Viewer Kaley S. sent in this video showing how a simple delivery van "backfire" sparked a lawn fire. Wow. The driver stopped to put it out. @kfor4.bsky.social

Galen is celebrating 35 years of Great State features at @kfor4.bsky.social today! 🎉 I was really jealous of the day he got to help weigh baby black bears in Eastern Oklahoma with wildlife researchers. We have all benefited from his curiosity about OK places, people and history.

Belly Button Surprise: Oklahoma County deputy cracks up and says, "Dude, that is crazy, that is impressive," after retrieving a little bag of meth. Moments earlier, they found a meth pipe thrown into the grass. The suspect was arrested on an outstanding warrant. facebook.com/reel/4449866...

OK State Dept. of Health told @kfor4.bsky.social last Thursday they had 18 cases so far in 2026. The count jumped to 56 confirmed & 6 hospitalizations. OSDH says "historically, we have had an avg of 44 cyclosporiasis cases annually. It's only been a reportable disease in Oklahoma since 2023."🧵

UPDATE: The number is now 523 animals seized from a home on the city's SE side, including exotic birds, dogs, cats, reptiles and a horse. Shelter Supt. Johnny Sandoval says they are desperate for foster homes. More info on arrests at 4:30/6PM @kfor4.bsky.social kfor.com/news/local/o...

The headline and the resignation from Republican US Congressional candidate Jackson Lahmeyer. President Trump endorsed his opponent today for the August runoff.

Almost all the votes are in for OK Governor's Race. Here is how the counties split their vote on the Republican side. Runoff between Drummon and Mazzei. (1/2)

Brent Swadley of Swadly's BBQ is found GUILTY on ALL six felony counts of fraud and conspiracy against the state. He's accused of inflating construction costs & using faked paperwork to overcharge for equipment like smokers used at state park restaurants. (1/2).

Warnock: "I know that there are those who are tired of the remedy. I'm tired of racism. I think it's a strange position to be more concerned about the medicine than you are about the malady."

“I felt that we had the ways, that people had the right and the dignity to go in and vote without somebody taking it away from us, but I was wrong.” says Clara Luper's daughter about the Supreme Court's decision to gut the voting rights act. kfor.com/news/local/l...

Local civil rights leaders respond to voting rights changes

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — We are now hearing from Oklahoma civil rights leaders after the US Supreme Court dealt a blow to the civil rights era, The Voters Rights Act. The court says the drawing of a …

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Piedmont’s outdated water system struggles with growth while residents face data center proposal. Does Oklahoma City get a say since Piedmont's primary source of water comes from Oklahoma City? kfor.com/news/local/p...

Piedmont’s outdated water system struggles with growth while residents combat data center proposal

There’s a growing concern among Piedmont residents about a potential data center, meanwhile the city’s outdated water infrastructure is only in the beginning phases of being updated.

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NEW ‼️Oklahoma AG requests an audit of OHCA, citing healthcare providers complaints that "Oklahoma's second experiment with managed care Medicaid is failing to deliver on its promises." (1/3)

From Gov. Stitt's Presser: Enid experienced an EF4 Tornado rating with a 9-mile trail of damage according to the National Weather Service. The last EF4 was in Barnsdall two years ago. KFOR photojournalist Dave Young took these images of damage in Enid this morning. @kfor4.bsky.social #tornado

ICYMI: As the Commerce Dept. announces a $1 Billion data center in Tulsa, Oklahoma City pauses new data centers through the end of the year amid rapid growth & community concerns. kfor.com/news/local/o...

Wow! Matthew Matlack of Tulsa marvels at the tree branch that javelined into his truck hood during Tuesday’s storms. Today is anither day to be weatber aware! 🤞 kfor.com/news/local/d...

Governor Stitt has directed that all American and Oklahoma flags on state property be flown at half-staff today until 5 pm Tuesday, April 14th, to honor the life and service of Oklahoma Highway Trooper Vernon Brake.

Oklahoma families face fewer childcare choices, higher out-of-pocket costs & may need to leave the workforce to care for their children while a proposal moves forward to set aside an additional $25 million to help private school families pay for tuition. (1/2)

War in Iran Threatens Helium Supplies for the World's MRI Machines. I did not know "roughly a quarter of all helium consumed worldwide goes toward cooling the superconducting magnets inside MRI scanners." healthpolicy-watch.news/war-in-iran-...

War In Iran Threatens Helium Supplies For The World's MRI Machines - Health Policy Watch

The gas that keeps hospital MRI scanners running has been caught in the crossfire of the war in Iran, raising the prospect of diagnostic delays, rising costs

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Tragically, this crash killed Trooper Vernon Brake along with a young mother and her 4-year old daughter. Here is the information from OHP. 💔

Tara Blume@tarablume.bsky.social · 5mo ago

BREAKING: There has been a terrible crash involving an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper at I-35 & Hefner. I-35 between Britton and Hefner is closed in both directions. @kfor4.bsky.social

BREAKING: There has been a terrible crash involving an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper at I-35 & Hefner. I-35 between Britton and Hefner is closed in both directions. @kfor4.bsky.social

$2 million per ship — to cross a Strait that was free six weeks ago. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/w...

Here is the latest on the heroic actions of Pauls Valley principal, Kirk Moore, who stopped a suspect with a gun at school. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says the suspect is 20-year-old Victor Hawkins, a former Pauls Valley High School student. kfor.com/news/local/h...

‘He’s a hero!’: Oklahoma principal injured in school shooting credited with preventing larger tragedy

A Pauls Valley High School principal is recovering after police say he confronted and stopped an armed former student inside the school Tuesday afternoon, taking a bullet while protecting students …

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A large police presence reported at Paul's Valley High School. This was sent to parents: all students are OK.

OKC Police investigate officers' apparent April Fools Prank that did not amuse dispatchers: “Delta 13 just advised that they threw a baby out the window at 36th and Robinson...” “He supposedly ran over a transient...” kfor.com/news/local/o...

A new lawsuit against Vesta CEO Mark Kulick includes a link to high-stakes gambling videos. Vesta manages apartments in OKC, Tulsa & Stillwater, plagued with problems like mold & standing sewage. Section-8 tenants say they're desperate for help. @kfor4.bsky.social kfor.com/news/local/v...

The Trump admin. sues Illinois, Connecticut and Arizona to STOP regulation of prediction markets like Kalshi & Polymarket-- "a fast-growing industry that has run headlong into thorny questions about insider trading and profiting off war and suffering." www.npr.org/2026/04/02/n...

Trump administration sues three states over attempts to regulate prediction markets

The suits are the most ambitious effort to date that the Trump administration has gone to try to override state laws and set the rules for the fast-growing and increasingly divisive betting industry.

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A new study from researchers at UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz suggests models will disobey human commands to protect their own kind. www.wired.com/story/ai-mod...

AI Models Lie, Cheat, and Steal to Protect Other Models From Being Deleted

A new study from researchers at UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz suggests models will disobey human commands to protect their own kind.

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Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice confirms two people died in Beggs due to violent storms last night. 💔 @kfor4.bsky.social

today @kfor4.bsky.social talked to the family of Jodie and Lexie Owens, killed by storms while driving home from Fairview. Jodie is mom of 8. "She could see a storm was coming. She called her children, who were still at home to say- you need to get into a cellar."🧵 www.gofundme.com/f/supporting...

Donate to Family Support for Jodie & Lexi Owens — Lost in Ok Tornado, organized by Janelle Bagozzi

My name is Janelle and Jodie is my sister. I am asking for he… Janelle Bagozzi needs your support for Family Support for Jodie & Lexi Owens — Lost in Ok Tornado

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