Oklahoma
…According to an affidavit, an officer reported to the scene of a domestic incident and noticed an iPhone sitting on the porch of a residence. The phone had six holes resembling the appearance of bullet holes. A female victim told the officer that Moore had become upset with her and fired six shots at the phone.…
A social media post claims someone is killing rapists in Bartlesville and police want to make it clear, it's fake news.
This is the second fake news post in Bartlesville in the last month.…
Oklahoma City named one of the worst cities for mosquitoes
August 14, 2018 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Police say a rodeo bull broke free from the Oklahoma City Stockyards and charged through streets and chased people, including one person who jumped into a river to escape the animal's path.… An Oklahoma City police report identifies a suspect as "Rodeo Bull," standing 4 feet tall, with brown hair and black eyes, and weighing 2,000 pounds.…
…As Aug. 25th approaches I’m reminded of the time 68 years ago when life in Bartlesville stood still, frozen in time, an event which only a few people left alive still remember.… Along Cherokee Avenue 2,000 Boy Scouts lined the road, all in uniform. The creation of 500 floral displays along with arrangements of 3,000 red and yellow roses kept florists from every town the area working around the clock.…
The weather here has been insane. Highs in the 70s on Tuesday, and now we're prepping for an ice storm.
It's like Mother Nature said "You can't fit all four seasons into one week", and Oklahoma said, "Hold my beer and watch this"
A major gay rights group is giving Oklahoma an "F" grade when it comes to LGBT protections.…
Gov. Mary Fallin directed the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety to delay use of recently obtained portable card readers capable of freezing or seizing funds from prepaid debit cards.…
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol had a news conference Monday to dispel rumors about the functionality of its card readers.
Oklahoma Department of Public Safety Commissioner Michael Thompson said since the Electronic Recovery and Access to Data (ERAD) machines were introduced a month ago, they have not been used to seize any funds.
“So, contrary to the propaganda that we're doing a swipe and seize and taking everyone's money, that's simply not true,” Thompson said.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Chief Rick Adams emphasized that to use the card readers, troopers must have probable cause to scan anyone's card.…
…Oklahoma Highway Patrol has a device that also allows them to seize money in your bank account or on prepaid cards.… If a trooper suspects you may have money tied to some type of crime, the highway patrol can scan any cards you have and seize the money.
"We're gonna look for different factors in the way that you're acting,” Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. John Vincent said. “We're gonna look for if there's a difference in your story. If there's someway that we can prove that you're falsifying information to us about your business."
Troopers insist this isn't just about seizing cash.…
Is Oklahoma trying to be America’s least progressive state?
As a budget crisis bites, liberals and some conservatives wonder if rightwing fears over abortion and transgender rights are tipping their state into chaos…
OKLAHOMA CITY - In an opinion written on Friday of last week, Attorney General Scott Pruitt reaffirmed the state's law on concealed carry gun licenses, saying it is clear when it reads, Oklahomans don’t need an Oklahoma license to carry; any license from any state will do.…
…“We can't do any kind of background check on those people and that's completely legal at this point,” Jessica Brown from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said. “These people have not been vetted through what we believe is a proper and good system. Also they do not know the laws pertaining to how they can carry that weapon and use that weapon legally.”
Brown added the law takes money away from the state. Application and registration fees by the hundreds…
…Off Oklahoma's beaten paths you'll find a mix of the odd and the interesting. Sometimes these unassuming places seem to lack explanation. … We tried it by driving to the starting point, which the locals have marked as "Start Here" with a smiling alien face spray-painted onto the pavement. Sure enough, when we put the car in neutral it began to roll backwards. From nearly every angle, on every side of the road, it appears the car was rolling uphill.…
The state of Oklahoma officially recognized the Libertarian Party Monday.… Oklahoma State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax said… “This means Oklahomans can register as members of the Libertarian Party, and candidates can run as Libertarian for all partisan offices in the state. The Libertarian Party also will receive a ballot line for President and Vice President in November’s General Election.” …
Oil was all the talk more than a century ago, when unpaved roads wound through a forest of oil derricks and flares of natural gas lit the night sky.
The town, however, did not spring up overnight with the first discovery of oil. In fact this area of Indian Territory was settled 30 years before becoming incorporated on Jan. 15, 1897. …
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma - A [36yo] masked, costumed man with a swastika tattoo on his forehead was arrested shortly before 8 a.m. local time Wednesday after refusing to leave a Kum and Go store and locking himself in the bathroom. …was wearing a red costume, including a mask… became abusive to officers… eventually arrested for obstruction. …had previously been seen in other businesses including a Whataburger…
"Swastika tattoo on his forehead" doesn't even begin to cover it. See picture.
