Robby Korth
KOSU News DirectorRobby grew up in Ardmore, Oklahoma and Fayetteville, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Nebraska with a Journalism degree. Robby has reported for several newspapers, including The Roanoke Times in southwest Virginia. While there, he co-created the podcast Septic, spending a year reporting on the story of a missing five-year-old boy, the discovery of his body in a septic tank a few days after his disappearance, and the subsequent court trial of his mother. Although the story was of particular interest to residents in Virginia, the podcast gained a larger audience and was named as a New and Noteworthy podcast by Apple Podcasts.
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The U.S. Department of Justice dropped its lawsuit against Oklahoma after state election officials agreed to hand over voter data on the condition that citizen privacy is protected. -
Oklahoma’s next U.S. Senator will be Tulsa energy executive Alan Armstrong. -
Oklahoma's Mullin closer to DHS Secretary confirmation, Tulsa energy executive expected to fill seatU.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, is one step closer to becoming the US Secretary of Homeland Security. -
The Department of Justice is suing Oklahoma after the state's election officials declined to hand over a list of registered voters and their personal information, including Social Security and driver's license numbers. -
Oklahoma fire crews are currently battling several wildfires that have consumed more than 150,000 acres in Oklahoma and Kansas. -
In a social media post, Rep. John Waldron, D-Tulsa, wrote he's been pushing himself too hard and was resigning "for personal reasons." -
Attorneys for Oklahoma's Tax Commission are asking the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear the tax dispute of a Muscogee Nation citizen. But if they do, they should "revisit" the landmark McGirt ruling. -
Viola Fletcher was 111 years old and still resided in Tulsa when she died Monday. She lived through the Tulsa Race Massacre as a child, which she said deeply scarred her and her family. -
The Chickasaw, Choctaw and Cherokee Nations are suing Gov. Kevin Stitt, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation officials and a special prosecutor in an ongoing dispute over hunting and fishing licenses on tribal reservations. -
Tremane Wood was found unresponsive in his cell hours after he was scheduled to be executed. State officials say he had a "medical event" as a result of stress and dehydration.
