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How did an Oklahoma gospel song become an international musical phenomenon?

In the late 1920s, a young Oklahoman composer named Albert E. Brumley created a song that would go on to become one most popular pieces of gospel music of all time.

A transmission line crisscrosses the sky near Mounds.

Utility regulator: Oklahoma’s energy demand to grow at ‘unprecedented’ rate

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission, which oversees utilities and the oil and gas industry, will be challenged with historically high electricity demand in the coming years, they said.

Bill to increase funding for fixing Oklahoma’s abandoned wells advances

The Senate Energy Committee passed the proposed legislation in a Thursday meeting.

The Heartland Flyer pulls into the Norman Station, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023.

Oklahoma’s Heartland Flyer to suspend service after funding not forthcoming

Passenger rail service between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth is expected to end on or before Oct. 1, transportation officials said Thursday.

Why are a pair of pretty red panties so significant to Oklahoma?

For years, CB radio users heard a male voice incessantly repeating these words: "I got my nightgown on, I got my pretty red panties on, and I’m ready to go to bed." Who was behind the message and why?

Oklahoma officials offer guidelines, tips for solar eclipse

As the solar eclipse draws closer on April 8, Oklahoma officials are issuing some tips and guidelines.

Oklahoma spent approximately $4.3 million to rent and staff its contact tracing operation at Shepherd Center through October. The state has closed that Oklahoma City location, which opened in June with approximately 400 employees

Oklahoma Contact Tracing Investment Yielded No COVID-19 Insights, Report Finds

Oklahoma’s boost to its COVID-19 contact tracing efforts led to no insights and was marred by technology problems and a failure to collect the proper…

Workers water clones at Primal Cannabis, which has 50,000 plants growing on 90 acres, in Carrier, OK. It is one of over 6,500 licenced medical marijauna growers in the state.

2021 Brings Changes To Oklahoma’s Medical Marijuana Program

After medical marijuana was legalized in Oklahoma in June of 2018, the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority had only 60 days to prop up the entire…

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt ends state employee telework options

After pushing remote work before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt now wants state employees to come back to the office full time in early 2025.

Gov. Kevin Stitt visits Oklahoma National Guard soldiers stationed at the US-Mexico border.

Oklahoma National Guard deployment to Texas-Mexico border paid for by disaster response funds

Oklahoma used state disaster response funds to pay for a 30-day deployment of National Guard troops to help with border security as part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star.

Oklahoma Cockfighting Ban

NPR's John Burnett reports that although Oklahomans voted this month to outlaw cockfighting in their state, some lawmen are refusing to enforce the new ban. The practice of setting fighting chickens against each other and betting on the bloody outcome is lucrative, and in several counties there are legal challenges to the ban.

Glasses commemorating the 2024 solar eclipse are for sale at visitor centers across the state, including the state Capitol.

Oklahoma officials gear up for April 8 eclipse

From selling special glasses to preparing for traffic snarls, Oklahoma officials are prepping for the April 8 solar eclipse expected to pass directly over southeastern Oklahoma.

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