OKC fee should buy a ride, complete with sirens 2 hr ago | Add a comment If I pay for an ambulance ride, I’d better get an ambulance ride. The Oklahoma City council is considering whether to tack on an extra $3.65 a month to city water bills to pay for the...

EMSA service may be added to Oklahoma City water bills 22 hr ago | Comments 6 Oklahoma City Council members will decide this month whether to charge residential water customers for ambulance service. The proposal would likely cost each water customer $3.65 a month, unless...

Tulsa wreck kills one Thu, Nov 27, 2008 Tulsa wreck kills one TULSA — One person was killed and two injured when a pickup hit a metal divider on the northwest side of the Inner Dispersal Loop Thursday morning and rolled three...

Rough ride: Ambulance service continuing problem Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Add a comment Ambulance service and how to pay for it is a topic of discussion at the state and city levels. Many parts of rural Oklahoma aren’t covered by ambulance service because companies that run them...

BY THE NUMBERS Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Add a comment More than half the patients who seek treatment at OSU Medical Center can’t pay for their care. In 2007, the hospital treated 50,000 people. About 44,000 people began their medical treatment...

Ambulance proposal up for vote at Oklahoma City council Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Add a comment Ambulance proposal up for vote A proposal to charge each residential water customer in Oklahoma City $3.65 per month for ambulance service will come up for a final vote by the city council next...

Ambulances in rural Oklahoma turn to lawmakers Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Add a comment An advisory board Tuesday backed off a proposed rule change that could have further curtailed ambulance service in rural areas of Oklahoma, deciding instead to ask the Legislature for help. Betty...

Tulsa hospital’s fate debated Sun, Nov 23, 2008 | Add a comment A mix of public and private funds might be what it takes to keep the Oklahoma State Medical Center in Tulsa afloat, officials said. But finding that right mix seems to be a challenge for state...

Deer Creek gets FEMA grant Sat, Nov 22, 2008 | Add a comment The Deer Creek Fire Protection District has been awarded a $40,942 grant from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Assistance to Firefighters Grant will be used to upgrade personal...

Deer Creek fire district gets FEMA grant Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Add a comment The Deer Creek Fire Protection District has been awarded a $40,942 grant from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Assistance to Firefighters Grant will be used to upgrade personal...

Name released of man rescued from trench in Lawton; in serious condition Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Comments 1 LAWTON — Emergency crews have freed a 29-year-old man who became trapped when a trench collapsed about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday in Lawton, Comanche County spokesman Chris Killmer said. The man was...

Crews close to freeing Lawton man from collapsed trench Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Comments 1 LAWTON — Emergency crews are working this afternoon to free a 29-year-old man trapped when a trench collapsed in Lawton, Comanche County spokesman Chris Killmer said. Shortly before noon, a...

Oklahoma City bus wreck fault not determined Tue, Nov 18, 2008 Two students were taken to a local hospital to be evaluated at their mother’s insistence after a school bus and a car collided on the city’s northeast side Monday afternoon. The...

OKC school bus, car collide Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Add a comment Initial reports indicate no students were injured in an Oklahoma City Schools bus accident this afternoon near NE 10 and Bryant, officials said. Kathleen Kennedy, Oklahoma City Schools...

Oklahoma Briefs Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Add a comment OKLAHOMA CITY TWO DIE IN SHOOTINGS Two people died in shootings late Saturday and early Sunday in Oklahoma City, police Sgt. Daniel Stewart said. The victims’ names were not available...

Two dead in overnight Oklahoma City shootings Sun, Nov 16, 2008 Two people, including a 16-year-old boy, died in shootings late Saturday and early this morning in Oklahoma City, police Sgt. Daniel Stewart said. The victims’ names were not immediately...

IN BRIEF: Mom of dumped baby gets 10 years in St. Louis Sat, Nov 15, 2008 Mom of dumped baby gets 10 years ST. LOUIS — Jessica M. Phillips, 24, of Florissant, Mo., who placed her newborn baby in a garbage bin pleaded guilty Friday and was sentenced to 10 years in...

Children attacked by dogs in Tulsa County Wed, Nov 12, 2008 TULSA - A 20-month-old girl and a 4-year-old boy are hospitalized after being attacked by two pit bull dogs in Tulsa County. Emergency Medical Services Authority spokeswoman Tina Wells says the...

Help for their future Sun, Nov 9, 2008 | Add a comment More than half a million Oklahomans age 5 and older live with a disability that includes sensory, physical, mental and self-care disabilities. The high school dropout rate for students with...

EMSA serves as model Tue, Nov 4, 2008 | Comments 1 In 1978, when Tulsa launched the Emergency Medical Services Authority, some questioned whether it was a wise move. Now, 30 years later, EMSA serves both major metro areas in Oklahoma. It operates...