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Kalyn McKenzie-Scoggins and Amanda Stewart teach an Our Whole Lives sex ed class Oct. 18 at All Souls Unitarian Church

Oklahoma doesn’t mandate sex ed. Some churches are trying to fill the gaps

Some Oklahoma churches are providing comprehensive sex ed to fill gaps in a state that doesn’t require it in schools.

The scene at the intersection of Main Street and Hall of Fame Ave. in Stillwater following Saturday's car crash into the parade.

4 Dead, Dozens Injured After Car Crashes Into Oklahoma State University Homecoming Parade

Four people are dead and dozens more are injured after a car barreled through a crowd during Oklahoma State University's homecoming parade Saturday…

In this May 23, 1944 file photo, the organism treponema pallidum, which causes syphilis, is seen through an electron microscope.

Syphilis Outbreak In South-Central Oklahoma Increases Strain On The State’s Public Health System

Over the past six months, we’ve gotten pretty familiar with terms we hadn’t heard regularly before, like contact tracers and infectious disease…

Oklahoma mental health department to withhold exact impact of provider cuts until review completed

Three weeks after cuts to Oklahoma providers were first reported, the Mental Health Department doesn’t have concrete numbers on how much needs to be cut to right size the agency’s budget.

Gov. Kevin Stitts gives a thumbs up to the gallery during his 2026 State of the State address.

Oklahoma Gov. Stitt delivered his final State of the State address. Here's what he said

Gov. Kevin Stitt delivered his eighth and final State of the State speech Monday, as he kicked off Oklahoma's 2026 legislative session with his list of priorities: small government, insulation from expensive federal mandates and more.

Senate Pro Temp Greg Treat explains his chamber will thoroughly vet the governor’s nominees for the Board of Regents for Agricultural and Mechanical Schools during a press conference on the first day of this legislative cycle’s fourth special session, June 12, in the senate lounge at the Oklahoma State Capitol.

Oklahoma's special session lasted less than 10 minutes; no vote held on Stitt's regents nomination

The Oklahoma Senate gaveled in for the fourth special session of this legislative cycle Wednesday, and gaveled right back out again.

The proposed Core to Shore tax increment financing district boundary.

Oklahoma City Council Considers Two New TIFs, No Closer To Native Cultural Center Solution

This week the Oklahoma City Council voted 8-1 to authorize Mayor Mick Cornett explore the idea of creating two new tax increment financing, or TIF,…

AAUP demands answers, safeguards from University of Oklahoma after Bible-based essay debacle

The American Association of University Professors delivered a petition to OU administrators Friday demanding answers regarding its handling of an academic freedom case that has garnered national attention.

House Appropriations and Budget Chair Kevin Wallace, R–Wellston, presented the new House Fiscal Transparency Portal during an April 16 press conference on his chamber's FY25 budget plan at the Oklahoma State Capitol.

Oklahoma House includes income tax cut in released budget plan; Senate remains opposed

House Speaker Charles McCall and Appropriations and Budget Chair Kevin Wallace introduced their chamber’s proposed state budget for Fiscal Year 2025 Tuesday, but the inclusion of an income tax cut and a $1 billion gap between the House and Senate plans, means the fight over how to spend state tax dollars continues.

A sign welcomes motorists to Frederick in Tillman County.

As an Oklahoma hospital breaks ground, USDA looks to better health, high speed internet and housing

Leadership in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development office says a Tillman County hospital speaks to the larger focus on housing, health and high speed internet.

New book details impacts of drug rehabilitation industry on patients, inspired by story in Oklahoma

America’s opioid epidemic has been a prolonged public health crisis, resulting in countless overdose deaths and billions in settlement funds from opioid manufacturers, distributors and retailers.

Poultry companies ask judge to throw out ruling in decades-old case over polluted Oklahoma river

Tyson Foods and other Arkansas poultry companies have filed a motion to dismiss a court ruling that says they’re responsible for cleaning up pollution in Oklahoma’s Illinois River Watershed.

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