OK Supreme Court strikes 2025 social studies standards for violating Open Meeting Act
A narrow 5-4 majority of the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down the 2025 Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies, finding the State...
Oklahoma County Jail officials working with DOC to whittle down transfer backlog
As plans for Oklahoma County's new jail remain a riddle that will ultimately be answered by taxpayers' willingness to stomach a first-of-its-kind sales tax,...
New murder trial ordered over jury instructions involving Adderall-induced psychosis
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the conviction of Robert William Rainford for the murder of his neighbor in Muskogee and remanded...
‘Our dignity is inherent’: Transphobic rhetoric harms Oklahomans
We are a few weeks removed from Trans Week of Awareness, and our collective communities are honoring all the trans relatives we’ve lost this...
After week of legal confusion, judge suspends Coal County sheriff
A district judge formally suspended Coal County Sheriff Jason Smith and ordered him to turn over his badge and gun Thursday, issuing the ruling...
‘Little to no direct benefit to students’: Western Heights audit notes legal fees, superintendent fight
More than four years after the State Board of Education and a community petition requested an audit of Western Heights Public Schools, State Auditor...
BLMOKC leader T. Sheri Dickerson indicted for $3.15 million alleged fraud
A federal grand jury has indicted The Rev. T. Sheri Dickerson, co-founder of Black Lives Matter OKC, for allegedly diverting $3.15 million from the...
As 2025 concludes, Tulsa Housing Authority still without audits for 2021-2024
Members of the Tulsa Housing Authority Board declined to comment today on the agency's multi-year audit backlog after their final scheduled meeting of 2025....
Muscogee Nation proposes requiring 1860s census verification to enroll Freedmen
The Muscogee Nation Citizenship Board filed its first monthly status report with the Muscogee Nation Supreme Court on Dec. 5, which outlines how the...
‘Life-changing health care’: After contentious lease decision, renovated McAlester cancer center reopens
Nearly two years after McAlester Regional Health Center declined to renew its lease with a previous cancer treatment provider, a newly renovated center operated...
