Democrats picked up 29 House seats nationally and made historic gains in state legislatures Tuesday, powered by a broad anti-Trump backlash. Oklahoma felt the wave’s edge — Democrats flipped six state ...
A Town on the Edge, Unused Grants and DUI Pitfalls Brenna Witchey and Jake Ramsey examine how funding cuts threaten to undo ...
Republicans swept every statewide office in Tuesday’s Oklahoma midterms, with Mike Mazzei winning the governor’s race by carrying 72 of 77 counties. Democrats’ lone bright spot: flipping five ...
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Pilar Castoe, a family advocate at Tulsa Educare, looks at pamphlets for parents that are in both English and Spanish. (Raynee Howell/Oklahoma Watch) The first time Jacqueline Contreras entered the ...
Outside groups have poured more than $5.5 million into Oklahoma midterm races, nearly matching what candidates have spent themselves. The governor’s race dominates, but state legislative candidates ...
Gaylene Ricketts refused a BAC test after a DUI stop in El Reno, was later found to be suffering a stroke, and had criminal charges dropped — but still paid more than $2,000 in fees, attended drug ...
Paul Ziriax, secretary of the Oklahoma Election Board, closes the third and final day of candidate filing at the Capitol in Oklahoma City on Friday, April 3, 2026. (Paul Monies/Oklahoma Watch) A ...
In November 2023, Bob Holbrook was in his home office when his wife called him across the house to a window overlooking 10th Street in Wewoka. Outside, four police cars surrounded a home, their doors ...
Ten years after voters approved State Question 781 to send prison savings to county diversion programs, only 43 of 77 counties are taking part, as of Oct. 20. At an interim study, lawmakers, judges ...