Oklahoma

Food assistance funding, DHS employee furloughs, SQ836 signature gathering and more

Food assistance funding, DHS employee furloughs, SQ836 ...

KOSU, Nov 7, 2025 - 09:08

This Week in Oklahoma Politics' panel discusses Gov. Kevin Stitt and legislative...

Headlines: Food assistance cuts, recreational marijuana petition & The Black Land

Headlines: Food assistance cuts, recreational marijuana...

KOSU, Nov 7, 2025 - 09:08

Local headlines for Friday, November 7, 2025

Higher Wages Linked to Lower Crime in Oklahoma

Higher Wages Linked to Lower Crime in Oklahoma

Radio Oklahoma, Nov 7, 2025 - 09:08

New reports show raising Oklahoma’s minimum wage may reduce crime, increase stab...

Tulsa Man Arrested After Baby Funeral

Tulsa Man Arrested After Baby Funeral

Radio Oklahoma, Nov 7, 2025 - 09:08

Tulsa police arrest a man during a baby’s funeral as investigators allege abuse ...

Flight Cancellations Impact Oklahoma Travelers

Flight Cancellations Impact Oklahoma Travelers

Radio Oklahoma, Nov 7, 2025 - 09:08

40 major airports cancel thousands of flights nationwide, causing delays and can...

As fifth search for Tulsa Race Massacre victims ends, effort to identify victims begins

As fifth search for Tulsa Race Massacre victims ends, e...

KOSU, Nov 7, 2025 - 06:35

The excavation, which began Oct. 14, has uncovered 80 previously unknown unmarke...

Jakian Parks captures 'The Black Land' at Oklahoma Contemporary

Jakian Parks captures 'The Black Land' at Oklahoma Cont...

KOSU, Nov 7, 2025 - 06:35

Jakian Parks: The Black Land is a showcase of Black equestrian life, with images...

New task force combines resources to address Missing Murdered Indigenous Peoples crisis in Oklahoma

New task force combines resources to address Missing Mu...

KOSU, Nov 7, 2025 - 06:35

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced the launch of a task force ...

New Oklahoma state superintendent focused on 'united front' with schools after contentious Walters term

New Oklahoma state superintendent focused on 'united fr...

KOSU, Nov 7, 2025 - 06:35

Lindel Fields is nearly a month into his time as interim state superintendent of...

Oklahoma Cost of Living UPDATE

Oklahoma Cost of Living UPDATE

Radio Oklahoma, Nov 6, 2025 - 17:35

Gas at $2.14, rent under $1,000, cheaper electricity, and low home values show w...

Tulsa, Oklahoma City eye utility grace period for those impacted by federal shutdown

Tulsa, Oklahoma City eye utility grace period for those...

KOSU, Nov 6, 2025 - 15:38

For residents experiencing the effects of the federal government shutdown, the C...

Oklahoma food banks overwhelmed by loss of SNAP benefits

Oklahoma food banks overwhelmed by loss of SNAP benefits

Radio Oklahoma, Nov 6, 2025 - 15:38

Oklahoma food banks say demand is exploding after nearly 700,000 Oklahomans lost...

Tulsa company cuts cost of green hydrogen fuel production

Tulsa company cuts cost of green hydrogen fuel production

Radio Oklahoma, Nov 6, 2025 - 15:38

A Tulsa based startup says it can produce green hydrogen at more than 50% lower ...

Missing Oklahoma children recovered after woman arrested in Colorado

Missing Oklahoma children recovered after woman arreste...

Radio Oklahoma, Nov 6, 2025 - 15:38

Three missing Oklahoma children have been located safely after authorities arres...

Oklahoma mental health department won’t be sanctioned for ‘halting progress’ with consent decree

Oklahoma mental health department won’t be sanctioned f...

KOSU, Nov 6, 2025 - 14:21

A federal judge has rejected sanctions against Oklahoma’s Department of Mental H...

Oklahoma food banks make plans for weekly $1 million influx of state funds

Oklahoma food banks make plans for weekly $1 million in...

KOSU, Nov 6, 2025 - 10:45

Oklahoma has set aside millions in emergency money for food banks as the nation’...

