First National Bank has announced that its two banking units - First National Bank of Muskogee and First National Bank, Sallisaw - will partner this summer to form a single community bank under a new name and brand. It also has plans to expand into a bigger Tulsa facility.

Testimony given throughout the day Thursday in the first-degree murder case against Bronson William Butcher centered mostly on the state’s investigation of the case.

Legislator said lawmakers receive threats from the public and need to be able to protect themselves when speaking in public buildings, which don't allow firearms.

— Someone called me the other night about a skirmish at a baseball game at Love-Hatbox. No, not on the field. Those really never happen. It involved grownups.

Oklahoma's attorney general and assistant attorneys general would be able to carry firearms virtually anywhere in the state under a bill approved in the House.

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Oklahoma’s attorney general and assistant attorneys general would be able to carry firearms virtually anywhere in the state under a bill approved in the House. The House voted 82-11 for the bill that authorizes those state officers to carry anywhere …

Prosecutors say Jones' daughter was in her car when she drove two men to the home of Andrew Jeremiah in Roland where the two men beat and robbed Jeremiah. Jeremiah opened fire as Jones drove away - with one shot hitting and killing Jones' daughter - 1-year-old Elaine Keene.

The measure would place the pet breeders board under the state Agriculture, Food and Forestry Department. House Bill 2921 now heads to the Senate.

An Oklahoma man was killed Saturday night in a single-vehicle rollover crash just outside San Angelo.