KOKH Top Stories

Oklahoma grocery store wine proposal being renewed

Sun, May 19 2013, 12:35 PM CDT

By TIM TALLEY Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Supporters of a plan to permit some grocery stores in Oklahoma's most populous counties to sell wine plan to launch a new petition drive to put the proposal to a statewide vote. ...

1 winning ticket sold in Fla. on Powerball

Sun, May 19 2013, 09:29 AM CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Powerball officials were pretty confident there would be a winner in last night's giant jackpot and they were right.

A single ticket sold in Florida has the winning number for the top prize an estimated $590. ...

Strong Winds Knock Down Several Powerlines in NW OKC

Sat, May 18 2013, 10:41 PM CDT

Strong winds blew down several blocks of power lines in the northwest Oklahoma City area late Saturday.

According to Oklahoma City Police, several power lines near NW 150 St. and N. Pennsylvania Ave. were knocked down by storms around 9:45 p.m. The falling power lines trapped one Oklahoma City Police officer and several other people in their vehicles. ...

LGBT Community Celebrated During Pride Week

Sat, May 18 2013, 07:59 PM CDT

The LGBT community in the metro comes together for OKC Pride week. Three days of events bring the community together with other allies. Organizers say it also a time to make progress when it comes to equality in Oklahoma.

Hundreds of vendors and participants gathered on Film Row in Downtown Oklahoma city for the OKC Pride Festival Saturday. ...

Up to 60 Injured After Car Drives Into Va. Parade

Sat, May 18 2013, 07:51 PM CDT

DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) — An elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Saturday parade in a small Virginia mountain town and investigators were looking into whether he suffered a medical emergency before the accident.

About 50 to 60 people suffered injuries ranging from critical to superficial, but no fatalities were reported. ...

Man Arrested After Enid Infant Shows Injuries

Sat, May 18 2013, 06:21 PM CDT

ENID, Okla. (AP) -- Police in Enid say a man is charged with harming a child after an infant's mother brought the baby to a hospital seeking treatment for injuries.

Officials said Friday that the 1-year-old baby had numerous visible injuries. However, the baby wasn't gravely hurt. ...

Veteran Awareness Group Rolls Through OKC En Route to D.C.

Sat, May 18 2013, 04:38 PM CDT

A large group of bikers made their way to Oklahoma City today as they are en-route to Washington D.C. to raise awareness for military veterans.

The group is part of nearly 1,000 military veteran bikers across the United States making their way to the Vietnam Memorial at the national capitol. ...

Suspect in homicide arrested

Sat, May 18 2013, 01:26 PM CDT

Davieon Smith, 20, was arrested Friday in Midwest City. Smith was wanted in connection to the death of Jonathan Braggs last November.

A second suspect in the case, Johnathan Daniels, has negotiated a plea of guilty and received a sentence of fifteen years. ...

Presti on the Thunder

Sat, May 18 2013, 11:31 AM CDT

Thunder Executive Vice President and General Manager Sam Presti met with the media Saturday morning at the Thunder practice facility.

Presti said the Thunder had a great season with a bad ending and they will learn from the early playoff exit. ...

Body of Holdenville Man Found Thursday

Fri, May 17 2013, 09:57 PM CDT

The body of a Holdenville man reported missing earlier this week was found Thursday afternoon in Seminole County.

According to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the body of 33-year-old Eric Stephens was found on the side of the road near Highway 56 and East West Road 1390 by the Seminole County Sheriff's Office. ...

Capitol Concerns Over "Taxpayer-Funded Lobbyists"

Fri, May 17 2013, 05:42 PM CDT

As the legislature prepares to vote on any given bill, they are often inundated with information from citizens, lobbyists and other politicians. The same is true of Senate Bill 1124, a measure that would move several state employees into unclassified positions. ...

Oklahoma Psychiatrist Placed on Probation for Threatening OU Students

Fri, May 17 2013, 08:32 PM CDT

An Oklahoma City psychiatrist is placed on probation and more charges could be on the way. It's a three year investigation that involves OU medical students.
Dr. Haisam Al-Khouri was a volunteer faculty member at OU and acted as a mentor for physician assistant students. ...

Local Veteran Gets Home Make-Over

Fri, May 17 2013, 04:50 PM CDT

10-month Taylor is learning how to walk.

“She'll try and push her rolling toys and she'll push it too hard and fall,” said her father Joshua Lozier.

But now when Taylor falls it's on a brand new floor, which was not the case just last week

“Parts of the wood floor were coming up, there were nails sticking up where I couldn’t get to them. ...

Waste Watch: Water Woes Plague OKC Neighborhood

Fri, May 17 2013, 09:30 PM CDT

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK-- Two years later, the grass has finally grown back in LaShonda Perry's yard.

"It was horrible," said Perry, "you're passing by and you see this mound of dirt in your yard."

The mound of dirt no longer exists, but what remains is a six foot wide ditch-- which reminds Perry and her neighbors of a Christmas present they prefer to forget. ...

Poopy Pools

Fri, May 17 2013, 06:44 PM CDT

Your thoughts of Summer probably aren't filled with cooling off in a nice, refreshing pool of... poop. But, a new study says that's exactly what a majority of pools are contaminated with. Fox 25's Kisha Henry shows what swimmers could be jumping into. ...

