Local & Regional

By KWGS News

Fairland, OK – Three people are severely burn when a feed mill in Fairland, Oklahoma explodes. The three were rushed to hospitals in helicopters. The explosion happened about 1:30 Wednesday afternoon.

The mill is west of town. Fairland is in Ottawa County, about 15-miles south of Miami.

The mill is owned by Simmons and would grind feed for chickens.

By Associated Press

Tulsa, OK – Okla. authorities looking for Tulsa bank robber

TULSA, Okla. (AP) Tulsa police say a man armed with a gun robbed a Bank of America.

Officers say the man entered the bank at 9:09 a.m. Wednesday and left with an undetermined amount of cash.

No one was injured during the robbery.

The robber is described as a black male who stands about 5 feet 11 inches to 6 feet tall and weighs 180 to 215 pounds.

Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.

By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, OK – 2 Okla. troopers on leave pending investigations

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Two Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers are on administrative leave pending investigations into separate incidents involving the officers.

Trooper Jason Wayne Henry was placed on leave after being charged in Logan County with misdemeanor domestic abuse/assault and battery. Court documents say only that Henry was involved in a domestic violence incident on Thanksgiving Day.

By Associated Press

Bartlesville, OK – DHS had investigated woman charged in baby's death

TULSA, Okla. (AP) A Bartlesville woman charged with neglect in the death of her 10-day-old daughter in a washing machine was investigated six times by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services which found no abuse or neglect of her older children despite findings of drug use.

By Associated Press

Stillwater, OK – Hearing ends for Okla. mayor facing computer charge

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) A Payne County judge says he will rule next month whether Stillwater Nathan Bates will be ordered to stand trial on a charge of violating Oklahoma's Computer Crimes Act.

Special Judge Phillip Corley heard about three hours of testimony Tuesday during a preliminary hearing for Bates. Corley said he will issue a ruling on Dec. 20.

By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, OK – Fallin to meet with Obama, Boehner in Washington

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Oklahoma Gov.-elect Mary Fallin is traveling to Washington this week to meet with President Obama on homeland security issues and with incoming U.S. House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio.

By Associated Press

Oklahoma City, OK – Author of Okla.'s ban on Islamic law slams judge

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) An Oklahoma lawmaker who wrote the state's proposed ban on Islamic law and other international tenets is lashing out at the judge who blocked the plan in federal court.

By Denise Brewer

Tulsa, Oklahoma – Your Wednesday morning local news coverage

By KWGS News

Oklahoma City, OK – OKLAHOMA CITY - Governor-elect Mary Fallin today released a schedule of inaugural events, which will include a statewide food drive, a prayer service, three inaugural balls, a "Fun for Families" event, and a reception in the Capitol Rotunda following the Inaugural Ceremonies.

By Associated Press

McLoud, OK – Grass fires burn near McLoud, in Oklahoma City

McLOUD, Okla. (AP) Fire crews have contained a large grass fire in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area that destroyed a mobile home.

McLoud Fire Chief James Nelson says firefighters continued to "babysit" the blaze late Monday, which erupted east of Oklahoma City in Pottawatomie County.

There were no reports of injuries in that fire or another large blaze that scorched about 30 acres east of downtown Oklahoma City.