Oklahoma Indigenous leaders at odds over whether Lumbee Tribe should be federally recognized

Oklahoma Indigenous leaders at odds over whether Lumbee...

KOSU, Nov 6, 2025 - 10:45

During a U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing on Wednesday, leaders o...

Mayor launches Safe Move Tulsa plan to fix street homelessness

Mayor launches Safe Move Tulsa plan to fix street homel...

KOSU, Nov 6, 2025 - 10:45

After months of planning, Mayor Monroe Nichols launched Safe Move Tulsa — his $1...

Oklahoma seeks part of $50 billion rural health fund. Could it transform care amid other cuts?

Oklahoma seeks part of $50 billion rural health fund. C...

KOSU, Nov 6, 2025 - 10:45

Alongside the passage of billions of dollars in Medicaid spending reductions ove...

Oklahoma marijuana open container law now enforced

Oklahoma marijuana open container law now enforced

Radio Oklahoma, Nov 6, 2025 - 10:45

Oklahoma drivers must keep medical marijuana sealed and out of reach or face an ...

Oklahoma consumers impacted by national pasta listeria recall

Oklahoma consumers impacted by national pasta listeria ...

Radio Oklahoma, Nov 6, 2025 - 10:45

Oklahoma shoppers are affected by a major pasta product recall linked to a liste...

Oklahoma flight delay concerns during FAA government shutdown

Oklahoma flight delay concerns during FAA government sh...

Radio Oklahoma, Nov 6, 2025 - 10:45

Will Rogers World Airport says its flights are not among those being canceled, t...

Oklahoma leads nation in most national FFA presidents elected

Oklahoma leads nation in most national FFA presidents e...

Radio Oklahoma, Nov 6, 2025 - 10:45

A Perkins-Tryon high school student is now national FFA president — marking the ...

AG fights clemency for Oklahoma death row inmate

AG fights clemency for Oklahoma death row inmate

Radio Oklahoma, Nov 6, 2025 - 10:45

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-2 to grant clemency to Tremane Wood...

A College Tries to Pitch In and Train Air Traffic Controllers

A College Tries to Pitch In and Train Air Traffic Contr...

NYT > Oklahoma, Nov 6, 2025 - 05:17

In Queens, a college of aeronautics is trying to help meet the need for controll...

Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommends clemency for Tremane Wood

Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommends clemency fo...

KOSU, Nov 5, 2025 - 18:25

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted to recommend clemency for Tremane Woo...

EPA furloughs impact Oklahoma environmental protection

EPA furloughs impact Oklahoma environmental protection

Radio Oklahoma, Nov 5, 2025 - 16:18

EPA is quietly sidelining more than half its workforce, including Oklahoma envir...

Oklahoma title theft deed fraud prevention law takes effect

Oklahoma title theft deed fraud prevention law takes ef...

Radio Oklahoma, Nov 5, 2025 - 16:18

Oklahoma now gives county clerks new authority to block fraudulent deed filings,...

In-state tuition denied for undocumented Oklahoma college students

In-state tuition denied for undocumented Oklahoma colle...

Radio Oklahoma, Nov 5, 2025 - 16:18

A federal appeals court will review the case after undocumented Oklahoma student...

Small nuclear power plants planned for Altus Oklahoma

Small nuclear power plants planned for Altus Oklahoma

Radio Oklahoma, Nov 5, 2025 - 16:18

Altus and the Air Force are planning for small nuclear power units while OCC con...

Marijuana vote will not reach Oklahoma ballot next year

Marijuana vote will not reach Oklahoma ballot next year

Radio Oklahoma, Nov 5, 2025 - 13:49

Organizers failed to gather required signatures to put marijuana legalization be...

ICE sees more arrests along I-40 in Oklahoma enforcement sweep

ICE sees more arrests along I-40 in Oklahoma enforcemen...

Radio Oklahoma, Nov 5, 2025 - 13:49

70 undocumented arrests recorded along I-40 as ICE and state troopers expand cor...

OU lands at 12 in first College Football Playoff rankings

OU lands at 12 in first College Football Playoff rankings

Radio Oklahoma, Nov 5, 2025 - 11:20

OU opens 12th in the first College Football Playoff rankings while Ohio State le...

