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• Oklahoma House passes "Christ is King" resolution

  18-04-2025 01:46 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — On Wednesday, lawmakers debated on the House floor for two hours. The debate had nothing to do with education or tax cuts.Instead, it was about a resolution proclaiming "Christ is King."Every Republican present on the floor voted for the resolution and every Democrat present voted against.
  The vote and debate come despite Oklahoma's state constitution highlighting the separation of church and state.
  It's a resolution that some lawmakers said doesn't need to happen."I
  
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• Gov. Stitt vetoes bill that would extend Oklahoma eviction timeline

  08-05-2025 01:49 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — On Monday, Governor Kevin Stitt vetoed an Oklahoma Senate bill that would've extended the timeline for Oklahomans facing eviction.Senate Bill 128, a bipartisan bill authored by Senator Democratic Leader Julia Kirt (D-Oklahoma City) and Representative Daniel Pae (R-Lawton), would have extended the period between the eviction trial notice and court date from 5-10 days to 10-15 days.Kirt said the purpose of the bill was to give Oklahomans facing eviction more time to se
  
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• Restrictions to Initiative Petition process passes another hurdle

  08-05-2025 01:46 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Lawmakers in the House voted Wednesday to send the restrictions on Oklahoma's Initiative Petition Process to the Senate.It's Senate Bill 1027, and it essentially requires that every Oklahoma county must get 11.5% of the voters from the last election for it to count.
  It would limit the number of signatures that can be collected in each county to 11.5% of votes cast in the most recent gubernatorial election for a statutory change and 20.8% for a constitutional change.&
  
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• Former OK Attorney General representing families, teachers suing OSDE and State Board of Education

  08-05-2025 01:30 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Former Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter is representing a group of parents and teachers in a lawsuit against the Oklahoma State Department of Education and the State Board of Education.Plaintiffs in the petition are trying to stop the adoption of new social studies standards that lawmakers could've sent back for additional review, but chose not to.The standards were approved in February and will be in place over the next six years.Mike Hunter speaking. (KFOR) RE
  
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• 'It's just very tragic': 6-year-old killed in violent dog attack

  08-05-2025 01:06 via kfor.com
  
  WARNING: This story contains disturbing content. Viewer discretion is advised.CLEVELAND COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) — A family is devastated after a six-year-old boy was mauled to death by dogs.Nikki Maynard's little cousin was viciously attacked and killed by dogs on Sunday evening."It's just very tragic," said Maynard. "The dad walked out, he saw the dog run, then saw, unfortunately, his son on the ground, unresponsive." Family seeking answers after young man found injured on a Shawnee roadThe
  
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• Nonprofit supporting developmentally disabled expands with new programs building

  08-05-2025 00:40 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A community for people with developmental disabilities got bigger and better with a new state of the art learning space for their members. The 37,000 sq. ft. facility marks the end of their campaigns first phase to enhance their programs and members lives.From things like cooking to art, it’s a world of opportunity to learn for members at Wings. They are the nonprofit building a community for adults with developmental disabilities."I love everything up here. Wi
  
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• Senate committee rejects immigration rules for Oklahoma schools

  08-05-2025 00:18 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Lawmakers at the State Capitol voted Wednesday to reject controversial rules proposed by State Superintendent Ryan Walters.The bipartisan Senate Administrative Rules Committee voted 6-1 on a resolution that would remove two key rules: Requiring public schools to ask families for proof of U.S. Citizenship during school enrollment, and requiring teachers to take a U.S. Naturalization test. RELATED: OSDE passes rule to require citizenship status of familiesSenator Miche
  
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• What's next for the raccoon found playing with meth pipes during traffic stop?

  08-05-2025 00:13 via kfor.com
  
  SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WJW) -- Chewy the raccoon is "safe and secure" after he was discovered playing with meth pipes during a traffic stop in Ohio on Monday, police said.Officers Austin Branham and Ty Klapp with the Springfield Township Police Department detailed the first-of-their-careers encounter Wednesday and explained what will happen to the pet raccoon as his owner now faces felony drug charges.Chewy, who the officers described as extremely playful, was discovered in Victoria Page-Vi
  
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• Family seeking answers after young man found injured on a Shawnee road

  08-05-2025 00:00 via kfor.com
  
  SHAWNEE, Okla. (KFOR) — A family is searching for answers after a young man was found critically injured on the side of a road in Shawnee.Police are still investigating, but those we spoke with believe he was hit by a car and the driver took off.32-year-old Timothy Olson had just moved to Shawnee for a fresh start."He's been here about two months maybe and just getting back on his feet, trying to make a better life for himself and do something different with his life," said Crystal Hicks,
  
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• Black smoke emerges from Sistine Chapel; no pope selected on first vote

