Latest Oklahoma Headlines
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Flood Clean Up Begins in Oklahoma; Arkansas Awaits River Crest
Jun 3 2019 // Storm-weary residents in Oklahoma were gutting waterlogged homes Sunday as the Arkansas River continued its slow crest rolling hundreds of miles downstream, even as many kept a cautious eye on this week’s weather...
Oklahoma Heart Hospital Settles Whistleblower Suit for $2.8M
Jun 3 2019 // An Oklahoma hospital has agreed to a $2.8 million settlement in a whistleblower lawsuit in which a former nurse alleged the hospital made false Medicaid claims. Oklahoma Heart Hospital admitted no wrongdoing in paying out...
Oklahoma Lawmakers Pass Workers’ Comp Reform Legislation
Jun 3 2019 // The Oklahoma Senate has approved legislation that makes changes to Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system that lawmakers say preserve and strengthen reforms adopted in 2013. An increase in benefits paid to...
Rains Ease but Risk of River Flooding in Central U.S. Still High
May 31 2019 // Rain-swollen rivers threatened more flooding on Thursday in Arkansas, Louisiana, Illinois and Oklahoma, as Tulsa’s mayor warned that the decades-old levee system in his city would be at risk even as waters receded...
Severe Weather Impacting Oklahoma’s Canola, Wheat Crops
May 30 2019 // Oklahoma’s canola and wheat harvests could be smaller and come later than expected due to recent severe weather, agriculture officials said. Josh Lofton, the state’s agriculture secretary and Mike Schulte,...
Flooding Persists as River Nears Crest in West Arkansas
May 30 2019 // The Arkansas River neared a historic crest on May 29 in Arkansas’ second-largest city, but officials said the levee system was “performing admirably” from the rush of water coming downstream from...
Father Testifies in J&J Opioid Marketing Trial on Death of His College Football Star Son
May 30 2019 // Austin Box was a home-grown football star at the University of Oklahoma in 2010 when back surgery to repair an injury got him started on powerful opioid painkillers that would end his life at 22, his father testified...
1 Dead After Tornadoes Leave Trail of Destruction Across Indiana, Ohio
May 29 2019 // A swarm of apparent tornadoes so tightly packed that one crossed the path carved by another tore across Indiana and Ohio overnight, smashing homes and blowing out windows. One person was killed and dozens were injured. The...
Oklahoma Says J&J ‘Deceitful’ Marketing Fed Opioid Epidemic; J&J Denies Wrongdoing
May 29 2019 // Johnson & Johnson’s greed for more sales of its addictive opioid painkillers helped create a deadly epidemic in Oklahoma that claimed thousands of lives, and the company should pay billions of dollars as...
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Puts Hold on Policy Cancellations
May 28 2019 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready on May 24 issued a bulletin directing insurance companies to keep coverage in effect for storm victims for the next 30 days. The bulletin was issued following severe weather...
Weekend Tornadoes Rake Oklahoma, Killing 2, Injuring 29
May 28 2019 // A tornado leveled a motel and tore through a mobile home park near Oklahoma City overnight, killing two people and injuring at least 29 others before a second twister raked a suburb of Tulsa more than 100 miles (160...
Teva to Pay Oklahoma $85 Million to Avoid Trial Over Opioid Marketing
May 27 2019 // Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. agreed to pay $85 million to settle an Oklahoma lawsuit claiming that illegal marketing of its opioid painkillers contributed to a public health crisis in the state. The deal, announced...
Opioid Litigation Tests Public Nuisance Claim Theory
May 27 2019 // Determining who foots the bill for America’s growing opioid epidemic may depend on how well the state of Oklahoma deploys a high-risk legal strategy this week against Johnson & Johnson and Teva Pharmaceutical...
Recovery Begins in Missouri’s Capital After Tornado Sweeps Area
May 24 2019 // A tornado tore apart buildings in Missouri’s capital city as part of an outbreak of severe weather across the state overnight that left at least three people dead and dozens injured. The National Weather Service...
Oklahoma’s Opioid Trial Against Drugmakers J&J, Teva Set to Begin
May 24 2019 // Gail Box vividly remembers the day in May 2011 when she first learned her 22-year-old son Austin, a University of Oklahoma linebacker, was abusing opioid painkillers: It was the day he died of an overdose. In a few months...
Oklahoma Senate OKs Workers’ Comp Reforms; Bill Goes to Governor
May 23 2019 // The Oklahoma Senate has approved legislation that makes changes to Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system that lawmakers say will preserve and strengthen reforms adopted in 2013. An increase in benefits paid...
At Least 3 Dead in Central U.S. Storms
May 23 2019 // A flooded Oklahoma was deluged once again on Wednesday following days of severe weather that’s blamed for at least three deaths after also battering Iowa, Kansas and Missouri, “The biggest concern is more rain....
Only 55% of AIG Shareholders OK $21 Million Compensation for CEO Duperreault
May 22 2019 // American International Group Inc. said shareholders approved a $21 million pay package for Chief Executive Officer Brian Duperreault by only a narrow margin during the company’s annual meeting on Tuesday. A...
Storm-and-Twister Threat Moves to Arkansas-Missouri Farm Belt
May 21 2019 // The heavy rain, high winds and hail that swept across the southern Great Plains is now headed to Arkansas and Missouri, where farmers are already struggling to get crops in the ground in a brutally wet spring. The massive...
Tornadoes Rake Texas, Oklahoma, Plains
May 20 2019 // A spate of tornadoes raked across the Southern Plains, leaving damage and causing few injuries, and parts of the region were bracing for more severe thunderstorms and possible flooding. Twisters destroyed at least two...
