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Many Oklahoma bankers, especially in smaller communities, lived in fear of seeing a handsome man with a machine gun nestled walking into their businesses in the early 1930s.

A bridge near the Kerr Lock & Dam in Sallisaw, Oklahoma, was shut down on Saturday after it was struck by a barge.

Probe Into Oklahoma Bridge Barge Collision Ongoing

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) said US-59 is open south of Sallisaw after a barge hit the bridge.

Nobody in the vehicle was wearing a seatbelt, according to a report from Oklahoma Highway Patrol

Oklahoma state law permits this exotic species to be kept as pets.

Sequoyah County deputies are searching for the owner of a kangaroo after it was hit on the highway on Wednesday morning.

Deputies are trying to learn how the kangaroo got to Oklahoma.

The Cherokee Nation is mourning the passing of Crosslin Smith, a revered elder and spiritual advisor.

When Roland Police Department officers responded to the scene, the man reportedly opened fire on them while holding an infant.