EDMOND — About 70 lawmen raided an Edmond apartment complex this morning, looking for gang activity, drugs and other criminal activity, a police spokeswoman said.

The raid is at Rolling Green Apartment, 400 E Danforth Road, Glynda Chu said.
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Oklahoma must take drastic steps to improve its dismal ranking in the number of residents who have no health insurance, state Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland said Thursday during her agency’s Summit on the High Cost of Health Insurance. Barring a law requiring the purchase of health insurance, which Holland concedes would be a political long shot, "inducements” that penalize those who fail to insure themselves would help, she said.

Among the possible inducements Holland proposed was forfeiture of football season tickets to University of Oklahoma or Oklahoma State University games, forfeiture of lottery or gaming winnings, loss of state income tax deductions or licenses to
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LINCOLN, Neb. - The surprising and seemingly endless stream of teenagers dropped off at Nebraska hospitals over the last two months likely will come to an end Saturday. The Nebraska Legislature on Friday gave final approval, with a 43-5 vote, to a bill that puts a 30-day age limit on children who can be dropped off under the state's safe-haven law. Gov. Dave Heineman was expected to sign the bill Friday afternoon, making the law go into effect at 12:01 a.m. CST Saturday. Nebraska will join 13 other states with a 30-day age cap. It has been the only state with a safe-haven law that that lacks an age limit. "I think this solves the immediate problem of adolescents being abandoned," said Sen. Kent Rogert of Tekamah.
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The state Fire Marshal's Office is investigating a fire fatality in near Strang.

The state will no longer mail unemployment checks starting next month, instead opting for direct deposit or electronic transfer to a debit card.

Police investigating the city's latest homicide have recovered the victim's car.

A mother and her son are hoping to helping out the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma in a big way.

Norman police are warning football fans to be aware of unauthorized ticket sales due to recent counterfeit ticket sales in Texas.