‘Big part of the conversation’: Legislature to consider reimplementing literacy-based retention
After Mississippi committed to a series of reforms and saw its third-grade literacy rates improve dramatically, a slate of other southern state implemented similar...
Legal roundup: Phil Albert release sped up, ‘chicken legs’ conviction affirmed, Greer County deputy charged
Criminal justice can be a dirty business, and sometimes it spurs civil litigation.
Late Friday, an Oklahoma appellate court decision was released in a notable...
Former speakers William Lowe, Lucian Tiger III win runoffs to return to Muscogee National Council
A pair of former speakers who led the Muscogee National Council won runoff races Saturday to reclaim elected office after being ousted by voters...
Federal court denies preliminary injunction in Muscogee Nation case v. Tulsa DA
Federal District Court Judge Gregory Frizzell denied a motion for preliminary injunction filed by the Muscogee Nation which sought to prevent Tulsa County District...
‘We’re heartbroken’: Pittsburg County communities mourn loss of 3 men at street racing event
HARTSHORNE — A rural county in southeast Oklahoma is rallying around three families after separate accidents claimed the lives of two first responders and...
Pardon and Parole Board recommends clemency for death-row inmate Tremane Wood
By a 3-2 vote this afternoon, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommended clemency for Tremane Wood, who faces an execution date later this...
‘Nobody needs to go hungry’: Edmond nonprofits try to fill void as shutdown disrupts SNAP benefits
As residents reel amid disruptions to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, local Edmond nonprofits are rising to meet increased demand in the community....
‘Allegations are undisputed’: Latimer County undersheriff gets probation for beating son
WILBURTON — A year after a Wilburton mother called police to report her ex-husband’s violent attack on their teenage son, the accused abuser, Latimer...
‘A statute and a constitutional provision’: Court hears arguments on bill affecting TSET board
Twenty five years to the week after a state question created the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust, the Oklahoma Supreme Court heard oral arguments today...
Roundup: OKDHS furloughs start, SQ 836 petition circulates, Guardian system (sort of) relaunches
The leaves are changing, the clocks just changed and, not to be forgotten in the spirit of fall, Oklahoma's system for reporting and tracking...
