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• Lawmaker asks for AG's opinion on potential Supt. Walters ethics violation

  12-04-2025 01:54 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A freshman Oklahoma lawmaker has brought up a new possible ethics complaint centered around State Superintendent Ryan Walters.In an interview with Non-Doc, Representative Ellen Pogemiller (D-Oklahoma City) said she not only asked Attorney General Gentner Drummond for his opinion, but also filed another complaint with the Oklahoma Ethics Commission.Pogemiller said she believes that because Walters seemingly endorsed an alternate organization to what he called "woke te
  
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• Trump: Pledge to end Ukraine war on first day in White House ‘said in jest’

  27-04-2025 02:59 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) - President Trump, nearing his first 100 days back in the White House, says his campaign pledge to end the war in Ukraine on Day One was not a serious promise.In an interview with Time magazine, published on Friday, Trump was asked about his claim that he could end the war immediately and he blamed the media for the way it was perceived.“Well, I said that figuratively, and I said that as an exaggeration, because to make a point, and you know, it gets, of course, b
  
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• Snake falls into margarita at Virginia restaurant, woman says she's traumatized

  27-04-2025 02:57 via kfor.com
  
  HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- It's a story you have to see to believe. One Virginia woman says she's traumatized after a snake fell from the ceiling of a Mexican restaurant in Henrico County — and into her margarita.Carletta Andrews said it happened at the Patron Mexican Restaurant and Cantina in Sandston in the evening of April 16. In an exclusive interview with 8News Anchor Autumn Childress, Andrews shared that she and her husband had just finished their food when she felt something on h
  
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• Lana Del Rey says she kissed Morgan Wallen, claims it 'went to his head'

  27-04-2025 02:56 via kfor.com
  
  INDIO, Ca. (NEXSTAR) — Acclaimed singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey made a surprise confession during a Friday performance at the 2025 Stagecoach Festival and it involves one of country music's most popular (and controversial) current superstars.While performing a new song titled "57.5," believed to be from the artist's forthcoming 10th studio album, Del Rey sang: "I kissed Morgan Wallen. I guess kissing me kind of went to his head. If you want the secret to success — I suggest don't go
  
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• Syracuse grieves the passing of NFL icon Raymond Seals

  27-04-2025 02:54 via kfor.com
  
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV)—The Central New York community is mourning the loss of Henniger High graduate, later to become the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers' defensive lineman, Raymond Bernard Seals, who passed away on April 5, 2025. In honor of his service to the Syracuse community, Seals was remembered in a memorial service that reflected the impact he had on those who knew him.The service was filled with tributes, stories, and memories of Seals, who was a man of sheer determination and a work
  
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• Noem: 150,000 migrants arrested and deported since Trump took office

  27-04-2025 02:53 via kfor.com
  
  EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem took to X on Friday to tout recent arrests of migrants accused of sex assaults and violent crimes such as murder and robbery."Every day I get a report of individuals we have arrested in this country and gotten out that have been perpetuating violence against our communities and endangering families," Noem said.In her 50-second monologue, she made a claim that drew scrutiny."Since President Trump has been in office &nd
  
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• Police investigating homicide in Midwest City

  27-04-2025 00:58 via kfor.com
  
  MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (KFOR) — Police are investigating a homicide after one person was shot in the head in Midwest City on Saturday afternoon.According to officials, officers with the Midwest City Police Department responded to a shooting near SE 15th and Crosby Boulevard on Saturday.Police investigate homicide near SE 15th and Crosby Boulevard. (KFOR)Police investigate homicide near SE 15th and Crosby Boulevard.
  Officers found one person shot in the head. The victim was transported to a lo
  
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• Daiso opens in Edmond, first store in Oklahoma

  27-04-2025 00:11 via kfor.com
  
  EDMOND, Okla. (KFOR) — A little piece of Japan opened up Saturday morning as Oklahoma's first 'Daiso' store welcomed a large crowd of shoppers.Even the rain couldn't dampen the enthusiasm of devoted Daiso fans who waited in line to get inside the new store.Store manager, Hunter Archer, says there is something for everyone at Daiso."Daiso is a Japanese value store. We sell a wide variety of products from home goods, decor, stationery, makeup, fishing lures, snacks, food and beverage, and ev
  
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• 35-year-old Oklahoma County Detention Center inmate found dead

  26-04-2025 23:04 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The Oklahoma County Detention Center (OCDC) says a 35-year-old inmate was found dead in her cell Saturday morning.Rachel Nalley was reportedly found unresponsive in her cell by an OCDC officer conducting a welfare check at around 7:20 a.m. on Saturday.
  Rachel Nalley. Image courtesy, Oklahoma County Detention Center.
  Lifesaving measures were performed by medical staff at the jail and staff with the Oklahoma City Fire Department, but were unsuccessful.Nalley had been h
  