Lower natural gas prices drop monthly PSO bills statewide

Lower natural gas prices drop monthly PSO bills statewide

Radio Oklahoma, Nov 5, 2025 - 11:20

PSO customers get relief this month due to lower natural gas pricing plus winter...

Ivy League study aims to help educators navigate stereotypes for Indigenous youth

Ivy League study aims to help educators navigate stereo...

KOSU, Nov 5, 2025 - 08:53

A Cornell professor worked with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to understa...

Headlines: Another Operation: Guardian, marijuana petition fails & Thunder wins in LA

Headlines: Another Operation: Guardian, marijuana petit...

KOSU, Nov 5, 2025 - 08:53

Local headlines for Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Tulsa mayor pushes for vote on city sales tax increase

Tulsa mayor pushes for vote on city sales tax increase

KOSU, Nov 5, 2025 - 06:21

If the proposal is tentatively approved by council, Tulsans would vote yay or na...

Oklahoma EPA employees among those affected by shutdown, union says

Oklahoma EPA employees among those affected by shutdown...

KOSU, Nov 5, 2025 - 06:21

Workers with the Environmental Protection Agency's Region 6, which includes Okla...

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KOSU, Nov 5, 2025 - 06:21

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Sooners Focused on CFP After Tennessee Win

Sooners Focused on CFP After Tennessee Win

Radio Oklahoma, Nov 4, 2025 - 17:38

Sooners now aim to beat Alabama, Missouri and LSU to stay in the CFP race. First...

Deer Mating Season Creates Highway Danger in Oklahoma

Deer Mating Season Creates Highway Danger in Oklahoma

Radio Oklahoma, Nov 4, 2025 - 17:38

Deer mating season increases roadway risk statewide. Drivers urged to use high b...

Fugitive Who Faked Abduction Is Found 13 Years Later, Enrolled in N.Y. College

Fugitive Who Faked Abduction Is Found 13 Years Later, E...

NYT > Oklahoma, Nov 4, 2025 - 17:38

Anthony Lennon, a convicted sex offender from Oklahoma, was arrested in Canton, ...

Oklahoma conducts highway immigration operation along Arkansas border

Oklahoma conducts highway immigration operation along A...

KOSU, Nov 4, 2025 - 15:13

Oklahoma Public Safety Commissioner Tim Tipton said the state highway patrol and...

Turnpike Authority Moves Eminent Domain Forward

Turnpike Authority Moves Eminent Domain Forward

Radio Oklahoma, Nov 4, 2025 - 15:13

Oklahoma Turnpike Authority approves nine land parcels for condemnation under AC...

Claremore Woman Charged in Husband Oxygen Case

Claremore Woman Charged in Husband Oxygen Case

Radio Oklahoma, Nov 4, 2025 - 15:13

A 73-year-old Claremore woman is jailed for solicitation for murder and exploita...

Oklahoma Honors Will Rogers Birthday Legacy

Oklahoma Honors Will Rogers Birthday Legacy

Radio Oklahoma, Nov 4, 2025 - 15:13

Will Rogers was born this day in 1879 near Oologah. His Cherokee heritage, wit, ...

Tulsa Sales Tax Increase Proposed by Mayor

Tulsa Sales Tax Increase Proposed by Mayor

Radio Oklahoma, Nov 4, 2025 - 12:34

Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols proposes raising Tulsa Sales Tax to 9.217% to generat...

Supreme Court Hears Tobacco Settlement Funds Case

Supreme Court Hears Tobacco Settlement Funds Case

Radio Oklahoma, Nov 4, 2025 - 12:34

Oklahoma Supreme Court hears case that could decide control and independence of ...

State Board Advances Emergency SNAP Funding Plan

State Board Advances Emergency SNAP Funding Plan

Radio Oklahoma, Nov 4, 2025 - 12:34

Contingency Board approves emergency SNAP Funding support — releasing $1 million...

Newspaper at Oklahoma's largest women’s prison awarded national recognition

Newspaper at Oklahoma's largest women’s prison awarded ...

KOSU, Nov 4, 2025 - 07:38

The third edition of The Mabel Bassett Balance includes a story about what it’s ...