Oklahoma City Police Department's bomb squad robot has been sent to an apartment where an apparent explosive device was found, police Lt. Rod Strecker said. Police received a tip about 5:30 p.m. about an explosive at the Briar Glen apartments in the 1100 block of S. Independence, Strecker said. A cylindrical object was found in an apartment, and 15 to 18 apartments were evacuated, he said. The bomb squad was still working at 9 p.m., Strecker said.
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Warm temperatures will continue in Oklahoma in the coming days, with rain chances through the Labor Day weekend. Still, a cold front over northern Oklahoma will push slowly south tonight. Warm and humid conditions are expected to continue into the weekend with isolated thunderstorms possible mainly during the afternoon. Overnight lows are expected to drop to near 60 in the western Panhandle and lower 60s to 70s elsewhere in the state. Skies should be partly cloudy on Saturday, with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in most of the state. Highs are expected to be from the upper 80s to upper 90s. Oklahoma City-area weather Tonight: Rainy.
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Wilson Hurley, a native Oklahoman and an award-winning landscape artist, died this morning in Albuquerque, N.M. He was 84. Hurley, who was born in Tulsa, painted murals that hang in the Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Museum and has paintings hanging in the Oklahoma State Capitol. ?With art, regardless of the efforts and the shenanigans you go to make it, you don?t want the public to see it,? Hurley told the Oklahoman in 2005. ?The last thing you want people to say when they look at it is, ?Boy, that guy worked hard? and ?Boy, that sucker?s big.? You want them to just get absorbed.? Hurley had been diagnosed last year with Lou Gehrig?s disease.
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The selection of Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska by John McCain to serve as his running mate has Republicans in Green Country excited, but Democrats say it's a desperate move.

The News On 6's Emory Bryan reports downtown streets are open after years of work.

As Gustav is bearing down on the Gulf Coast, many Hurricane Katrina evacuees, who relocated to Oklahoma, are keeping an eye on things back home in New Orleans.

A rare type of E. coli has been identified as the source of a diarrheal illness outbreak in Mayes County.

Well water at a restaurant linked to a deadly E. coli outbreak has tested positive for bacteria.