuriated many other Afghans was a move by the Taliban to cast their new office in the Gulf nation of Qatar as a rival embassy. The Taliban held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday in which they hoisted their flag and a banner with the name they used while in power more than a decade ago: "Political Office of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan." U.S.

  • Injury accident reported on Interstate 240

    FROM STAFF REPORTS | Published: Wed, Jun 19, 2013

    An accident on eastbound Interstate 240 near Shields Boulevard was reported. The vehicles involved were a tractor-trailer and a motorcycle, trooper Betsy Randolph said.

  • Edmonton Oilers, Dallas Stars to play 2013-14 preseason game in Oklahoma City

    FROM STAFF REPORTS | Published: Wed, Jun 19, 2013

    The NHL's Edmonton Oilers and Dallas Stars will face off in Oklahoma City for a 2013-14 preseason game. The game, announced Wednesday by the Oklahoma City Barons, will be Sept. 27 inside the Cox Convention Center. Oklahoma City opens its 38-game AHL home schedule with a weekend set of games October 4 and 5. In addition to the home opener, the Barons are scheduled to play at home Nov. 12, 15 and 16 and Dec. 20 and 21. The Barons annual Education Field Trip Day will be Nov. 12. Tickets for the Oilers vs. Stars, which is being called the NHL Showcase presented by Mercy, are included in all Barons full-season seat holder packages and will be available to partial plan holders and group leaders in the near future.

  • UPDATE: I-40 reopened at Shields after fatal wreck

    FROM STAFF REPORTS | Updated: 14 hr ago

    A fatality has been reported on Interstate 40 in south Oklahoma City. The eastbound lanes of I-40 at Shields Boulevard are open again after being closed for more than an hour.

  • Sen. Jim Inhofe: Now is not the time to reduce U.S. nukes

    BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Published: Wed, Jun 19, 2013

    Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe says now is not the time to reduce the country's nuclear arms forces around the globe.

  • More than 56K tons of debris cleared in Moore

    BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Published: Wed, Jun 19, 2013

    MOORE — More than 56,000 tons of debris has been removed from neighborhoods in Moore as the city reaches the one-month mark since a deadly tornado carved through the Oklahoma City suburb on May 20.

  • Crash on I-44 reported with injuries in northwest Oklahoma City

    FROM STAFF REPORTS | Updated: 18 hr ago

    Firefighters have responded to a crash involving four vehicles on Interstate 44 Wednesday. The crash is near NW 23

  • Jury recommends death for 2009 Cache slayings

    BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Published: Wed, Jun 19, 2013

    LAWTON — A jury has recommended a death sentence for an Oklahoma man convicted in the 2009 killings of a Comanche County couple.

  • Oklahoma City water wins first place in national taste test competition

    BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Published: Wed, Jun 19, 2013

    Oklahoma City's tap water has come in first place in a national taste test competition.

  • Sunny day in the 80s in central Oklahoma Wednesday

    FROM STAFF REPORTS | Published: Wed, Jun 19, 2013

    A sunny day is ahead Wednesday in central Oklahoma. Winds will gust up to 21 mph

  • Silver Alert issued for missing Idabel woman

    FROM STAFF REPORTS | Published: Wed, Jun 19, 2013

    Helen Kasony, 64, was last seen about 9:10 a.m. at the Walmart in Mena, Ark., on June 11, police said.

  • Cleveland County jury convicts man in accidental shooting death

    BY JANE GLENN CANNON jcannon@opubco.com | Updated: Tue, Jun 18, 2013

    A Cleveland County jury deliberated about four hours Tuesday before finding an Oklahoma City man guilty of first-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of an Oklahoma City woman.