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  • Police Attribute Morning Wrecks On Highway 412 To Inattentive Driving

    Officer Craig Murray, of Tulsa Police, said it's an officer's discretion to write tickets for people not paying attention, but when they do, it's a $150 ...

  • Truck Wreck Damages Railroad Bridge Over Highway 169 In Tulsa

    TULSA, Oklahoma - A truck wreck on Highway 169 on the north side of Tulsa will affect rush-hour traffic Wednesday evening. The southbound truck was carrying a piece of construction equipment called a track hoe when the hoe's large boom hit the railroad bridge that crosses 169 near Pine. The impact heavily damaged the track hoe, knocking it off its trailer and disconnecting the trailer ...

  • Relay For Boston Marathon Bombing Victims Runs Through Tulsa

    TULSA, Oklahoma - A 3,300 mile non-stop relay to honor Boston passed through Tulsa Wednesday. One Run For Boston started in Los Angeles and will end in Boston. Proceeds are going to victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. Hundreds of runners across America are signing up to carry the baton for a stage of the relay. But participants say it's not about the run, it's about being apart ...

  • Tulsa Police Hit The Streets To Warn Businesses About Mail Fraud

    TULSA, Oklahoma - The new Financial Crimes Unit in Tulsa is already hard at work. Wednesday, they hand delivered letters to businesses, outlining ways to protect themselves from mail theft. This comes after a rise in thefts from unsecured business mailboxes. Police say thieves often forge checks stolen from mailboxes. A simple solution for businesses is to buy a more secure mailbox. ...

  • Tulsa Man Accused of Raping 14-Year-Old Girl

    Two new lawsuits have been filed in June against Tulsa oral surgeon Dr. Scott Harrington. He is accused of exposing thousands of patients to HIV and Hepatitis B and ...

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  • Fire destroys double-wide mobile home in Newalla

    The fire destroyed the structure located at 19700 Newsom Road, fire officials said. About 75 percent of the structure's contents were destroyed or damaged in the mid-afternoon ...

  • UPDATE I-40 reopened at Shields after fatal wreck

    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 ...

  • Texas-based Employee Solutions enters Oklahoma

    Plano, Texas-based Employee Solutions has entered Oklahoma with a three-person Tulsa staff working on-site for a 400-worker client. The firm intends to add a three- to four-person stand-alone Tulsa office within 60 to 90 ...

  • Senators demand tougher border security as part of any immigration reform

    WASHINGTON — Supporters of the Senate’s bipartisan immigration reform bill are getting momentum from a new report saying the plan eventually would greatly reduce the federal budget deficit. The report from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office says immigration reform would boost the economy and cut the deficit by $197-billion dollars over ten years as increased taxes offset ...

  • Health officials searching for those exposed to rabid dog at pet sale

    Sulphur rabid bluetick hound SULPHUR, OK — State Health officials are looking for individuals who may have been exposed to a rabid puppy sold at the Bivens Dog Trade in Sulphur, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) is looking for the seller of, as well as persons who purchased or had direct contact with, Bluetick/Walker Coonhound mix puppies that were sold at the ...

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