News to Know (9/14/21)
JOPLIN, Mo. - Joplin police and the Joplin SWAT team respond to an armed person at the Joplin-Webb City industrial park. JPD received a call of an armed person at a former…
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Afton man killed in crash near Fairland
An Afton man is dead following a crash in Ottawa county.
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KOAM News to Know (9/6/21)
TRENTON, N.J. - The death total from Hurricane Ida continues to rise, with 68 confirmed deaths and several still missing. More than 600-thousand homes remain without power. This comes as President Biden…
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News to Know (8/27/21)
KABUL, Afghanistan - Evacuation flights from Afghanistan resume, a day after two suicide bombings targeted the thousands of desperate people fleeing the Taliban takeover. Now the U.S. says further attempted attacks are…
Ottawa County man accused of assault during Capitol breach
The U.S. Attorney's Office accuses a northeast Oklahoma man of assaulting a photographer in the breach of the U.S. Capitol on January 6.
News to Know (8/25/21)
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt files a lawsuit seeking to stop school districts from enforcing mask mandates and requirements aimed at slowing the spread of covid-19. The lawsuit names…
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News to Know (8/24/21)
JOPLIN, Mo. - State numbers show the city of Joplin is out-pacing other cities in the state when it comes to vaccination numbers, becoming the first to hit 50 percent fully vaccinated.…
1 million dollar donation proposed to enhance NEO's nursing program
MIAMI, Okla. –Nursing shortages have been ongoing in the…
News to Know (8/16/21)
QUAPAW, Okla. - The OSBI offers a $10,000 reward for anyone who can give them information to help solve a 47-year-old cold case. In 1974 Tina Mae Duffell was found dead in…
OSBI offers reward in 1974 cold case
Oklahoma authorities offer a reward for information that can help agents in the 1974 murder of Tina Mae Duffell.
Oklahoma man faces trial in killing of 6, including 5 kids
A Muskogee man accused of killing his brother and five children will stand trial.
KOAM News to Know (8/12/21)
KABUL, Afghanistan - The Taliban is threatening to seize Afghanistan's capital less than three weeks before U-S troops leave the country. The group already controls roughly two-thirds of the nation's provinces. Despite…
KOAM News to Know (8/9/21)
ATLANTA, Ga. - Covid cases and hospitalizations continue to surge across the country...despite half of Americans being fully vaccinated. The U.S. is now reporting an average 100-thousand infections per day, up…
Oklahoma AG: overturn McGirt ruling affecting major crimes jurisdiction
The Oklahoma Attorney General wants the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn or limit the McGirt decision. The ruling held the state does not have jurisdiction to prosecute major crimes involving Native Americans in a large portion of eastern Oklahoma.
More than 150,000 more Oklahomans now qualified for Medicaid
State health officials say more than 150,000 Oklahomans have qualified for Medicaid under an expansion of the program approved by voters.
Fatal crash in Delaware County, name not yet released
Troopers investigate a single-vehicle, fatal crash in Delaware County, Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Democrats want governor to issue emergency order
Some Oklahoma Democrats in the House of Representatives want the governor to reinstate an emergency declaration.
KOAM News to Know (7/27/21)
MCDONALD COUNTY, Mo. - Authorities in McDonald County arrest all three inmates who escaped from the McDonald County Detention Center Saturday. Sheriff Rob Evenson says David Molina, Carmelo Burgos, and Shun'Tavion Thomas…
News to Know (7/26/21)
WASHINGTONG, D.C. - In Washington this week, a house committee will begin investigating the deadly January 6th assault on the U.S. Capitol. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday appointed a second Republican,…
Double fatal crash in northeast Oklahoma
An early morning head-on crash in northeast Oklahoma claims the life of two people.
Northeastern Oklahoma seeing record surge of Covid-19 patients
OTTAWA COUNTY & DELAWARE COUNTY, Okla. –"We are seeing a resurgence of covid cases, in fact between Ottawa and Delaware counties, over the last two weeks…
Oklahoma sues federal agency over coal mining oversight
Oklahoma is suing the U.S. Dept. of the Interior over the federal agency's plan to strip Oklahoma of its jurisdiction to regulate coal mining on tribal reservations.
Tulsa man admits allowing children to die in hot vehicle
A Tulsa man has pleaded guilty to allowing his 4-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son to die of heat exposure in his pickup truck.
News to Know (7/2/21)
SURFSIDE, Fl. - Rescue efforts resumed at the partially-collapsed condo site in Surfside, Florida. The search was halted for more than 15-hours yesterday over safety concerns. President Biden visited Surfside, meeting with…
