Posted: 3:10 PM OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A federal appeals court says descendants of slaves owned by members of the Cherokee Nation can sue the current chief in an attempt to restore their tribal memberships.
Posted: 9:16 AM STRINGTOWN, OK - Mack Alford Correctional Center officials say the convicted murderer who escaped last week climbed over the 14-foot razor wire fence.
Posted: 3:16 PM OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Incoming Oklahoma House Speaker T.W. Shannon has announced the leaders of various committees for the upcoming legislative session, including the creation of a new States' Rights Committee.
Posted: 3:14 PM OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Gov. Mary Fallin has appointed a Tulsa judge as the new presiding judge of the Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Court.
Posted: 3:12 PM OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma County prosecutors are asking a state appeals court to add a conspiracy charge against two former state lawmakers who face felony bribery charges.
Posted: 4:12 PM OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A Muslim man from McAlester who was twice prevented from flying from his home in Qatar to visit his ailing mother in the United States says now that he's been allowed to return home, he's being harassed by local and federal law enforcement officials.
Posted: 3:53 PM SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) - A judge is considering a request for a change of venue for a former third-grade teacher and a retired college professor facing child pornography charges.
Posted: 3:51 PM TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A preliminary hearing for a Tulsa man facing a child neglect charge after police found his 18-month-old daughter locked in a metal dog cage has been postponed until Jan. 16.
Posted: 3:50 PM TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Hearings have been delayed for five employees of a Tulsa megachurch accused of waiting more than two weeks to report the rape of a 13-year-old on ministry grounds.
Posted: 3:11 PM OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Attorneys for both sides in Hobby Lobby Stores Inc.'s lawsuit challenging the federal health care law are asking a judge to stay proceedings as a federal appeals court considers the case.
Posted: 2:18 PM OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma health officials say a proposal that would allow cities and towns to restrict smoking will be the state health department's top priority when the Legislature meets next year.
Posted: 2:07 PM FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - Closing arguments are scheduled in a pretrial hearing for an Army private accused of sending classified information to WikiLeaks information website.
Updated: 1:15 PM DAVIS, Okla. (AP) - A light mixture of snow and ice on Interstate 35 in the Arbuckle Mountains in southern Oklahoma is blamed for at least one traffic fatality and up to 40 separate crashes.