Edmond OK

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The Oklahoma County Jail is cutting costs by ending a contract with a staffing company that supplied the jail with additional employees to do safety checks on inmates. “We went from outside service or outside staff into doing it totally in-house, and the savings was pretty substantial,” said Jim Holman, the […]

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma — Sunday’s severe weather setup is being called a classic Plains dryline event — and forecasters are warning it has a very high ceiling, meaning the potential for truly violent storms is not being capped by any limiting factors in the atmosphere. Once storms fire along the dryline cutting through Oklahoma and Kansas, they could rapidly explode into intense supercells capable of producing...

WICHITA, Kansas — Two distinct and dangerous storm zones are taking shape across the Central Plains today, with eastern Kansas, northeastern Oklahoma, and central/southern Oklahoma both carrying serious tornado potential as a cold front and dryline collide across the region. Wichita, Kansas sits at the heart of the higher-confidence threat zone, while Oklahoma City faces a conditional but potentially explosive severe weather situation...

MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (KOKH) — Authorities say a convicted felon has been sentenced to prison for possessing a firearm. Jarmelle Dante Carter, 38, has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition after previously being convicted of a felony for his role in a drug conspiracy.

Yukon officials are in a quiet sprint to lock down future water supplies as a proposed hyperscale data center and an expiring wholesale contract threaten to tighten the town's system. City leaders say engineers are testing wells and mapping out reuse systems in an effort to keep drinking water reserved for residents while negotiations over power hookups and land terms play out behind the...

Police are asking for public help identifying a suspect allegedly involved in a theft investigation at a local retail store.

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – An escaped horse was caught Wednesday near I-44 in Oklahoma City. Officials say the horse escaped from the Oklahoma City Fairgrounds before being found near NW 10th St. and northbound I-44. A crew came and quickly rescued the horse. It is unclear how the horse...

EDMOND, OKLA. (KOKH) — The City of Edmond recently announced an intersection improvement project beginning May 4th, to improve traffic flow and safety as a new elementary school is set to open. Work on the intersection of Covell Road and Air Depot Boulevard will result in intermittent lane closures...

The wife of fallen Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Vernon Brake has filed a lawsuit alleging negligent acts and omissions by a metro trenching company and commercial truck driver.

Storm chances, some severe going up, but plenty of dry times too!