OKLAHOMA CITY — There are about half a million people in Oklahoma who are documented members of a Native American tribe, between 10 and 15 percent of the statewide population.

We know Indian tribes have their own land, their own government, in some cases their own health care system and their own courts.

Occassionally, cultures overlap, and native american legal issues find their way into U.S. district court.

Such was the case for baby Ashlyn, a rare case of a tribe fighting against their own member.

For Ashlyn Rae it was never a conventional birth story.

Born to parents who didn’t want to keep her; a birth mom and biological dad who hand-picked an adoptive family.

But for Bill and Alicia Towler it was a dream come true.

Unable to conceive they were in the hospital room the moment Ashlyn was born.

EDMOND, Okla. – When giant hail falls like missiles from the sky, most people run for cover.

Not these guys, they head toward the storm.

HailTrace owner Derik Kline said, “When Mother Nature decided to do what it’s going to do, you gotta be there for it or get out of the way. We like to be there, as close as we can get.”

They call themselves the “Nerd Herd.”

They have a strange obsession with weather that began at a very early age.

“I’d go outside and pretend to be Mike Morgan or something,” Justin Hughes said. “The wind chill is negative four. They’ve been video taping me since I was a kid.”

They have turned their fascination into a full-time career.

OKLAHOMA CITY – A new kind of technology is being used to get rid of the deadly consequences of spreading infection in hospitals around the country.

Bacteria beware, a 5-foot-2 robot packs a powerful punch to dangerous diseases.

Rachael Sparks is the Xenex Technical Director and has been with the robot every step of the way.

“I kind of think of it as looking at a bacteria and calling it a sissy,” she said.

St. Anthony Hospital is the first hospital in Oklahoma to bring one of the germ-fighting robots through its doors.

Here’s how it works; after a normal cleaning, staff brings the robot in and lets it run for five minutes.

The top comes up and pulses a strong UV light.

When that light hits germs, it fries the cell wall, destroying it.