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• Controlled burns reduce wildfire risk, but they require trained staff and funding − this could be a rough year

  26-04-2025 22:00 via kfor.com
  
  (The Conversation) - Red skies in August, longer fire seasons and checking air quality before taking my toddler to the park. This has become the new norm in the western United States as wildfires become more frequent, larger and more catastrophic.As an ecologist at the University of Colorado Boulder, I know that fires are part of the natural processes that forests need to stay healthy. But the combined effects of a warmer and drier climate, more people living in fir
  
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• Semi crash blocks lanes of I-44 near Belle Isle Bridge

  26-04-2025 19:38 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A jack-knifed semi is blocking multiple lanes on I-44 near the Belle Isle bridge.Jack-knifed semi truck. (KFOR)News 4 crews are currently at the scene and will provide more information.
  
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• Festival of the Arts in Oklahoma City delayed Saturday

  26-04-2025 19:05 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Storms that have moved in throughout the state and much of the metro have brought flash flooding, delaying the Festival of the Arts in Oklahoma City on Saturday.Officials with the festival said that the opening of the event will be delayed until 4 p.m. Saturday.We will keep you updated when more information arrives.
  
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• OKC Memorial Marathon races canceled for Saturday

  26-04-2025 18:43 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Events for the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon on Saturday have been canceled, according to officials.Due to lightning and flash flooding in the metro, marathon officials have canceled the races for Saturday, but are working to include the 5K in Sunday's lineup.
  More information will be provided to participants in the 5K sometime on Saturday.The marathon, half marathon, and quarter marathon are still scheduled for Sunday, according to marathon officials.
  
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• OKC Memorial Marathon 5K rescheduled to Sunday morning

  26-04-2025 18:43 via kfor.com
  
  UPDATE @ 4:30 P.M.Officials announced a new start time for runners after Saturday's event was canceled due to the weather.
  The new start time for the 5K will be Sunday, April 27, at 7:30 a.m., and a new route has been created for the event as well.Officials said runners must wait along Hudson or Robinson and not enter the start area corrals until other races have cleared, which could be around 7 a.m.ORIGINAL STORYOKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Events for the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon on Satu
  
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• Ukrainian surgeons learn new techniques at OU Health to treat war victims

  26-04-2025 17:50 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Doctors from war-torn Ukraine are in Oklahoma City learning life-saving lessons greatly needed in their home country.This is the fifth group sent to OU Health in the past couple of years.While speaking with Ukrainian Surgeons, they told News 4 it is not very well known that the war in Ukraine has actually been going on for a decade.It has only been known to the world for the last few years.OU Health helps train Ukrainian surgeonsSo, learning these techniques to treat
  
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• 10 US cardinals among those selecting Pope Francis’ successor

  26-04-2025 13:47 via kfor.com
  
  (NewsNation) — 135 cardinals from around the globe, including 10 from the United States, prepare to select his successor.The cardinals, who represent just over half of the College of Cardinals, will attend Francis’ funeral at the Basilica of St. Mary Major on Saturday. After honoring the late pontiff, they will seclude themselves inside the Sistine Chapel for the conclave, the process by which the next pope is chosen.Francis died Monday of heart failure following a stroke. He was 88
  
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• Court ruling further complicates Trump's anti-DEI push

  26-04-2025 13:45 via kfor.com
  
  President Trump's plans to rid the country’s education system of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) were thrown further into chaos this week when a judge ruled against the Education Department's directives.  States, fiercely divided on the issue, were already dealing with a delayed certification deadline and murky enforcement mechanisms before federal Judge Landya McCafferty issued her preliminary injunction on Trump's anti-DEI measures. "Thankfully, many schools and districts
  
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• Governor's task force releases initial report on March 2025 wildfire response

  26-04-2025 02:25 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The wildfire response task force formed by Governor Kevin Stitt, after his criticism of the forestry department's response to the March wildfire outbreak, released its initial findings Friday evening.The Wildfire Response Working Group, led by Secretary of Public Safety Tricia Everest and Secretary of Agriculture Blayne Arthur, was formed in early April to find areas of improvement in the state's wildfire response.Stitt's decision to form the task force followed the
  
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• Incoming! Another wave of rain and storms

  26-04-2025 02:00 via kfor.com
  
  Our next wave of rain with embedded t-storms is on the way. Arriving Metro by mid morning Saturday. Look for many hours of rain with mild humid temperatures. Locally heavy rainfall is possible. Sunday will be dry and warmer! Mike
  
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• New OSDE school standards come with $33 million price tag

  26-04-2025 01:29 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The newly proposed school standards submitted by the Board of Education are coming with a $33 million price tag, and lawmakers could have the board take another look at them.The resolution was filed late Thursday by Senator Adam Pugh (R-Edmond) to reject the standards that were submitted. Which means if this resolution makes its way through the legislature and is fully approved, the standards would go back to the board.
  "We had to file that resolution on Thursday. So
  
