Russell Goodwin aims to identify and expose dangerous people online through his predator-catching group. His tactics frustrate police efforts and target vulnerable people. (Todd Pendleton/The ...

$5.5 Million in Outside Spending Is Flooding Oklahoma’s Midterm Races. Almost None of It Is Traceable. Two days before Oklahoma’s midterm election, outside groups have spent more than $5.5 million on ...

Outside groups have poured more than $5.5 million into Oklahoma midterm races, nearly matching what candidates have spent themselves. The governor’s race dominates, but state legislative candidates ...

In November 2023, Bob Holbrook was in his home office when his wife called him across the house to a window overlooking 10th Street in Wewoka. Outside, four police cars surrounded a home, their doors ...

A Virginia-based legal nonprofit is challenging Oklahoma’s 2025 law restricting access to voter registration data, arguing it violates the National Voter Registration Act and equal protection ...

Gaylene Ricketts refused a BAC test after a DUI stop in El Reno, was later found to be suffering a stroke, and had criminal charges dropped — but still paid more than $2,000 in fees, attended drug ...

The battle for control of the U.S. Senate is heating up. Polling shows close races in neighboring Texas and Kansas, which haven’t sent a Democrat to the Senate in the 21st century. Races in Michigan, ...

Ten years after voters approved State Question 781 to send prison savings to county diversion programs, only 43 of 77 counties are taking part, as of Oct. 20. At an interim study, lawmakers, judges ...

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Statewide Charter School Board Chair Brian Shellem conducts the board’s Oct. 23 meeting (Brent Fuchs/Oklahoma Watch) With a new, legally binding attorney general’s opinion preventing a third vote on ...