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Hundreds of thousands more Oklahomans are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. These 3 tips will boost your chances of getting appointment

Updated: 7:17 AM CST Mar 9, 2021 KOCO Staff With the announcement that Oklahoma is ready to open up COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to Phase 3 priority groups, among those who will soon be able to sign up to get a vaccine dose are essential workers.>> See how you can sign up to get an appointmentThe Oklahoma State Department of Health announced that starting Tuesday, March 9, people in Phase 3 of the state’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan will be able to sign up to rec...

A bill that would prohibit state entities from conducting gender or sexual diversity training has drawn backlash from the ACLU and Freedom Oklahoma.House Bill 1888, which was authored by state Rep. Danny Williams, would prevent all state entities, including local governments and school districts, from holding any form of gender or sexual diversity training or counseling. The penalty for violating the proposed bill is the loss of public funding.“He would be willing to risk funding, be wil...

A man died after a shed caught fire Saturday morning in south Oklahoma City.

Oklahoma's first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in Tulsa on March 6, 2020, and it wasn’t long before it appeared in Oklahoma City and the larger metro areas in the state. And 364 days later, more than 426,000 Oklahomans have tested positive.

The Oklahoma State Department of Health on Wednesday announced that they are changing the way they report COVID-19 deaths in an effort to show a “more timely” picture of the disease’s impact in Oklahoma.

Six people, including children, are dead after an intense fire sparked Wednesday at a Woodward mobile home.

Supporters of death row inmate Julius Jones are focused on a hearing next week with the Pardon and Parole Board.Jones has been on death row for nearly two decades for the murder of Edmond businessman Paul Howell, but Jones still says he’s innocent.So, what will that hearing look like?When a prisoner files a commutation application with the Pardon and Parole Board, at some point they set up a stage-one review where they have a brief discussion before voting whether to move to stage two. T...

Updated: 6:29 PM CST Mar 2, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript FORECAST AND DAMON MONDAY YESTERDAY WAS THE FIRS DAY OF METEOROLOGICAL SPRING WINDOW SPRING CAN BE A VERY BUSY TE HERE IN OKLAHOMA. SO WHAT ARE YOU PREDICTING? YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. THIS HAS BEEN AN OUTLOOK THAT A LOT OF US HAVE BEEN CURIOUS ABOUT AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW OLD IN FEBRUARY IS ALL GOING TO PLAY INTO OUR SEVERE WEATHER SEASON HERE. SO FOR MARCH NOW, WE TYPICALLY DON’T REALLY SEE A WHOLE A GREAT OR A ...

A protest is planned at the Oklahoma County Detention Center in support of a teenager charged with murder for the death of his friend Stavian Rodriguez, who was shot and killed by police after an alleged robbery.Wyatt Cheatham is being held for his involvement in the death of 15-year-old Stavian Rodriguez at the hands of police. Supporters said Cheatham is being unjustly charged with first-degree murder and held at the jail for his role on that day last November. Court documents stated tha...