OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Drivers along a busy roadway may need to find a detour amid an ongoing construction project. Officials with the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority say crews will close a portion of Morgan Road near the new John Kilpatrick Turnpike extension for construction completion. Morgan Road will close between S.W. 44th and S.W. 59th […]
If you frequent the Costco food court for cheap hot dogs and pizza, but you are not a member, you aren’t going to be able to do that for much longer. Costco says buying items from the food court has always required a membership. They just haven’t enforced it – until now. According to a […]
TULSA, Okla. (KFOR) – Authorities in Tulsa say they have arrested a woman in connection to a fire at a local library. Authorities say they were investigating an arson at the Central Library on Thursday when officers spotted a woman who matched the description of the suspect. Investigators say Sara Bess told police that she […]
EDMOND, Okla. (KFOR) – An Oklahoma hospital is hosting an event next month that brings children and their stuffed animals together to learn about health. Oklahoma ER & Hospital is hosting its second annual Teddy Bear Clinic on Saturday, March 7. The event is an opportunity for children to bring their favorite stuffed animals and […]
DENVER (KDVR) — Sarah Feldman owns a condo in south Denver, but after a tenant broke their lease, a strange woman moved in without Feldman’s knowledge. What followed was more than a month of trying to remove the woman. “She was being difficult, she didn’t want to leave,” Feldman said. “There was her and two […]
(CNN) — Authorities are still trying to piece together what happened to the two Idaho children who have been missing for five months. In that time, their mother re-married and fled to Hawaii with her husband once police began investigating the disappearances. On Thursday, she was arrested. Lori Vallow, 46, is facing two counts of felony […]
TULSA, Okla. (KFOR) – A man was arrested in Texas in connection to a 2013 Tulsa murder, police say. On Sept. 16, 2013, Tyler Gragg was murdered at a home in Tulsa near E. 50th St. and Norfolk Ave. Tulsa police say the case remained unsolved until this week when a warrant was issued for […]
MARLOW, Okla. (KFOR) – An Oklahoma community is mourning the loss of a World War II veteran whose story touched thousands of people across the globe. Last year, KFOR told you about Recil Troxel, a World War II veteran in Marlow. In honor of his 93rd birthday, family members decided to start his birthday celebration […]
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WXIN) — Three good Samaritans, including a woman who’d given birth three days earlier, rushed to the rescue of a truck driver after a massive explosion in Indiana. “We see a plume of smoke, huge smoke, it looked like a warehouse was on fire,” said new mom Holly McNally. McNally had been driving with […]
COMANCHE COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) – Oklahoma game wardens are seeking help from the public after two bull elk were poached in the southwestern part of the state this week. On Tuesday, two bull elk were shot from the road with a rifle between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. about a half-mile north of Lee Blvd. […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Authorities are searching for a man who allegedly broke into a local hotel and stole several items from an office. Around 10 a.m. on Feb. 19, Oklahoma City officers were called to the Holiday Inn, located at 4401 S.W. 15th St., following a reported theft. According to a police report, an […]
TULSA, Okla. (KFOR) – A man who threatened to blow up his Tulsa apartment building last year has been sentenced to prison. On Sept. 29, 44-year-old Charles Fox, of Tulsa, was seen with two propane tanks, one of which was modified with a gas hose attached to a regular valve, enabling it to spray propane. […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The world’s largest axe throwing company is opening a brand new location in Oklahoma City later this year. Bax Axe Throwing is set to open its second location in Oklahoma City inside 8th Street Market at 3 N.E. 8th St. “We’re really happy with our future home. The location is perfect […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Emergency crews are investigating a serious crash in southwest Oklahoma City. Crews responded to the scene near S.W. 15th and Morgan before 8 a.m. Friday. Officials tell KFOR two cars were involved in a t-bone crash. One person was ejected in the incident and there are children involved. Authorities say at […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Firefighters are battling a large blaze at an apartment complex in northwest Oklahoma City. Crews responded to the Summerfield Apartments near Hefner and Meridian before 5 a.m. Friday. Residents tell KFOR smoke alarms woke them up and they were then evacuated. Several buildings at the complex are on fire. Firefighters responded […]
BETHANY, Okla. (KFOR) – A man and a woman were found dead in their home at NW 43rd and Rockwell Thursday afternoon. “I was hoping… I was hoping and praying to God that that’s not what it was because nobody deserves to lose their lives,” said a neighbor, Savanna Shuffield. Shuffield’s neighbors had been missing […]
GARVIN COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) – Priceless family photos vanished along with homes after a tornado tore through Garvin County four years ago. But many of those photos are now back with the family. The Garvin County Sheriff’s Office noticed an old envelope tucked away in a filing cabinet. Inside? Precious memories that had been picked […]
STEPHENS COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) – Justice has been served for a small town Oklahoma hairdresser who was attacked at work while styling a client’s hair. Mark Duncan was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of armed robbery. Duncan faced a Stephens County Judge on Thursday while his victim, Tessa Myers, read her […]
OKLAHOMA COUNTY (KFOR) – Jeronimo Marquez is a contractor whose name continues to cross our desk. Lee Goss met him late last year while hoping to build a shed out back. He would pay $2,000 up front. “I just wanted a shop built… work on my cars, have my little man cave space,” he explained. […]
MCALESTER, Okla. (KFOR) – A giant blaze destroyed a building in downtown McAlester. Flames jutted into the air and black smoke filled the sky as a building that housed top-floor apartments and a bottom-floor store was consumed by fire. The massive fire erupted in the 400 block of South Main Street on Thursday. Tenants jumped […]
BETHANY, Okla. (KFOR) – A man and woman were found dead inside a Bethany home on Thursday. Bethany police were asked to do a welfare check at a home in the area of NW 43rd and Rockwell after the man and woman who live at the home did not show up to work. Police went […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Oklahoma City police have taken one suspect into custody after leading officers on a chase through the city’s south side. Officials attempted to make a stop near NW 23rd & Penn when the suspect, now identified as 27-year-old Maria Violet Castro, fled, initiating a pursuit, according to an Oklahoma City Police […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – With only a third of Americans equipped with Real ID, concerns are mounting ahead of the looming federal Oct. 1 deadline. In Oklahoma, however, state officials are confident they can get it done. Already people around the country are seeing massive lines and wait times to get the ID, and some […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The self-proclaimed ‘Tiger King’, who is doing federal time for two murder-for-hire plots and a slew of wildlife charges, is now the subject of a Netflix true-crime documentary series. Joseph Maldonado-Passage, also known as Joe Exotic, is serving a 22-year prison sentence for trying to hire two different people at different […]
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — It is less than 48 hours to the Nevada caucus and a new statewide poll shows Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders with a strong double-digit lead. According to an 8 News Now/Emerson College poll, Sanders received 30.4%, following him is Mayor Pete Buttigieg with 16.9%, former Vice President Joe Biden with 16.1%, Senator […]