  07-05-2025 21:11 via kfor.com
  
  Black smoke has emerged from the Sistine Chapel after Cardinals held the first vote to select a new pope on the first day of the conclave, signaling deliberations will continue.The black smoke was visible just after 9 p.m. local time in Rome, indicating no one received the two-thirds of the vote needed to be elected.Cardinals entered the conclave early Wednesday and are housed in a residence in the Vatican, cut off from receiving information outside the isolated period. All cardinals younger tha
  
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• Former Virginia NICU nurse accused of abusing, neglecting babies facing new charges

  07-05-2025 20:50 via kfor.com
  
  HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- Erin Strotman, the former Virginia nurse accused of abusing and neglecting several premature babies while they received care in Henrico Doctors’ Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), is now facing 20 total charges.The eight new charges, four counts of child abuse with wounding and four counts of malicious wounding, were announced during a hearing in Henrico County Circuit Court on Wednesday.Strotman was initially charged with two counts in Janu
  
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• Mysterious human skull found 32 years ago on California beach identified

  07-05-2025 20:02 via kfor.com
  
  (KRON) -- A forensic genetic genealogy team has uncovered a mystery behind a partial human skull found 32 years ago on a beach in Northern California.The woman's skull was spotted near Trinidad Head, a rocky structure in Trinidad Harbor, in 1993. At the time, a traditional DNA profile was developed and entered into the National Unidentified Person DNA Index, and no match was made.In 2024, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office submitted evidence to Othram’s laboratory in Texas, hoping
  
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• Measles cases in Oklahoma continue to rise, now at 17

  07-05-2025 19:52 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The measles case count has risen to 17 in Oklahoma with a new confirmed case in the latest numbers released by the State Department of Health on Tuesday.Of the 14 confirmed and three probable cases, OSDH says 15 of the patients were unvaccinated, one was fully vaccinated, and one had an unknown vaccination status. 20 attorneys general ask federal judge to reverse deep cuts to US Health and Human ServicesOSDH has also updated their site to show age data. The age of th
  
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• Austin police looking for child last seen in 2017 after sibling found locked in closet

  07-05-2025 19:48 via kfor.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police in Austin, Texas, are asking for the public's help in finding a 9-year-old girl who has not been seen in more than seven years after her mother was accused of locking another child in a closet for "weeks at a time," according to an arrest affidavit.Ava Marie Gonzales was last seen by family in December 2017, when she was 2 years old. She was in the custody of her mother, Virginia Gonzales, at the time and was not reported missing, according to detectives.Virginia Gon
  
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• Canoeing woman killed in alligator attack at Florida state park

  07-05-2025 19:43 via kfor.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) -- A woman is dead after Florida wildlife officials say an alligator tipped the canoe she was traveling in with her husband and bit her on Tuesday.The attack was reported around 4 p.m. on Tuesday at the mouth of Tiger Creek on Lake Kissimmee, located between Polk and Osceola counties.The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) shared Wednesday that the husband and wife were in a canoe when they passed over a large alligator in the water, which was about 2.5 fee
  
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• Pardon and Parole Board votes to deny clemency for death row inmate John Hanson

  07-05-2025 19:21 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted to deny clemency for death row inmate John Hanson on Wednesday, May 7.Officials say Hanson and an accomplice carjacked and kidnapped 77-year-old Mary Bowles in Tulsa in 1999. Before she was shot to death, Hanson and his accomplice shot Jerald Thurman, an innocent bystander. LOCAL NEWS: Police searching for suspects after shooting leaves one injured in NW OKC“The families of Mary Bowles and Jerald Thurman have waited more tha
  
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• Actor Michael Pitt accused of sexually assaulting ex-girlfriend

  07-05-2025 19:06 via kfor.com
  
  (AP) - Actor Michael Pitt, known for his TV roles on “Boardwalk Empire” and “Dawson's Creek,” is accused of sexually assaulting his ex-girlfriend, choking her, and attacking her with a cinder block and a piece of lumber at his New York City home, according to a grand jury indictment.Pitt, 44, whose lawyers denied the allegations, was arrested Friday on nine counts including first-degree sexual abuse, criminal sexual acts, assault, attempted assault and strangulation. The
  
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• Disney announces location of 7th theme park, says it will be the most 'advanced and interactive' of all

  07-05-2025 18:48 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – The Walt Disney Company on Wednesday announced plans to add another theme park to its Experiences portfolio — its seventh in total.The new resort is being planned for Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, on Yas Island. The island, which has an area of about 10 square miles, is already home to several theme parks including Ferrari World and Warner Bros. World.“This is a thrilling moment for our company as we announce plans to build an exciting Disney theme park res
  
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• Two lanes closed eastbound on I-40 due to crash

  07-05-2025 18:21 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, two lanes have been closed eastbound on I-40 at S Western Avenue in Oklahoma City due to a collision.Officials say a car is stuck on the inside shoulder impacting traffic.Collision on I-40 in western Oklahoma City. Image courtesy OHP.
  OHP is reminding drivers why abandoned vehicles are dangerous on roadways.Visit KFOR's Live Traffic Map for more.
  
