SD 26 runoff: Rick Koch, Jessica Winegeart face off with funding gap, contrasting profiles
CLINTON — With the Aug. 25 Republican runoff set to decide Senate District 26, a hay broker and fuel company owner are making competing...
Kevin West, John Pfeiffer set for labor commissioner debate in McAlester
Ahead of Oklahoma's runoff election, Republican commissioner of labor candidates Kevin West and John Pfeiffer have agreed to a public debate in McAlester at...
Desmond Mason charged with fraud for alleged failure to deliver art pieces
Desmond Mason, a former NBA and Oklahoma State University basketball player, was charged with four felony fraud counts Monday by Oklahoma County District Attorney...
Residents call Nowata hospital shift ‘disappointing’
Ascension St. John, a nonprofit health system serving northeastern Oklahoma, is awaiting action on an application to reclassify its Nowata County location from a...
2026 Farm Bill’s slow progress raises more concerns than aid for farmers
WASHINGTON — Oklahoma farmers are speaking up about the slow progress of the 2026 Farm Bill and what it means for their farms.
The initial...
Ann Felton Gilliland: ‘You simply cannot let doubt shrink the dream’
Following a 36-year tenure working with Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity, chairwoman and CEO Ann Felton Gilliland has announced her retirement from the nonprofit...
U.S. Senate runoff: Democrats N’kiyla Jasmine Thomas, Jim Priest clash over electability, identity
(Update: Three weeks after the publication of this article, a runoff candidate forum between the two Oklahoma Democrats running for the U.S. Senate was...
Brent Swadley denied appeal bond, injunctive relief over jailhouse phone calls
(Update: Brent Swadley's formal sentencing was put on hold Wednesday, July 22, as his legal team moved to have Oklahoma County District Court Judge...
‘Should not apply in Oklahoma’: 10th Circuit weighs Kunzweiler case on nonmember Indian jurisdiction
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals is set to decide whether district attorneys in Oklahoma have concurrent jurisdiction over nonmember Indians who commit crimes...
Audit: Prior Washington town clerk misspent $1 million
A forensic audit released Wednesday found that the former clerk and treasurer of Washington misappropriated or improperly spent more than $1 million between 2020...
