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 ...

Paul Ziriax, secretary of the Oklahoma Election Board, closes the third and final day of candidate filing at the Capitol in Oklahoma City on Friday, April 3, 2026. (Paul Monies/Oklahoma Watch) A ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

A BBC analysis of FBI data found the violent crime rate was about 348.6 per 100,000 people in 2024, the lowest since 1969.

Oklahoma religious leaders are navigating a murky legal landscape around the Johnson Amendment, which bars tax-exempt churches from endorsing candidates but is rarely enforced. With a recent Texas ...

Friday to appeal a federal court order it had originally requested and won — the only move left after Attorney General Drummond issued a binding opinion barring a third vote on the Ben Gamla Jewish ...