Posted: 2:21 PM WASHINGTON (AP) - The sponsor of a proposed assault weapons ban says Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has told her that the ban will not be part of the initial gun control measure the Senate will debate next month.
Posted: 1:49 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Statewide officeholders would be limited to two consecutive terms under a proposed constitutional amendment advancing in the Capitol.
Posted: 1:44 PM OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a pair of bills related to human trafficking, sending them to the full Senate.
Posted: 1:31 PM OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Hundreds of firefighters from across the state are roaming the halls of the state Capitol in support of a pair of bills to overhaul their pension system.
Posted: 1:29 PM TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A jury has found a 21-year-old woman guilty of second-degree murder for pushing her husband out of the couple's 25th-floor apartment in downtown Tulsa.
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Posted: 1:22 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Lawmakers are planning to hear testimony on who decides the terminally ill patient's fate when the family and doctors disagree.
Posted: 1:17 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The state would pay for school employees to learn to carry a gun on the job under a proposal set for consideration at the Capitol.
Posted: 1:09 PM OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The U.S. Department of Education has announced that Oklahoma will receive a $5.5 million grant to help improve schools that are persistently identified as low performing.
Posted: 1:07 PM MARTELL, Neb. (AP) - Now that a recent environmental report has cleared the way for a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, a diverse band of activists is mustering a new effort to kill the project. The opponents hope to make a big showing at a public hearing on the pipeline in Nebraska this spring. They say they are also appealing to new Secretary of State John Kerry to recommend that federal approval be denied.
Posted: 1:11 PM WASHINGTON (AP) - A Marine Corps official says the seven Marines killed in Nevada died after a 60mm mortar exploded unexpectedly during a training accident. The Marines immediately issued an indefinite moratorium on firing of all such mortars worldwide until an investigation clears as safe the type of weapon and ammunition in the tragedy. Several other Marines were hurt.
Posted: 10:36 AM TISHOMINGO, OK - Tishomingo outdoor enthusiasts may soon have a new sport to take up at Pennington Creek Park.
Posted: 10:11 AM PARIS, TX - An empty woman's shelter in paris caught fire around 2:30 Monday afternoon.
Updated: 3:57 AM Two bills in the Texas legislature aim to allow two north Texas utility companies to continue pumping water from Lake Texoma.
Updated: 9:13 AM ARDMORE, OK - An Ardmore family is without a home after a weekend house fire.
Updated: 10:13 AM McKINNEY & SHERMAN, TEXAS -- TAPS may soon be acquiring routes in Collin County, merging with the Collin County Area Regional Transit service.
Updated: 1:35 PM DUNCAN, Okla. (AP) - A man charged in the death of a southwest Oklahoma teenager has waived his right to a mental competency hearing.
Posted: 1:09 PM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Feral pigs have learned to outsmart hunters as they root up crops, harass wildlife and turn water holes into pigsties.
Posted: 1:06 PM WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has turned away an appeal from a Minnesota woman who has been ordered to pay record companies $222,000 for the unauthorized downloading of copyrighted music.
Updated: 1:13 PM PITTSBURGH (AP) - A federal judge in Pittsburgh has dismissed one lawsuit from people who bought tickets to the February 2011 Super Bowl in Dallas, but had to watch it on TV because their seats weren't properly installed in time for the game.
