MASON — L.T. Piggie II's last act was his greatest.

Piggie, 51, drowned Thursday night after rescuing his 4-year-old daughter, Nateasha, from a pickup that rolled into a large pond near their Mason home in north Okfuskee County.

Piggie and his 14-year-old son, L.T. III, were bass fishing at the pond when the truck suddenly lurched......

MUSKOGEE — The city of Hugo sued the state today, seeking to overturn Oklahoma's moratorium on selling water to Texas.

Hugo's impetus: A contract approved Thursday for the Choctaw County city to sell vast amounts of water to Irving, Texas.

The lawsuit, filed in Muskogee's federal courthouse, claims the moratorium violates the Commerc......

As fantasy football leagues around the country gear up online and offline, former Oklahoma quarterback Adrian Peterson is among the hottest players to pick.

Peterson, entering just his second season in the NFL, is a consensus top 5 pick in most rankings, falling behind San Diego star LaDanian Tomlinson.

"No one will take him lightly ......

Federal Bankruptcy Judge T.M. Weaver reopened the case Thursday in response to a petition from bankruptcy trustee John D. Mashburn.

Mashburn asked that the case be re......

Eun Ju Lee, 36, died at the scene.

Lee was thrown from the 12-passenger van when it slammed into a guardrail and a bridge about 9:30 a.m. Thursday on U.S. 15 near Gettysburg. Her children — Mi......

Inocente Richmond Yanez has been missing since Jan. 5, 1999, when he vanished from his mother's home.

The OSBI is offering $3,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of ......

HENRYETTA — Two people died early today in a two-vehicle accident on Interstate 40 in Okmulgee County, authorities said.

Jimmy Ray Dickey Jr., 21, of Sapulpa died at the scene, which was one-quarter mile west of U.S. 75. The other victim died at the scene, but their name hasn't been released pending notification of family members.

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ELK CITY — About 100 Oklahoma Natural Gas employees are working today to restore service to customers here after a high-pressure pipeline was severed.

Repairs on the six-inch line have been completed, company spokesman Don Sherry said.

Crews had to go to each of 5,700 meters or customers where there is a gas meter and physically shut......

DZHAVA, Georgia (AP) -- Russia sent columns of tanks and reportedly bombed Georgian air bases Friday after Georgia launched a major military offensive Friday to retake the breakaway province of South Ossetia, threatening to ignite a broader conflict.

Hundreds of civilians were reported dead in the worst outbreak of hostilities s......

A spokeswoman with Medical Center of Southeastern Oklahoma in Durant said it received two patients, the Dallas Morning News ......