The ramps and lanes in the I-44/I-235 interchange will close beginning Monday night, continuing through August. 

Drivers are advised to expect lengthy delays and are encouraged to find an alternate route such as I-35, I-40, SH-74/Lake Hefner Parkway or I-240 to bypass the closure.

Closures will take place nightly from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. beginning Monday and continuing through August: 

Professor Blue Clark (Muscogee Creek) is a voracious reader. His pack rat tendencies with file keeping and note taking served him well when presented with the formidable task of updating Muriel Wright's 1951 work, A Guide To The Indian Tribes of Oklahoma. For years, people turned to this book for answers, but time has changed the realities of most, if not all, tribes. Clark, as a member of an Oklahoma tribe, knew that.

The relationship between poverty and domestic violence will be the focus of an interim study by Rep. Kay Floyd, D-Oklahoma City.   The Speaker of the House T.W. Shannon, R-Lawton, approved the study last week and it will be heard by the Human Services committee in the fall.

Federal investigators say the probable cause of a medical helicopter crash near Kingfisher in 2010 that killed two people was the pilot's impaired judgment, due to medications.

An attorney representing Hobby Lobby Inc. says “the tide is turning” against a federal mandate requiring companies to pay for what they view as unacceptable forms of contraception for their workers.

Kyle Duncan said Friday’s ruling by a federal judge exempting Hobby Lobby from paying for the medications as part of the store’s health care plan likely means the mandate will die.

Last week Panamanian authorities stopped a North Korean ship carrying cargo from Cuba that violates UN sanctions against the reclusive Asian country.

Rebecca Cruise, the Assistant Dean of the University of Oklahoma’s College of International Studies, says Panama has exercised its legitimacy by trying to uphold the sanctions as the ship passed through its territory.

“Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon came out and praised Panama for taking this action, and claimed that it really is the responsibility of all members of the United Nations to uphold these types of sanctions,” Cruise says. “They have legitimacy as the Panama Canal goes through their territory.”