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Time for the rest of the Big 12 to step up. No. 2 Oklahoma gave the conference a signature victory last week at Ohio State that should serve the Sooners well when the College Football Playoff selection starts sorting through contenders. Two other ranked Big 12 teams hit the road this weekend for the worst kind of games: against nonconference opponents that are good enough to pull an upset but not good enough to be considered equals. No. 9 Oklahoma State is at Pitt and No. 18 Kansas State visits Vanderbilt, giving the Cowboys, Wildcats and the B...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma has been named to a leadership post in the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced Wednesday that John Tahsuda III has been appointed the principal deputy assistant secretary for Indian Affairs. Tahsuda will be the top assistant and principal adviser to the assistant secretary of Indian Affairs. Tahsuda joins the department from Washington-based Navigators Global, LLC, where he was an advocate and legal counselor on policies affecting tribes, i...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Police say a 9-month-old infant has died of head injuries after being dropped on the floor of a hotel laundry room in Tulsa. Sgt. Shane Tuell says the infant died Wednesday morning after being dropped sometime Monday night. Police arrested 38-year-old Ezekiel Hadithy initially on child abuse and neglect complaints in the case. Jail records do not list an attorney for him. Police say Hadithy first told police the child had fallen off a bed in the hotel room where the two lived with the baby's mother. Police say Hadithy l...
CLAREMORE, Okla. (AP) — A northeast Oklahoma soldier's remains have been identified more than 50 years after the Vietnam War. The Claremore Daily Progress reports that Air Force Col. Ronald Scott's remains will arrive in Claremore next week. He'll be honored with a graveside service in Woodlawn Cemetery on Sept. 22. The Defense POW and MIA Accounting Agency says Scott was declared missing in action following an explosion during an armed reconnaissance mission over northern Vietnam in 1966. A recovery team collected material from the site in 2...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Police in Tulsa say a man who fatally shot a 20-year-old woman at his home has been arrested on a first-degree manslaughter complaint. Court records do not show that the man has been formally charged. Jail records show he's being held on $50,000 bond. Police say he told officer he thought she was a burglar when he shot her about 3 a.m. Wednesday at the home in west Tulsa. Officers responding to the shooting found the woman's body on the front porch of the home. Her name has not been released. Authorities say the man and w...
