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Stitt, McGirt, Walters and infrastructure: Takeaways from Tulsa's 2024 ‘State of the State’ event
Oklahoma’s current and future legislative leaders answered questions Thursday about Gov. Kevin Stitt, tribal relations, education and more at Tulsa Regional Chamber’s ‘State of the State’ event at Cox Business Center. NonDoc Editor-in-Chief Tres Savage moderated two discussions. One was with current Oklahoma Speaker of the...
Lindsay Softball Festival canceled due to threat from alleged El Reno student
EL RENO, OKLA. (KOKH) — TheLindsay Softball Festival was canceled on Thursday after officials received a threat. El Reno Public Schools posted an update on Facebook Friday afternoon that out of caution, organizers canceled the festival and sent all the teams home. According to the school district, the call...
Attempts to remove judge from Epic embezzlement case fail again
OKLAHOMA CITY — An attempt to have a judge thrown off the major embezzlement case against the Epic Charter School co-founders has been rejected again. Oklahoma County District Judge Richard Ogden decided after a hearing Friday afternoon that he would not disqualify district Judge Susan Stallings from overseeing the case. Defense attorney Joe White, who […]
Osage Nation Ranch 41,521-Acre Fee-To-Trust Application Approved
PAWHUSKA, OK – The Osage Nation’s fee-to-trust application for the 41,521-acre ranch was approved on August 30, 2024. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Realty Specialist Katie Yates-Free hand delivered the Notice of Decision, signed by BIA Regional Director Eddie Streater, directly to Osage Nation Principal Chief Geoffery Standing Bear. A fee to trust land acquisition, also known as “land into trust,” is the transfer of land title from a federally-recognized tribe to the United States, in trust, for the benefit of the tribal nation. It strengthens tribal sovereignty by providing the tribal nation full authority over the trust land.
Tiniest Hometown Hero Returns Home To Cherokee Following Heart Transplant
An Oklahoma baby got a warm welcome from his hometown of Cherokee this week. One-year-old Arthur Allen spent eight months in Dallas following a heart transplant. The family stopped in for a visit at News 9 on their way home. “He's done more in his first year of life than...
City issues statement on DEQ boil advisory
On Aug. 28 The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality required that Ponca City Municipal Water Public Water Supply to inform users of a boil advisory for facilities on 900 south Enterprise Road. The advisory asked residents to use water that has been brought to a full, rolling boil for at...
Softball complex to get $15 million facility
In preparation for hosting the softball competition for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic games, plans are underway to add a 32,000 square foot indoor practice facility as well as locker rooms to the USA Softball Hall of Fame complex in northeast Oklahoma City. The $15 million project would include pitching...
Church Office Manager Ordered to Pay $912K in Restitution for Embezzling Funds
A federal judge ordered a former church office manager to pay $912,000 in restitution for embezzling money from a Baptist church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and failing to pay taxes. Katrenia Hartman, former office manager at Trinity Baptist Church in Tulsa, pleaded guilty in January to bank fraud and willfully filing a false federal income tax return.
On this day in Oklahoma history: Author, poet, playwright and screenwriter Lynn Riggs born near Claremore
LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - On this day in 1899, author, poet, playwright and screenwriter Lynn Riggs was born near Claremore. According to the Oklahoma Historical Society, Riggs’ play “Green Grow the Lilacs” became the basis for the musical “Oklahoma!”. The musical had over 2,200 performances in...
Runners enjoy new Riverside bridge on Labor Day weekend
TULSA, Okla. — In 2020, the old Pedestrian Bridge on Riverside was closed. Now, a new bridge stands on Riverside. Many people say the old bridge was part of their daily walks and runs. "We used to do training runs here for the Tulsa run 30 years ago, and...
The weekend starts out wet but drier air gradually builds south in time.
A front has stalled out across far southern OK and north TX this weekend. This means you can expect the best chance for showers and t’storms across southern OK this weekend with less rain across the north. Rain chances could linger thru the entire holiday weekend in southern OK with heavy rainfall possible. While northwestern and northern OK stays dry. In central OK rain chances Saturday into Sunday and then the drier air should push south and shut off rain chances by late Sunday and Monday. Here’s a look at potential rainfall thru Tuesday.
Fletcher PD asking public for assistance in suspected hit-and-run
FLETCHER, Okla. (KSWO) - Fletcher Peace Officers are investigating an incident they believe is a suspected hit-and-run from late Friday evening. In a post to the department’s Facebook page, officials said it happened shortly before 9 p.m. just north of Watts Road and Highway 277. Police and fire responded...
Wearing shirt that got her arrested at Trump rally, Buck faces trial
Sheila Buck appeared inside the Tulsa County Courthouse Friday morning — and she made it clear her convictions haven’t changed at all since she was arrested outside former President Donald Trump’s rally four years ago. According to court records, Tulsa police arrested Buck on June 20, 2020...
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