-
Oklahoma Governor’s tribal fight raises ancestry questions - March 01, 2020
OKLAHOMA (AP) --When Oklahoma’s new Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Cherokee Nation citizen, was elected in 2018, many tribal citizens embraced him. However, now Stitt is facing fierce blowback for e...
-
Recruiter told Oklahoma students to line up by skin color - March 01, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A college recruiter was fired after high school students in Oklahoma City said that he had them line up by the color of their skin and then by their hair texture. Harding Cha...
-
Chinese national sentenced to prison for trade secrets theft - February 29, 2020
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Prosecutors say that a Chinese national who admitted to stealing trade secrets from a U.S. petroleum company has been sentenced to two years in federal prison. Hongjin Tan ple...
-
Superintendent: Prop at Black History Month event was wrong - February 29, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Oklahoma City's school superintendent has apologized after a cardboard photo frame emblazoned with watermelons was used at a high school's Black History Month event celebrating s...
-
American Airlines plans $550 million boost to Oklahoma base - February 29, 2020
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — American Airlines plans to spend $550 million over the next seven years to spruce up its maintenance base in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The airline said on Friday that it will build a new ...
-
Two more Oklahomans being tested for coronavirus - February 27, 2020
TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) – Two more Oklahomans are being tested for possible exposure to the coronavirus. Laurence Burnsed, state epidemiologist, told Channel 8 that these people are being tested beca...
-
Man who held stepdaughter captive for 20 years sentenced to life - February 27, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A man convicted of kidnapping and holding his stepdaughter captive for nearly 20 years has been sentenced to life in prison. Henri Michelle Piette also faces a $50,000 fine a...
-
Court upholds murder conviction in Enid slaying - February 27, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld the murder conviction and life with parole sentence of an Enid man in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old in Enid. The court...
-
Parolee accountability measure passes out of Senate committee - February 27, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – An important criminal justice reform measure made it out of committee late Wednesday and will next be considered by the full Senate. Sen. Adam Pugh is the author of Senate Bill 14...
-
Senate committee approves extending veteran in-state tuition - February 27, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – A measure to help more veterans pursue their college degree has passed out of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Senate Bill 1379, by Sen. Frank Simpson, R-Springer, will extend in...