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• New video shows deadly Logan County shooting

  26-04-2025 01:11 via kfor.com
  
  LOGAN COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) — Newly-released body camera footage shows the moments two Logan County Deputies were shot in early April.Logan County Sheriff Deputies Kayoomars Niroomandi and Captain Tom Kutay were responding to a domestic violence call in early April when they were hit by gunfire.The alleged shooter was 45-year-old Jeremy Dean Barnett."Shots fired! I'm hit," said Kutay. "Where are you Niro? Where are you hit? You see him?"Barnett began shooting at the two deputies after they
  
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• Passenger train between OKC, Fort Worth could soon see its last ride

  26-04-2025 00:23 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The only passenger train in Oklahoma could soon see its last ride.The Heartland Flyer has been running daily between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth since 1999 and last year alone, saw over 80,000 passengers."My family has always used the Heartland Flyer as kind of like a weekend getaway to go down to Fort Worth for an afternoon," said Braden Hamilton, rides train.Hamilton says he's been riding the train since he was a little boy and is devastated to see it may go away.
  
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• Texas Roadhouse makes steak 'with love' for dying pup

  25-04-2025 23:43 via kfor.com
  
  EPHRATA, Pa. (WHTM) - They're called "special instructions," but they're common enough that they have their own field on the online order page.Maddie Fry, working in the Texas Roadhouse to-go area, said the most common special instruction is, "Please, can I have some extra rolls and butter?"
  People love their rolls. But they love their pets even more. Last week, a special instruction unlike any other appeared."Last meal for our dog. Prepare w/ love," read Hunter Metzger's request, which was belo
  
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• Who is Hannah Dugan, judge arrested by FBI in Wisconsin

  25-04-2025 23:41 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) – Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah C. Dugan was arrested Friday, with federal authorities alleging the judge tried to impede with President Trump's immigration agenda by helping an undocumented migrant avoid arrest in her courtroom.Dugan, 65, faces charges related to obstructing a proceeding and concealing an individual to prevent their arrest, after she reportedly delayed Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE)'s apprehension of Mexican immigrant Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, 30
  
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• Metro Tech celebrates new nursing simulation lab

  25-04-2025 23:40 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A ribbon cutting was held Thursday morning to celebrate Metro Tech’s Springlake Campus’ new nursing simulation lab. “I can tell you this simulation lab is going to be a game changer,” said Kerri Bayer, the Regional Chief Nursing Officer of SSM Health. LOCAL NEWS: Last minute preps ahead of Festival of the ArtsThe project was funded by an ARPA grant, awarded through the Oklahoma Healthcare Workforce Training Commission. The hope is th
  
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• ICE restoring international students' visa registrations

  25-04-2025 23:39 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is restoring more than 1,500 foreign students’ visa registrations after multiple recent lawsuits.   Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Sauter said in a Friday court filing that ICE told him was going to restore student records to the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), a reporting system that gives information about international students to the Department of Homeland Security.      The message
  
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• Apple juice distributed in 28 states recalled over potential contamination with toxic compound: FDA

  25-04-2025 23:38 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – More than 170,000 bottles of Martinelli’s apple juice have been recalled over potential contamination with patulin, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.Patulin, a naturally occurring toxin classified as a “mycotoxin,” can be produced by different types of molds which grow on apples (among other grains or fruit) and can carry over into apple products, the World Health Organization explains. The pasteurization process cannot rid a product of patul
  
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• Trump approval on immigration slips into negative territory: Survey

  25-04-2025 23:37 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) – President Trump’s approval rating on immigration, one of his core campaign issues, has slipped into negative territory since February, according to a survey released on Friday. The Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll found that 53 percent of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of immigration, while 46 percent are supportive of the president's approach to the issue. Trump's approval rating on the issue was more positive in February, when 50 percent ap
  
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• Biden to attend Pope Francis funeral

  25-04-2025 23:36 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) -- Former President Joe Biden and former first lady Jill Biden are expected to attend Pope Francis’s funeral in Rome on Saturday, a Biden spokesperson told NewsNation, The Hill's sister station, on Friday.Biden, who was the country’s second Roman Catholic president after former President John F. Kennedy, met with Pope Francis on numerous occasions after he became the Catholic church's leader in 2013, including in a private one-on-one visit between the two in 2021 a fe
  
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• LA immigration attorney receives DHS email telling her to leave the US despite being a citizen

  25-04-2025 23:35 via kfor.com
  
  (KTLA) - A Los Angeles immigration attorney said she received an email from the Department of Homeland Security telling her to leave the U.S. “immediately” even though she is a U.S. citizen.Harriet Steele said she was stunned when she opened an email sent to her from the federal agency on April 10 that read, “It is time for you to leave the United States.”"I was startled when I first read it,” she told Nexstar's KTLA. Portions of the email also read, “DHS
  
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