WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: OKLAHOMA CITY - An Edmond contractor with a history of workplace safety violations dating back to 2018, including three related to the dangers in underground trenches, was found disregarding U.S. Department of Labor regulations. In February 2024, investigators with the department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration learned a 61-year-old pipe layer empl  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that, as of Aug. 2, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma has entered permanent injunctions that bar three Tulsa, Oklahoma-area men and two companies from running a fraudulent medical debt collection scheme that targeted current and former servicemembers and older Americans. In its civil complaint, the United States alleged that   more

ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Oklahoma, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Altus Air Force Base (97th Air Mobility Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Heidi Bucins, 97th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs Fuel is the lifeline for the aircraft at Altus Air Force Base, making missions possible. The 97th Fuels Management Flight is responsible for maintaining a 3.6 million gallon jet fuel inventory and issuing 43 million gallons of fuel annually. In 2010, Defense Logistics Agency Energy turned o  more

TULSA, Oklahoma, Aug. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: Today, U.S. District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell sentenced Leslie Ann Ameen, 63, of Tulsa, for Wire Fraud. She was ordered to serve 49 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Judge Frizzell further ordered Ameen to pay $8,293,611 in restitution. "Ameen significantly harmed a hospital that serves our community and is funded by  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: OKLAHOMA CITY Los residentes de Oklahoma afectados por las tormentas severas, vientos rectos, tornados e inundaciones que ocurrieron entre el 19 al 28 de mayo tienen una semana para solicitar asistencia de FEMA. La fecha limite para solicitar asistencia es el 14 de agosto. Si usted fue afectado por las tormentas en los condados Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Delaware,   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Small nonfarm businesses in 12 Oklahoma counties are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration. These loans offset economic losses because of red  more