• OK County Inmate Dies in Fight with Cellmate

    OK County Inmate Dies in Fight with Cellmate - July 13, 2022

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma County jail inmate has died less than a day after his arrest, following a fight with his cellmate, according to the county detention center. Shawn Slavens, 46, di...

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  • Governor Creates Pregnancy Task Force

    Governor Creates Pregnancy Task Force - July 12, 2022

    OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt issued an executive order on Monday aiming to ensure all possible measures are taken to support women during crisis pregnancies. Stitt's executive ...

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  • OK Senate PAC Agrees to Pay Fines, Dissolve

    OK Senate PAC Agrees to Pay Fines, Dissolve - July 12, 2022

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An influential political action committee that has helped elect Republicans to the Oklahoma Senate has agreed to dissolve and pay a fine of more than $60,000 to the state after ...

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  • Oklahoma Sailor Dies on Aircraft Carrier

    Oklahoma Sailor Dies on Aircraft Carrier - July 12, 2022

    SAN DIEGO, Cali. (AP) — The U.S. Navy has identified a sailor who died onboard an aircraft carrier over the weekend in Southern California as 22-year-old Darren Collins, an Information Systems Techn...

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  • New Turnpike Routes Approved

    New Turnpike Routes Approved - July 12, 2022

    OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The Oklahoma Transportation Commission voted 7-1 to approve the turnpike routes as part of the $5 billion, 15-year ACCESS Oklahoma plan. Protestors gathered outside the Okl...

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  • Former President Endorses Mullin

    Former President Endorses Mullin - July 11, 2022

    The former President endorsed U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin on Saturday in the Republican runoff to replace U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, praising the congressman’s record as a businessman, lawmaker, and mixed...

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  • Tribal elders recall painful boarding school memories

    Tribal elders recall painful boarding school memories - July 10, 2022

    ANADARKO, Okla. (AP) — Native American tribal elders in Oklahoma delivered powerful testimony to federal officials about their experiences in government-backed Indian boarding schools. The stop o...

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  • Multiple Road Closings/Evacuations Due to Explosion at OneOK Plant in Grant County Near Medford

    Multiple Road Closings/Evacuations Due to Explosion at OneOK Plant in Grant County Near Medford - July 09, 2022

    Grant County Sherriffs's Office-Oklahoma issued this evacuation order at approximately 2:37 pm today due to the explosion: The evacuation zone for Medford is Highway 11 south. If you live south of...

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  • Black Tulsa business leader and husband killed

    Black Tulsa business leader and husband killed - July 09, 2022

    BIXBY, Okla. (AP) — Police say a Black business leader and community activist, who joined Tulsa civic leaders in fighting the previous President's plan to hold a campaign rally on Juneteenth in a ci...

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  • Haaland tour casts light on Native boarding school abuses

    Haaland tour casts light on Native boarding school abuses - July 09, 2022

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland will visit Oklahoma on Saturday for the first stop on a yearlong nationwide tour to hear about the painful experiences of Native Ameri...

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