Oklahoma

PAWHUSKA, Okla. - Oklahoma authorities arrested a substitute teacher after she allegedly exposed herself to a high school choir class.On Tuesday, the Pawhuska Police Department announced the arrest of 34-year-old Lacey Sponsler, who was booked on one complaint of indecent exposure after a Snapchat video from the class was shared online.Investigators say Sponsler performed a cartwheel in front of a Pawhuska High School choir class without any underwear on under her skirt.Police told KJRH that Sponsler told the students that she wasn't wearing any underwear before doing the cartwheel.Officials say she also told the students to destroy the video.According to KOTV, court records show that in 2008 Sponsler received a deferred sentence after pleading guilty to public intoxication, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a university.A court clerk said the felony charges still appear on her record, and it's not clear if school officials – who declined to comment – knew about them when she began working there, KOTV reported.Pawhuska schools released a statement saying that the district takes the safety of its students seriously and that Sponsler is no longer allowed to work at the school.

DUNCAN, Okla. - An Oklahoma community is grieving after a hunter died while trying to save his friend's dog over the weekend.Tanner Shorter drowned while trying to save the dog in an icy pond.

BLANCHARD, Okla. - A roadside rescue was caught on camera in Blanchard, Oklahoma early Monday morning.Tina Costello started having severe chest pains, and her husband and daughter attempted to rush her to the hospital, according to KFOR.Their high speed caught an officer’s attention, and he pulled them over.Before Blanchard police officer Jordan Jones even came to a stop, the driver, Jeff Litty, jumped out.On dashcam video, you can hear Litty saying "My wife's having a heart attack.""I immediately call for first responders," Jones said.He hurried to the truck to find the woman unresponsive."I was just in panic.

PITTSBURG COUNTY, Okla. - A mad meth buyer gave police a bizarre tip in southeast Oklahoma.Split down the middle by Highway 69, Savanna is a haven for truck drivers.

WYNNEWOOD, Oklahoma -- Two people were killed Monday, May 9th by strong tornadoes that swept across portions of southern Oklahoma.An emergency manager says a man was killed when a large tornado tore through a home at Wynnewood, Oklahoma.

WOODWARD, Oklahoma -- The deadliest tornado to ever hit the state of Oklahoma was 69 years ago, in April of 1947.That's when a monster from the sky roared through Woodward, Oklahoma, leaving 185 dead, more than 1,000 injured, hundreds of homes and businesses destroyed and one bizarre mystery to this day that has even the most seasoned investigators baffled.It’s the vanishing of five-year-old Joan Gay Croft of Woodward.Her cousin, Marvella Parks, was 14 that night and remembers how terrifying the killer twister was when it descended on the unsuspecting town."I was really, really scared," Marvella said. "I was crying.

YUKON, Oklahoma -- When a four-year-old Oklahoma boy saw police officers standing in the cold during a standoff, he wanted to do something about it.

DEL CITY, Oklahoma -- Police in Oklahoma are looking for the teens involved in a fight that went viral on Facebook this weekend.A young woman pushing a baby in stroller down a city street was attacked.When another mother stopped to help, she ended up getting attacked as well.It happened Sunday morning, December 6th -- near 44th and Bryant in Del City, Oklahoma.Video of the attack was shared more than 50,000 times before being removed from Facebook.The video shows a group approaching a young woman pushing a baby in a stroller.

TUTTLE, Okla. (WITI) — An exotic zoological park in Oklahoma was hit by a tornado on Wednesday and the owners confirmed some of the exotic animals are "on the loose," according to KFOR.The wildlife park houses leopards, lions, alligators, tigers and other exotic animals.Residents who live near the park have been asked to stay inside.An update came in from the Grady County Sheriff's Office just before 10:30 p.m. 

WARR ACRES, Oklahoma (WITI) — A restaurant owner in Oklahoma recently noticed a dumpster diver had been rummaging through the trash looking for food.

OKLAHOMA CITY -- In the latest case of mail abuse, an Oklahoma man caught a US Postal Service worker throwing packages onto his porch, running a lap around the mail truck and speeding off.Pedro Gonzales of Oklahoma City posted this video on YouTube with a warning and explanation.

MOORE, Okla. -- KFOR Chief Meteorologist Mike Morgan and helicopter pilot Jon Welsh were on the air as a tornado formed and touched down in Moore, Oklahoma on Wednesday.Moments after Morgan pointed to what he called a "gustnado" of debris,  rotating winds from the storm started to cause electrical explosions and other destruction on screen.The tornado destroyed homes, flipped semis on their sides and tore the roof off an elementary school.