The Latest Breaking News from Oklahoma

The Southern Baptist Convention has ousted an Oklahoma church whose pastor defended his blackface performance at one church event and his impersonation of a Native American woman at another

An Oklahoma law passed in 2022 required the state treasurer to maintain a list of businesses ineligible to do business with the state due to ESG investing policies. But the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System’s board voted on Aug. 23 to retain its current roster of financial advisers, including businesses…

A death row inmate in Oklahoma is scheduled for execution next week, but he has fired his lawyers and skipped a clemency hearing

Patients and doctors in Tennessee, Idaho and Oklahoma are taking legal action, against state abortion bans. Women told dramatic stories of dangerous pregnancies and delayed care.

The defense attorney for the BTK serial killer has insisted that his client was not involved in the 1976 disappearance of an Oklahoma teen, even as the dispute between the sheriff and prosecutor over the investigation intensifies

Hours after the district attorney said there was insufficient information to pursue charges against serial killer, the sheriff announced a National BTK Task Force to provide assistance in the cold case of Cynthia Dawn Kinney

Women in three states are challenging strict abortion laws that went into effect after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year

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Lawsuits want to clarify abortion ban exceptions for ‘medical emergencies’ in Idaho, Oklahoma and Tennessee

The Center for Reproductive Rights contends bans in three states blocked women from seeking abortions in emergency medical circumstances.

An Oklahoma prosecutor says there’s insufficient evidence to charge the BTK serial killer in the 1976 disappearance of a 16-year-old girl despite statements from law enforcement officials calling him a prime suspect