Rep. Amanda Swope joining Nichols administration as Tulsa’s tribal director, special election looms
Rep. Amanda Swope (D-Tulsa) will join the administration of new Mayor Monroe Nichols as Tulsa's first director of tribal policy and partnerships, the city...
‘Help me’: Feds charge 6, DA charges 2 in Garvin County Jail death
(Editor's note: The following article contains graphic details about a woman's death that readers may find upsetting.)
When 32-year-old Kayla Lee Turley died Aug. 9,...
CIVICS
‘Systemic failure’: Edmond residents sought help for Ross Norwood weeks before police shooting
In the days leading up to a fateful encounter with local law enforcement, Edmond resident Ross Norwood methodically tore the carpet out of his...
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‘Unreasonable use of force’: OKCPD officer charged for slamming Lich Vu to ground
Oklahoma County District Attorney Vicki Behenna has charged Oklahoma City Police Department Sgt. Joseph Gibson with one count of aggravated assault and battery for...
‘Balance of interests’: Appellate court supports Tulsa jurisdiction over Indian defendants
In a landmark opinion that could eventually be challenged before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruled today that the...
OK County seat hotly contested, OKC Ward 7 draws quartet, OKCPS’ Lewis challenged
After the departures of former OKC Ward 7 Councilwoman Nikki Nice and former Oklahoma County District 1 Commissioner Carrie Blumert, open seats in the...
Tulsa-area school board incumbents largely reelected by default, some races contested
The majority of Tulsa County's school board elections concluded Wednesday with only one candidate filing for office, and one school board seat had no...
Norman elections: Holman, Mulinix challenge Heikkila in mayor’s race
(Correction: An earlier version of this article published Wednesday, Dec. 4, with inaccurate information owing to incomplete information posted by the Oklahoma State Election...
CULTURE
Melvin Moran: Seminole’s oil man with a heart of gold
SEMINOLE — Melvin Moran has spent a lifetime proving true riches lie not in the black gold beneath the earth, but in the philanthropy...
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OMC’s news literacy campaign promotes local reporting
When I left the newspaper industry, a local business owner told me a secret.
His confession? This fellow citizen knew how to read the local...
Bye week blues underscore a world without Bedlam
The 2024 college football season has been less than ideal for Oklahoma's two largest universities.
The Sooners and Cowboys are struggling, to put it mildly....
Series: 'Home is where the heart is'