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• Texas man sentenced after traveling to Oklahoma to engage in sexual acts with a minor

  07-05-2025 18:06 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - A Texas man has been sentenced after he traveled to Oklahoma to engage in sexual acts with a 13-year-old in April 2024.According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Oklahoma, an officer with the Moore Police Department responded to a home on April 5, 2024, after receiving reports of someone looking into the window of a 13-year-old girl.LOCAL NEWS: Moore PD: Barricaded suspect not found inside apartmentAuthorities were able to find the suspect, 25-year-old Br
  
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• Who are the contenders to be pope? They include a street priest, a missionary and a Lutheran convert

  07-05-2025 17:33 via kfor.com
  
  (AP) – Wanted: A holy man.Job description: Leading the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church.Location: Vatican City.There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the characteristics necessary to become pope. After St. John Paul II broke the centuries-long Italian hold on the papacy in 1978, the field of contenders has broadened considerably.When the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to cho
  
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• Conclave voters urged to set aside personal interests and choose a pope who prizes unity

  07-05-2025 14:20 via kfor.com
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals began the centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis, celebrating a morning Mass on Wednesday before opening the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history.The dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, presided over the service, urging the voters to set aside all personal interests and find a pope who
  
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• Conclave to elect a new pope officially begins as Sistine Chapel doors close

  07-05-2025 14:20 via kfor.com
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — With the cry of “Extra omnes” — Latin for “all out” — the great doors of the Sistine Chapel closed Wednesday and 133 cardinals began the secretive, centuries-old ritual of electing a new leader of the Catholic Church, opening the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history.The red-robed cardinals entered the Sistine Chapel in pairs, chanting the meditative “Litany of the Saints” a
  
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• Black smoke rises from Sistine Chapel chimney, conclave hasn't elected pope in first vote

  07-05-2025 14:20 via kfor.com
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church.The smoke billowed out at 9 p.m. Wednesday, some four hours after 133 cardinals solemnly entered the Sistine Chapel, took their oaths of secrecy and formally opened the centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis to lead the 1.4 billion-member church.With no one securing the necessary two
  
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• Black smoke rises from Sistine Chapel chimney, conclave doesn't elect pope in first vote

  07-05-2025 14:20 via kfor.com
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signaling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals opened the secretive, centuries-old ritual to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church.The cardinals participating in the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history took just one round of voting Wednesday evening. After failing to find a winner on the first ballot, they retired for the night and will re
  
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• Fighter jet landing on USS Harry S. Truman goes overboard, forcing pilots to eject

  07-05-2025 14:03 via kfor.com
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An F/A-18 fighter jet landing on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the Red Sea went overboard, forcing its two pilots to eject, a defense official told The Associated Press on Wednesday.The incident Tuesday marks the latest mishap to mar the deployment of the Truman, which has been essential in the airstrike campaign by the United States against Yemen's Houthi rebels.On Tuesday, President Donald Trump and Oman's foreign minister both said a
  
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• Rep. state senator files resolution to overturn ruling, making gay marriage legal

  07-05-2025 13:30 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — There is growing reaction Tuesday night as a Republican state lawmaker calls on the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its ruling, making gay marriage legal.LGBTQ+ advocates say they are annoyed that, in this day and age, legislators are still trying to define what love is for everyone."For the Oklahoma legislature to choose at this moment to say that they don't value the sanctity of marriage between queer constituents is definitely concerning," Nicole McAfee, Executive
  
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• OK Resolution asks SCOTUS to overturn gay marriage ruling

  07-05-2025 13:30 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — There is growing reaction Tuesday night as a Republican state lawmaker calls on the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its ruling, making gay marriage legal.LGBTQ+ advocates say they are annoyed that, in this day and age, legislators are still trying to define what love is for everyone."For the Oklahoma legislature to choose at this moment to say that they don't value the sanctity of marriage between queer constituents is definitely concerning," Nicole McAfee, Executive
  
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• Grady County families no longer stranded after crews repair flooded-out road

  07-05-2025 13:15 via kfor.com
  
  BLANCHARD, Okla. (KFOR) — Several days after heavy rain caused a dam to collapse and wash away the only road to several homes in Grady County, those families are no longer stranded — thanks to fast action by county workers.Heavy rain destroyed a portion of Grady County Road 1322 near Blanchard last week when floodwaters filled a retention pond to capacity, overtopping the dam the road sat on, leaving a massive hole and cutting off access to about nine homes. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Grady
  
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• Moore firefighter recovering after injuries from Monday house fire

  07-05-2025 04:36 via kfor.com
  
  MOORE, Okla. (KFOR) — A Moore firefighter who was injured during a house fire Monday morning is recovering in the hospital.The Moore Fire Department said on Tuesday that the firefighter is in stable condition at a metro hospital after suffering second and third-degree burns while battling the house fire on N Morgan Drive near E Main Street, just after 9:30 a.m. on Monday. RELATED: Moore firefighter injured while battling house fire“We are incredibly grateful that our firefighter is s
  
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