Oklahoma Government News

Mike Gassaway is no stranger to an audience. But after years of pleading his cases to judges and juries across Oklahoma, Gassaway is starting over as an actor in Texas.

&#xD;&#xD;CARLISLE, Pa. -- Pennsylvania authorities have identified an Oklahoma man who died from an accident while riding an inner tube down a creek.&#xD;&#xD;He is 70-year-old Leon Clymer of Oklahoma City.&#xD;&#xD;Coroner Michael Norris says Clymer apparently became trapped by the force of the water flowing over a low-head dam in Tuesday night's accident on the Yellow Breeches Creek.&#xD;&#xD;Clymer was with a group attending the Messianic-Jewish Alliance of America conference at Messiah College. The tubing excursion wasn't organized by the college or the conference.&#xD;&#xD;Copyright 2008 The Associated Press.<br/>read more<br/>

Flags across Oklahoma are flying at half staff, as an Oklahoma lawmaker and educator is laid to rest.

Authorities are investigating fights at three Oklahoma prisons since Saturday that left nine inmates hospitalized with stab wounds and each prison on lockdown.

A Woodward minister, educator and former foster parent has been arrested on three counts of lewd molestation involving a girl under age 13.

More than a few eyebrows were raised ten years ago when Oklahoma schools began offering programs for four-year-olds. Critics said it was too early to put kids in schools and how much can a child that young ...

Oklahoma's multicounty grand jury has accused a waste tire hauler of fraud and racketeering.

With fuel costs soaring and Oklahomans struggling to keep up, the statewide campaign for a seat on the state agency that regulates utilities and the oil and natural gas industry is getting a lot of attention.

While Republicans have made inroads in the Oklahoma Legislature in recent years, Democratic Gov.

Cleveland County prosecutors have charged an employee of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections with first-degree rape for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a male inmate.

Why join? Find a problem with our new site? Tell us! News KRMG Local News OKLAHOMA CITY _ The Oklahoma Department of Human Services has closed a home day care that a Broken Arrow woman allegedly tried to keep ...

Gov. Brad Henry requested Friday that President Bush grant public assistance to 24 Oklahoma counties impacted by severe storms, tornadoes and flooding between June 3 and June 20.

Oklahoma state officials have appealed a federal judge's decision to block parts of an immigration law.

By Christine Vestal - Since the 1980s, doctors have used so-called ultrasound imaging to monitor the fetus during pregnancy - checking for possible abnormalities or problems in delivery.

Proponents of the death penalty for repeat sex offenders who target children say they're disappointed with a Supreme Court decision that bans the practice.

The vast majority of Oklahomans favor alternatives to public education such as private or charter schools, according to a public opinion survey.

Guthrie resident Steven Farley felt he was making a difference working for the State Department to help build up the city government in Sadr City, Iraq.

A state agency that is being sued in federal court over the way it cares for Oklahoma's 10,000 foster children will come under new scrutiny next month when a performance audit gets under way to pinpoint ...

The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission says more Oklahomans were out of work last month.

The 58-year-old moderator of the political news show "Meet the Press" died Friday from a heart attack.