Partisanship perseveres: State Question 836 fails to hit signature threshold
A petition effort to change Oklahoma’s primary system fell short of the required signature threshold to make it to a future ballot, the Oklahoma...
Teeing up OK Supreme Court case, federal judge boots Stitt motion in Muscogee, Tulsa settlement
District Judge John Russell announced today he will enter an order denying Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt's intervention request aimed at preventing the enforcement of...
OKC-based Indigenous Leaders of North America backed by controversial South Korean church
With Kiowa Tribe officials on its board, an Oklahoma City nonprofit tied to a controversial South Korean church quietly recently began working with tribal...
Former Payne County prosecutor Kevin Etherington convicted for child pornography
(Editor's note: The following article contains descriptions of graphic child sexual abuse material.)
STILLWATER — To conclude a three-day trial more than three years after...
Trump taps Markwayne Mullin for Cabinet, sets up uncertain Senate race
President Donald Trump has named U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin as his new Cabinet secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. If confirmed by his...
‘Fallen into the cracks’: Many territory-era Black settlements forgotten in record
Long before Cleveland County took shape and Norman and Lexington were fixed on the map, a small Black settlement stood along the Canadian River...
Turnpike audit: Byrd finds no ‘egregious wrongdoing,’ but legislators vow regulatory ‘action’
An investigative audit of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority did not find any violations of the law, but State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd called...
Legal roundup: Talihina Title IX suit pending, former sheriff charged, drug ‘proceeds’ conviction upheld
Be careful carrying lots of cash in your trunk — the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has ruled circumstantial evidence "deemed drug courier profile...
BancFirst attempts foreclosure on The Campbell, developers allege forced default
The threat of foreclosure looms over The Campbell, a new mixed-use commercial and residential development in downtown Edmond's tax increment financing district. The legal...
Kiowa Chairman Lawrence SpottedBird impeached, removed; Sullivan assumes office
After a three-hour hearing Monday, the Kiowa Legislature unanimously voted to impeach and remove Chairman Lawrence SpottedBird. The hearing brought little new information to...
