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Federal shutdown delays Oklahoma road contracts

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January 11, 2019 5:17 AM

Oklahoma is delaying contracts for new road and bridge contracts because of uncertainty over federal funding for transportation projects amid the partial federal government shutdown. Transportation officials in Oklahoma this week announced plans to delay bids on 45 new highway projects worth about $137 million. Other states are preparing for that possibility if the shutdown continues, especially those that receive a large share of their highway money from the federal...

Economist predicts slowdown in Oklahoma's oil industry

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January 11, 2019 3:53 AM

An Oklahoma economist who studies the state's energy industry predicts a significant slowdown in the coming year as a result of falling crude oil prices. Dr. Russell Evans released his regular Energy Index report that shows the first energy industry decline in eight months. The index measures the state's oil and gas industry and is a joint project of researchers at Oklahoma City University and industry trade groups.

Oklahoma woman caught poaching because of dating app

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January 9, 2019 8:44 PM

An Oklahoma woman looking for love got more than she bargained for when she shared her exhilaration about illegally shooting a "bigo buck" on a dating app. She didn't know she was corresponding with a state game warden.

Oklahoma triple homicide home same as 2018 unsolved slaying

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January 8, 2019 12:30 PM

Oklahoma City police say a home where three people were found slain is the same home where a woman was found dead less than a year ago in a still unsolved homicide.

Oklahoma records no tornado deaths in 2018

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January 8, 2019 4:55 AM

The National Weather Service says no one was killed in a tornado in Oklahoma in 2018, the first time that the state has not recorded a tornado-related death since 2006.

KOAM Morning News to Know 1-4

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January 4, 2019 1:55 PM

The man accused of killing a three-year-old Carl Junction girl takes a plea deal. Plus all the news you need to know before you walk out the door.

Gunman fires into Oklahoma Taco Bell

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January 3, 2019 5:31 AM

Authorities in Oklahoma are looking for a man who fired a gun into a Taco Bell after he didn't get the sauce he wanted.

Toby Keith will perform at Oklahoma Governor's inaugural ball

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January 1, 2019 10:19 PM

Country music star and Oklahoma native Toby Keith will be among the performers at a series of events marking the inauguration of incoming Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt this month.

Oklahoma health rankings are down

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January 1, 2019 1:19 AM

However, fewer infants were born too small or died before reaching their first birthday in the last year.

Oklahoma State Treasurer getting early start

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December 28, 2018 1:18 AM

Oklahoma's newly elected State Treasurer Randy McDaniel is getting an early jump on his new job.

Heavy snow prompts highway closures in Oklahoma Panhandle

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December 27, 2018 6:20 PM

Heavy snow is prompting highway closures and traffic problems in the Oklahoma Panhandle.

Oklahoma's license-plate scanners flag 2,100 vehicles

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December 26, 2018 1:18 PM

A new program in Oklahoma that uses automatic license plate scanning technology to search for uninsured vehicles has identified about 2,100 possible violators in its first weeks of deployment.

Commission recommends overhaul of Oklahoma jobs tax credit

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December 24, 2018 1:44 PM

A state panel that reviews the performance of Oklahoma's economic tax incentives says three should be repealed and another with $557 million in liabilities should be overhauled.

Former Oklahoma gubernatorial candidate accused of trying to pay hit man

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December 19, 2018 5:36 AM

Federal prosecutors are accusing an ex-Oklahoma zookeeper and former gubernatorial candidate of trying to pay an FBI agent posing as a hit man with money from selling tigers.

Oklahoma expects $612 million surplus next year

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December 19, 2018 5:19 AM

Oklahoma's newly elected governor will outline how he plans to spend an expected surplus in his first executive budget that he will present to the Legislature in February.

Authorities probing inmate death at Oklahoma County jail

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December 19, 2018 1:25 AM

The inmates's cause of death will be determined by the state medical examiner.

"Armed and dangerous" suspect wanted in NE Oklahoma

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December 18, 2018 9:52 PM

The Adair County, Oklahoma Sheriff's Office is looking for Shawn Claude Rose. He's a suspect in a Monday evening shooting.

Disaster declaration sought for Oklahoma Counties

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December 18, 2018 5:38 AM

Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and the Cherokee Nation are asking the U.S. Small Business Administration for a disaster declaration for some northeastern Oklahoma residents affected by tornadoes, severe storms and strong winds on Nov. 30.

Oklahoma teacher accused of sex crime with a minor

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December 18, 2018 5:21 AM

School district officials in Oklahoma say they were "shocked and saddened" to learn a high school teacher has been arrested on allegations that he solicited sex with a minor. Fifty-three-year-old Charles David Heaverin, a social studies teacher at Santa Fe High School in Edmond, was arrested Monday and taken to the Oklahoma County jail on a charge of using technology to engage in sexual communication with a minor. A police report says the victim's father found messages and photos on a...

Saudi man who attended terrorist training pleads to fraud

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December 15, 2018 1:36 AM

The suspect admitted he lied to the FBI during its investigation of him.

Oklahoma's incoming governor meets with President Trump

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December 14, 2018 3:50 AM

Oklahoma's newly elected Republican governor is visiting President Donald Trump at the White House, with a dozen other governors-elect from both parties.

Girl with CP left for hours on Oklahoma school bus

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December 13, 2018 11:46 PM

An Oklahoma school bus driver and a bus monitor have been suspended after a 7-year-old girl with cerebral palsy was left alone on the bus for several hours.

6 of 7 Oklahoma flu deaths in northeast part of state

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December 13, 2018 11:45 PM

Oklahoma health officials say seven people have died from influenza during the current flu season and six of the deaths were in the northeastern part of the state.

Inmate dies at federal correctional institute in Oklahoma

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December 12, 2018 8:25 PM

The inmate was serving a 293-month sentence for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance

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Federal shutdown delays Oklahoma road contracts

Economist predicts slowdown in Oklahoma's oil industry

Oklahoma woman caught poaching because of dating app

Oklahoma triple homicide home same as 2018 unsolved slaying

Oklahoma records no tornado deaths in 2018

KOAM Morning News to Know 1-4

Gunman fires into Oklahoma Taco Bell

Toby Keith will perform at Oklahoma Governor's inaugural ball

Oklahoma health rankings are down

Oklahoma State Treasurer getting early start

Heavy snow prompts highway closures in Oklahoma Panhandle

Oklahoma's license-plate scanners flag 2,100 vehicles

Commission recommends overhaul of Oklahoma jobs tax credit

Former Oklahoma gubernatorial candidate accused of trying to pay hit man

Oklahoma expects $612 million surplus next year

Authorities probing inmate death at Oklahoma County jail

"Armed and dangerous" suspect wanted in NE Oklahoma

Disaster declaration sought for Oklahoma Counties

Oklahoma teacher accused of sex crime with a minor

Saudi man who attended terrorist training pleads to fraud

Oklahoma's incoming governor meets with President Trump

Girl with CP left for hours on Oklahoma school bus

6 of 7 Oklahoma flu deaths in northeast part of state

Inmate dies at federal correctional institute in Oklahoma

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