Powerball Mania Takes Over the Metro

Fri, May 17 2013, 08:15 PM CDT

Nearly everyone who stopped by a convenience store in the metro tried their luck at a historic Powerball Jackpot. Saturday's drawing is worth an estimated $600 million.

Clerks at the Star Food Mart at NW 10th and May said they've been busy for the past few days with customers coming in to buy tickets. ...

Bungling burglars busted after butt-dialing police

Fri, May 17 2013, 05:54 PM CDT

FRESNO, CALIF. -- Two men are caught in the act by technology. But it wasn't any fancy police gear that busted them; it was their own phone.

The two would be crooks were about to break into a car in Fresno, California when one of the men called 911 from his phone in his pocket. ...

Fallin urges Okla. Legislature for health care fix

Fri, May 17 2013, 04:34 PM CDT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Gov. Mary Fallin is proposing a last-minute legislative change to the state's Insure Oklahoma program that would direct $50 million in state tobacco taxes to pay for more than 9,000 Oklahomans who are expected to lose their health insurance under the program. ...

Police, FBI Investigate Bank Robbery

Fri, May 17 2013, 03:48 PM CDT

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Police are investigating a bank robbery on the city's southwest side.

Police say the Bank of Oklahoma at 7701 S. Western was robbed just after 3:00 p.m. Friday. Authorities say a man walked in and demanded money.

He's described as a black man wearing a white hat and white shirt. ...

Woman shot as police respond to fight in SE OKC

Fri, May 17 2013, 03:38 PM CDT

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Police confirm one woman is injured after being shot at an apartment complex.

Oklahoma City Police Sgt. Jennifer Wardlow tells FOX 25 police were responding to a report of a man with a gun at the Madison Village Apartments at 4220 SE 52nd Street just after 3:00 Friday afternoon. ...

Family Flies the Whataburger Nest

Thu, May 16 2013, 04:39 PM CDT

MOORE -- After a goose set up her nest at a Moore Whataburger, she attracted a lot of attention. Just a few days after Mother's Day, the goose and her gaggle of geese have flown from the nest.

On Mother's Day, CNN) -- Before you start dreaming of that mansion in Barbados, allow us to pour an icy bucket of mathematical reality over your head: You almost certainly aren't going to win. ...

$600 million jackpot is 2nd largest in history

Fri, May 17 2013, 12:43 PM CDT

(CNN) -- The multi-state Powerball jackpot has risen to $600 million, with a cash value of $376.9 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association.

The jackpot marks the second-largest lottery jackpot in U. ...

Majority of pools are contaminated by poop, CDC says

Fri, May 17 2013, 12:22 PM CDT

(FOX NEWS) -- There's poop in public pools, according to a new report.

Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found genetic material from E. ...

Judge grants injunction in Arkansas abortion ban case

Fri, May 17 2013, 12:07 PM CDT

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday granted a request to temporarily block enforcement of a new Arkansas law that bans most abortions 12 weeks into a pregnancy.

U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright granted a motion for preliminary injunction in a lawsuit that the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas and the Center for Reproductive Rights brought on behalf of two Little Rock abortion providers. ...

Deputies arrest man high, passed out, in stolen truck

Fri, May 17 2013, 10:41 AM CDT

EDMOND -- The Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office announced it arrested a man who was found passed out inside a the cab of a pickup truck.

William Talbott, 32, was found by an OKSO deputy inside a pickup truck on Wednesday morning.

The deputy reports he was driving in the 7600 block of NW 234th Street in Edmond around 8:00 a. ...

Supporters For Jerome Ersland Gather Friday

Fri, May 17 2013, 07:25 AM CDT

Supporters of Jerome Ersland set to gather Friday morning.

Ersland is a pharmacist who in 2009 shot and killed a would-be robber.

This month a judge has issued an arrest warrant for the accomplice in this robbery.

Supporters have been gathering signatures for Ersland since last year. ...

Deadly Tornadoes Rip Through Texas

Thu, May 16 2013, 09:42 PM CDT

It was a storm that flattened full neighborhoods.
Wednesday night winds up to 200-miles-an-hour ripped through Granbury, Texas, pushing the 8,000-person town to panic.
"I ran to the bathroom with the kids and just prayed," said Granbury resident Melynda Gibson. ...

Waste Watch: Food Stamp Fraud Part 1

Thu, May 16 2013, 09:39 PM CDT

Hundreds of dollars in junk food and soda purchased with a tax-payer funded program went to stock a convenience store’s shelves as part of a massive scheme to defraud Oklahoma. That fraud led to criminal charges when investigators with the Department of Human Services’ Office of Inspector General found out about the illegal activity. ...

Waste Watch: Investigating Benefit Abuse

Thu, May 16 2013, 10:00 PM CDT

Programs intended to offer a hand up to families in need are being ripped off by those looking to make a quick buck. Investigators with the Oklahoma Department of Human Services Office of Inspector General work hundreds of cases ever year trying to stop and prevent fraud in the state benefit program. ...