Headlines for Thursday, June 18, 2015:
- Dealing with the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill. (AccuWeather)
More Oklahoma counties are getting assistance as a result of storms and flooding that battered the state last month. (AP)
US Labor Department fines drilling company in deaths of three rig hands. (NewsOK)
A new study shows Oklahoma has the third highest rate of deaths from injury. (NewsOK)
Oklahoma has the 17th weakest gun laws in the country. (Journal Record)
Lawmakers are putting forth suggestions on interim studies over the next few months. (Oklahoma Watch)
Organizers in petition to investigate Tulsa Sheriff worry about safety of signers. (Tulsa World)
Oklahoma County DA clears Edmond police officers in fatal shooting. (NewsOK)
Supporters, friends and family of a man killed in an officer-involved shooting last year had a protest outside the Washington County Courthouse. (Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise)
Appeals court rules in favor of Tulsa for dismissal of a police officer for dating a suspected drug dealer (Tulsa World)
An Edmond man testifies he confessed to sexually abusing Kenyan children because he was afraid. (NewsOK)
Mercy Health officials say the company is laying off 300 to 350 employees in four states next week. (Springfield News-Leader)
Epic Medical Center in Eufaula went without phone service for more than 30 hours. (Muskogee Phoenix)
Wichita State offers in-state tuition for some Oklahoma students. (KSN.com)
The outgoing superintendent of Tulsa Public School is taking a job at the University of Oklahoma. (Tulsa World)
The Norman Music Alliance announces the dates for Norman Music Festival 9. (Norman Transcript)
An unusual kind of ice cream is getting made in Stillwater. (Journal Record)
A former Oklahoman found something in Alaska that has ties to our state. (Stillwater News Press)
Officials start removing bodies from the U.S.S. Oklahoma. (AP)
