Nation Jul 31 Kerr County’s top leaders were asleep, out of town during initial hours of Texas flood crisis Two top leaders in a rural Texas county were asleep and a third was out of town in the initial hours of a catastrophic flood that came barreling through the region, causing widespread destruction and killing more than 130 people earlier this…
Politics Jul 11 WATCH: Trump attends roundtable on Texas flooding with state officials in Kerrville President Donald Trump on Friday toured the devastation from catastrophic flooding in Texas and lauded local officials amid mounting criticism that they failed to warn residents fast enough that a deadly wall of water was coming their way.
Nation Jul 06 Texas officials face scrutiny over lack of evacuation orders before deadly flooding The National Weather Service sent out a series of flash flood warnings in the early hours Friday before issuing flash flood emergencies — a rare alert notifying of imminent danger. Local officials have insisted that no one saw the flood…
Nation Apr 20 Former President Clinton speaks at memorial service 30 years after Oklahoma City bombing Thirty years after the deadliest homegrown attack in U.S. history, former President Bill Clinton returned to Oklahoma City on Saturday to remember the people who were killed and comfort those affected by the bombing.
Nation Mar 15 At least 26 people killed as massive storm sweeping the U.S. spawns tornadoes and fires Violent tornadoes ripped through parts of the U.S., wiping out schools and toppling semitractor-trailers in several states, part of a monster storm that has killed at least 26 people as more severe weather was expected late Saturday.
Nation Feb 20 Former Oklahoma governor and senator David Boren dies at 83 David Boren, the former Oklahoma governor and longtime U.S. Senate intelligence chief who went on to lead the University of Oklahoma after his retirement from politics, has died.
Health Feb 11 15 cases of measles reported in small West Texas county with high rate of vaccine exemptions Some of the cases appear to be connected to private religious schools in the district, said Holbrooks, who cautioned that the investigation is ongoing.
Nation Jan 09 Schools close, flights canceled across parts of the South as winter storm sweeps through Snow and icy conditions threatened to paralyze parts of the U.S. South from Texas to Alabama on Thursday, as officials closed schools, canceled or delayed flights and warned residents in some of the worst-hit areas to stay off roads as…
Nation Jan 08 Polar vortex heads for Texas and neighboring states, with snow and sleet expected An area stretching from Texas to Tennessee braced Wednesday for the possible arrival of freezing rain and snow even as some other parts of the U.S. hit by the plunging polar vortex this week began to shake off its icy…
Nation Dec 28 Oklahoma AG dismisses assault charge against police officer who threw 71-year-old to the ground Oklahoma’s Republican attorney general dismissed a felony assault charge Friday against a police officer who slammed a 71-year-old man to the ground, breaking his neck, during an argument over a traffic ticket.