The Latest Breaking News from Oklahoma

Washington (AFP) - A US man sentenced to death for taking captive and then murdering an elderly couple  was to be executed Thursday in Oklahoma after officials agreed his priest could be in the execution chamber.

Scott Eizember, 62, will be killed by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Oklahoma, US, for the deaths of A.J. Cantrell, 76, and his wife, Patsy Cantrell, 70

About 100 Ukrainians will head to Oklahoma’s Fort Sill soon to begin training on the Patriot missile defense system the U.S. and Germany have pledged to help protect its from Russia's ongoing barrage of its civilian population and infrastructure

About 100 Ukrainian troops will head to Oklahoma's Fort Sill soon to begin training on the Patriot missile defense system, two US officials said Tuesday. Ukraine has long sought the Patriot surface-to-air guided missile defense system because it can target aircraft, cruise missiles and shorter-range ballistic missiles.

The training will reportedly take place at Fort Sill, where US soldiers are trained on the same system

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections says a condemned inmate's spiritual advisor cannot be inside the death chamber during his execution on Thursday

The best photos from the Thunder's 120-109 win over the Mavericks.

The best photos from the Thunder's 127-110 win over the Wizards on Friday.

The mother of the young man who shot dead 21 students and adults at Robb Elementary School in Texas, has been arrested by police in Oklahoma.