And, yes, there is a real chain of convenience stores called Kum n Go. Has nothing to do with either Bills Clinton or Cosby.
Oklahoma had more earthquakes in 2015 than every state combined, including Hawaii but excluding massive Alaska. …
…When the shotgun fired, they thundered across the line on horseback, mule, bicycle, and foot; in wagons; and even inside, outside, and on top of trains churning in from Texas and Kansas. Some got land, but most didn’t. There were fistfights, shootouts, and court battles. Many sneaked in early and claimed some of the best 160-acre tracts and town lots. These energetic folks earned the label “Sooners.”
By sundown on April 22, however, the entire country was settled, including the present-day towns of Oklahoma City, Norman, Stillwater, Kingfisher, and Guthrie, the latter designated as the territorial capital. More than 12,000 pioneers poured into Oklahoma City alone, which that morning had been a quiet railroad station on the prairie, sporting less than 10 structures near the dry banks of the North Canadian River.
The “Run of ’89” was an international sensation.…
There are more than 240 laws that go into effect on November 1 in Oklahoma… …
It was 1905 when Herbert Tyler and his son Donald rode the train to the Indian territory of northeastern Oklahoma looking for a site where they could build a cement plant. At the time, they needed a source of natural gas for their plant was well as large amounts of limestone and shale or clay. All of these things were plentiful in Washington County and they found just what they needed a mile north of the small community of Dewey. …
…Endicott said Oklahoma's bear population started growing years ago after a restocking effort by the state. They're coming in from Arkansas. The largest population is in southeastern Oklahoma, but the number up north is growing. … As bears look for a place to settle in, they're also looking for food - and what better place to find it than a deer feeder?…
Dewey will come alive with the sounds of the gunshots, cattle and other echoes of the Old West on Saturday and Sunday as part of the 11th annual Western Heritage Weekend.
Residents and out-of-town visitors can relive the town’s colorful past this Saturday and Sunday as Dewey showcases some of the area’s finest trick riders, skill shooters and plenty of other “Wild West” entertainers. The aim of the weekend extravaganza is to keep the spirit of Tom Mix and the former Dewey Roundup alive.… …
As they say, time marches on and progress is progress and it’s all for the better but to me, to my classmates of the Col-Hi Class of ’65 there ain’t no way in heaven that that beautiful building that stands so magnificently out on Hillcrest Drive will ever be anything but Bartlesville College High School and you can take that to the bank.…
A Bartlesville woman is free on bail after her arrest for allegedly exposing herself for her incarcerated husband, who is a convicted sex offender…
An Oklahoma man who made threats against President Obama and former Presidents George W. Bush and Clinton — and who said he wanted to be the "next John Hinckley" — was stopped Sunday outside the White House. … Archie Monroe Glass, Jr.… was able to get within close range of the White House, despite being under travel restrictions and the supervision of probation officials and mental health providers.…
Wiley Post didn’t have time to react when the plane he was piloting began to sputter after taking off near Point Barrow, Alaska, on Aug. 15, 1935 — 80 years ago today — on what was supposed to be a 10-minute flight.
The Lockheed Orion Explorer included a massive 550-horsepower engine and, when it began to misfire and lose power, the plane tilted to the right and plunged 60 feet into the ground. The force of the impact drove the engine into the fuselage, killing Post and Oklahoma’s favorite son, Will Rogers.…
“He worked for Phillips in the basement at 310 W. 5th in Bartlesville and on one occasion he was working on something that killed about half the birds in Bartlesville. He had glasses about an inch thick and grew a ton of tomatoes in his garden every year. He always rode a bike to work; his eyesight may have been too bad for him to be able to drive. You could not tell by looking but he was a brilliant man and did co-invent the aerosol can.”
…Lankford, R-Oklahoma City, choked up during a speech on the Senate floor in which he questioned whether the United States needed to reassess its most basic principles. And he was a lead author of the bill to bar the group from getting any federal funds.
That bill was blocked in the Senate, but the issue is expected to be a major component of the budget negotiations next month between the Republican-held Congress and President Barack Obama.… has been spending the majority of his time lately examining the way federal agencies make regulations. It is the type of un-sexy work the wonkish Lankford has specialized in since coming to Congress in 2011, first as a House member.…
Texas Republican Senator and presidential candidate Ted Cruz will make Bartlesville the target of his campaign with an event at Oklahoma Wesleyan University in mid-August… will be speaking in a joint event with Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-Okla., from 4 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. Aug. 13 at the Lyon Fine Arts Center on the campus of OKWU…
Teams playing in the AABC Sandy Koufax World Series line up at Bill Doenges Memorial Stadium for opening ceremonies in downtown Bartlesville Wednesday. Larry Palmer sang the National Anthem…