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Six Ways To Prepare For Oklahoma’s Tornado Season

There’s little doubt Oklahomans will be more sensitive and more concerned than usual as the spring storm season approaches after the devastating events of…

Oklahoma County District Judge Bill Graves

Oklahoma County District Judge In Abortion Ruling Has Activist Past

Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported the last year that Bill Graves served in the Legislature. He served from 1989 to…

Verna Foust, CEO of Red Rock Behavioral Health Services in Oklahoma City, said people with mild depression, anxiety and other problems are "falling through the cracks," not getting treatment.

Oklahoma Mental Health System: Get Sicker First

Every year, thousands of Oklahomans with mental-health or addiction problems call or show up at state-funded treatment centers and get little or no…

Silverhorn, who was convicted of possession of a controlled substance, was one of more than 500 inmates whose sentences were commuted in one of the largest commutations in U.S. history

Oklahoma Restores Voting Rights For Felons, But Not So Fast

Kyeesha Alexander found work at a Sonic Drive-In and a place to live with her parents after being released from prison in May.Though the coronavirus…

Nurses put hand sanitizer on their gloves before taking another nasal swab for COVID-19 testing at the Chickasaw Nation Purcell Health Clinic on April 28.

As Pandemic Widens, Oklahoma Diminishes State Epidemiologist Role

The new state epidemiologist who starts work this month will be Oklahoma’s third person in that role since the state’s response to COVID-19 started in…

Prisoners move in a common area of the Joseph Harp Correctional Facility on Oct. 10, 2024.

As Oklahoma prison transfers slow, jail backlogs grow

The backlog at county jails has increased 74% since 2021.

Prisoners of Debt

A series of stories reported jointly by Oklahoma Watch and KGOU Radio focusing on the fees assessed against criminal offenders and the funding model for the criminal justice system.

KGOU Readers Club: 100 Things To Do In Oklahoma City Before You Die

Quoting from the book's dedication page: "To everyone who thinks Oklahoma is a flyover state, the joke is on you."

The UFL is a professional football league that plays its seasons during the spring rather than the fall.

UFL will expand pro football to Oklahoma City in 2028

Professional football is coming to Oklahoma, after the United Football League (UFL) announced on Thursday it will expand to Oklahoma City in spring 2028.

Oklahoma’s College Campuses Continue To Be Coronavirus Hotspots

A September surge of COVID-19 cases in Oklahoma is largely a result of the coronavirus’ spread on college campuses. Oklahoma’s new cases and the 7-day…

George Monks, a Tulsa dermatologist and former president of the Oklahoma State Medical Association, in his office Dec. 30, 2025.

Oklahoma Health Department refuses to share county-level measles data

Outbreaks of measles and whooping cough in Oklahoma have led to calls for greater transparency from the Oklahoma State Department of Health as the state stands alone in only sharing measles cases on a statewide basis.

How come a Hollywood stunt pilot acquired 475 Oklahoma airplanes in a day?

In 1945, the U.S. government chose Searcy Field in Stillwater, Oklahoma, for a unique experiment: selling 475 surplus World War II combat aircraft in one giant field sale rather than scrapping them.This episode of How Curious tells the remarkable story of how a Hollywood stunt pilot became the winning bidder — and what he did with the planes afterward!

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