Latest Oklahoma Headlines
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Former Oklahoma Insurance Agents Charged with Exploiting Elderly Man
Aug 25 2016 // Oklahoma officials have charged two former insurance agents with exploitation of an elderly person for fraudulently taking over an 89-year-old man’s financial affairs. The Oklahoma Insurance Department says the two...
3 Charged with Workers’ Comp, Insurance Fraud in Oklahoma
Aug 24 2016 // Three individuals in Oklahoma have been charged by the state’s attorney general with insurance fraud related to workers’ compensation, auto insurance and certificates of insurance. The office of Oklahoma...
North Dakota Lawmaker: Where’s the Reserve in Workers’ Comp Opt-Out Plans?
Aug 22 2016 // A state representative from North Dakota, who serves on the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Committee at the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL), says he’s concerned about reserves for paying...
Business-Backed Group Pushes for Workers’ Comp Alternative in Illinois
Aug 22 2016 // An Illinois think tank has published a report expressing support for a workers’ compensation opt-out system in that state, saying that it would give employers the ability to lower costs and allow for a more flexible...
Deadly Oklahoma Rail Crossing Flagged for Improvements in 2011
Aug 22 2016 // Records indicate that the railroad crossing where a woman and her three sons died on Aug. 7 in eastern Oklahoma had been flagged for safety improvements since at least 2011. Thirty-seven-year-old April Goines and her sons...
Former Oklahoma Insurance Agent Sentenced to Federal Prison
Aug 18 2016 // A former Oklahoma insurance agent has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for fraud, the Oklahoma Insurance Department announced. Gary Edward Hibbing, 53, was sentenced after pleading guilty to two counts of wire...
Oklahoma Geological Survey Studying Injection Well/Earthquake Connection
Aug 17 2016 // The Oklahoma Geological Survey is studying the relationship between seismic activity and wastewater injection wells with a survey in the Arbuckle formation. Sensors will be placed into several injection wells in the...
Another Mag 4.0 Earthquake Reported in Northwest Oklahoma
Aug 15 2016 // The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 4.0 magnitude earthquake in northwestern Oklahoma. The USGS says the quake was recorded at 12:27 a.m. 12 miles northeast of Helena, about 85 miles northwest of Oklahoma City. There have...
Deadly Oklahoma Rail Crossing Flagged for Improvements in 2011
Aug 12 2016 // Records indicate that the railroad crossing where a woman and her three sons died Sunday in eastern Oklahoma had been flagged for safety improvements since at least 2011. Thirty-seven-year-old April Goines and her sons...
North Dakota Lawmaker Questions Reserves in Workers’ Comp Opt-Out Plans
Aug 11 2016 // A state representative from North Dakota, who serves on the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Committee at the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL), says he’s concerned about reserves for paying...
4.0 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Central Oklahoma
Aug 11 2016 // The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake that rattled central Oklahoma on Aug. 10 had a preliminary magnitude of 4.0. It struck shortly after 6 a.m. with an epicenter in Luther, about 23 miles northeast of Oklahoma...
Business-Backed Group Pushes for Workers’ Comp Opt-Out in Illinois
Aug 8 2016 // An Illinois think tank has issued a report expressing support for a workers’ compensation opt-out system, stating that it would give employers the ability to lower costs and allow for a more flexible workforce. In...
Fire Damage at Oklahoma Power Plant Could Reach $200M
Jul 25 2016 // Officials say the cost of damage from a fire at the Grand River Dam Authority’s main generating facility in Chouteau, Okla., could reach $200 million. GRDA spokesman Justin Alberty says the July 1 fire’s total...
Oklahoma High Court: Workers’ Comp Icy Sidewalk ‘Slip and Fall’ Claim Compensable
Jul 25 2016 // The Oklahoma Supreme Court reversed the decision of an Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission administrative law judge and ruled that a workers’ comp claim for a slip and fall on an icy sidewalk next to an...
Oklahoma Labor Department: OSHA Penalties to Rise Aug. 1
Jul 25 2016 // The Oklahoma Department of Labor is warning businesses in that state that civil penalty amounts assessed by federal safety regulators for workplace safety violations are going up beginning Aug. 1. The Oklahoma DOL says...
Oklahoma Company Recalls Hot Dogs, Corn Dogs over Listeria Fear
Jul 21 2016 // More than 372,000 pounds of hot dogs and corn dogs made by an Oklahoma company are being recalled over concerns of listeria contamination. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says Alstus, Oklahoma-based Bar-S Foods is...
Can States Stop Man-Made Earthquakes?
Jul 21 2016 // Stopping an earthquake before it starts? It sounds like a feat possible only for a superhero. But in Kansas and Oklahoma state policymakers are showing that insofar as humans are causing earthquakes, they can stop them,...
Fire Damage at Oklahoma Power Plant Could Reach $200M
Jul 18 2016 // Officials say the cost of damage from a fire at the Grand River Dam Authority’s main generating facility in Chouteau, Okla., could reach $200 million. The Tulsa World reports that GRDA spokesman Justin Alberty says...
Emergency Declared in Oklahoma After Severe Storms
Jul 18 2016 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has declared a state of emergency for 35 Oklahoma counties following three days of severe storms, strong winds, tornadoes and flooding. The executive order signed Friday allows state agencies to...
Oklahoma Regulators Probing Oil, Gas Activity Near Site of New Quakes
Jul 14 2016 // Oklahoma’s oil-and-gas regulators are investigating a recent cluster of earthquakes recorded near Blanchard, about 30 miles south of downtown Oklahoma City, including three of magnitude 3.0 or higher. The Oklahoma...
