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The Oklahoma State University Biomedical Imaging Center in Tulsa. The center will be receiving cyberinfrastructure upgrades thanks to a $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant awarded to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.

5 Oklahoma colleges will get a cyberinfrastructure boost thanks to $1.2 million grant

Some smaller higher education institutions in Oklahoma are going to see a boost in their cyberinfrastructure, thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation.

FILE - Oxycodone pills are shown, June 17, 2019. On Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, CVS Health said it has agreed to pay about $5 billion to state, local and Native American tribal governments to settle lawsuits over the toll of opioids. CVS is not admitting wrongdoing and the company would make the payments over a decade. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Board receives over 250 letters for opioid settlement grants

The Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Board has received over 250 letters from local groups for $23 million in grants meant to counteract the impacts of the opioid epidemic.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt calls for 'reset' of federal immigration strategy

As federal immigration authorities continue to defend the killing of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis Saturday, Gov. Kevin Stitt is among Republican elected leaders speaking out against the violence.

Oklahoma City Police Officer Convicted Of 2nd-Degree Murder

A jury convicted OKCPD’s Sgt. Keith Sweeney of second degree murder on Nov. 4, 2019.Sweeney is one of a small fraction of officers who has faced criminal…

A panel of state geological surveys and oil and gas regulators at the National Seismic Hazard Workshop on Induced Seismicity, held in November at a conference center in Midwest City, Okla.

Experts Meet In Oklahoma To Update U.S. Maps With Manmade Earthquake Hazards

Scientists, regulators and technical experts from the energy industry met in Oklahoma to discuss how earthquakes triggered by oil and gas operations…

An Oklahoma Highway Patrol sign, pictured July 17, 2025, hangs on a wall at the Robert R. Lester Training Center in Oklahoma City.

Oklahoma law enforcement effort targeting truckers nets over 100 arrests

About 125 commercial vehicle drivers, including some accused of being in the country illegally, were arrested during a three-day joint law enforcement blitz along Interstate 40, the Governor’s Office said Monday.

Gov. Kevin Stitt takes a drink from a glass of milk.

Oklahoma ups raw milk sales, nixes federal milk compliance bill

A new Oklahoma law allows more on-farm sales of raw milk. Another bill ensuring the state's commercial milk supply complies with federal regulations failed to advance to the governor's desk.

AM NewsBrief: July 21, 2022

This is the KGOU AM NewsBrief for Thursday, July 21, 2022.

PM NewsBrief: Thursday, July 21, 2022

This is the KGOU PM NewsBrief for Thursday, July 21, 2022.

Bipartisan bill requiring annual mental health screenings by Oklahoma providers advances

The policy seeks to help detect symptoms early and connect patients to care before their mental health condition worsens and treatment becomes more costly.

State Sen. Brian Crain, R-Tulsa, speaks at a news conference in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016. At left is Rev. Lori Walke, Mayflower Congregational United Church of Christ.

Oklahoma Legislative, Faith, And Business Coalition Urges Congress To Pass Immigration Reform

Business and community leaders in Oklahoma called on Congress Wednesday to pass comprehensive immigration reform.“We can ask, we can petition, we can do…

Oklahoma Outcry Continues Against EPA’s ‘Waters Of The United States’ Rule

Since the federal Clean Water Act first became law in 1972, there’s been confusion over which bodies of water qualify for protection under its provisions.…

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