‘Lose-lose situation’: Sexual abuse settlement inflates Ninnekah property taxes, infuriates residents
NINNEKAH — Community members left Monday night's Ninnekah Public Schools board meeting disappointed and irritated over a tax hike arising from the $7.5 million...
Sean Burrage appointed chancellor of Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
Sean Burrage has had an eclectic career as a lawyer, state senator and university president, and now he adds a new gig to the...
‘Reckless conclusions’: Legal drama sizzles as consent decree rejected by state board
Saying she would resign before agreeing to elements of a proposed consent decree that would settle a lawsuit alleging unconstitutional delays of mental health...
Unable to find private funding, $8 million Edmond veterans memorial included in GO bond package
After a six-year effort raised only $22,000 from private philanthropy, Edmond voters are being asked to dedicate public funding to build an $8 million...
Native Americans continue to fight barriers to voting
(Editor’s note: This article is part of “Fractured,” an examination of the state of American democracy produced by Carnegie-Knight News21. For more stories, visit...
Imagine that: A Bible spat in Oklahoma public schools
Mom, Dad, we got our new Bibles in school today, and boy, are they neat!
Johnny showed me the story about Onan, and I can't...
Roundup: Drummond criticizes Walters, Tulsa mayoral candidates spar, Swadley strikes back
Fall is finally here, and so begins the sacred October tradition of shivering when you leave the house and sweating by the time you...
Funding chasm puts new Oklahoma County Jail in peril
Oklahoma County needs a new jail, and voters approved $260 million in bonds to pay for it in 2022. Two years later, however, that...
Judge advances terms of mental health lawsuit settlement, but Stitt administration still opposed
Although a federal judge has advanced an amended consent decree to settle a class-action lawsuit dealing with Oklahoma’s competency restoration system for those accused...
Legal battle between Hiett, Anthony continues as OCC considers electricity rate cases
(Update: The Monday meeting of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission discussed below was postponed until 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 3. Late Monday afternoon, the Oklahoma...
