Oklahoma

News from the state of Oklahoma

Another Oklahoma murder conviction tossed, McGirt cited

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OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday overturned another state murder conviction because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that...

Complaint may spur review of meat industry’s virus response

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OMAHA, Neb. — A union complaint about whether an Oklahoma meatpacking plant is doing enough to protect workers from the coronavirus could test the...

Video shows Oklahoma jailer being brutalized by inmates

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OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Police Department released a video Friday showing inmates drag, beat and stab a jailer before police shot and...

Oklahoma town eases pandemic, one restaurant meal at a time

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NEW YORK — In Miami, Oklahoma, restaurants and their customers are doing their part to ease pandemic heartache, one meal at a time. ...

Capitol riot suspect wore ‘I Was There’ shirt when arrested

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Garret Miller didn't speak to the law enforcement officers who arrested him on charges he stormed the U.S. Capitol in January, but the T-shirt...

Carrie Underwood’s faith shines through on church hymns

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Don't get her wrong, Carrie Underwood loves to sing about getting revenge on the cheating ex and belting out ballads on...

States sue to undo Biden pause on US oil & gas lease sales

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NEW ORLEANS — Thirteen states sued the Biden administration Wednesday to end a suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and...

Exhumation of possible Tulsa massacre victims expected soon

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TULSA, Okla. — Researchers in Tulsa soon hope to begin exhuming the graves of at least 12 individuals who are believed to have been...

Tulsa Opera fires composer of Greenwood massacre piece

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TULSA, Okla. — The Tulsa Opera has canceled a piece written for a concert on the city’s 1921 race massacre after the composer of...

Man sentenced to 24 years in Oklahoma officers’ shootings

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TULSA, Okla. — A man accused of being the getaway driver after the shootings of two Tulsa police officers, one of whom died, was...