Oklahoma

WinStar World and Choctaw casinos and resorts, just across the Texas-Oklahoma border, will open Wednesday for the first time since March.

WinStar World and Choctaw casinos and resorts, just across the Texas-Oklahoma border, will open Wednesday for the first time since March.

Some casinos in Oklahoma have started to reopen. Guests are required to wear a mask.. which the casino is providing for the first week.. after that, you have to bring your own or buy one.

Severe weather is blowing across the South after apparent tornadoes tore through parts of Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana. At least seven people have been killed, including a factory worker whose body was found a quarter mile from where an apparent tornado struck the factory in southern Oklahoma. A Louisiana man was swept away in flood waters after going out to...

An Oklahoma newspaper has apologized and retracted a story intended as an April Fools’ prank that claimed all students in one Tulsa-area school district must repeat their current grade level.

Police say two people were wounded in a shooting in the parking lot outside a Walmart in southwestern Oklahoma.

A man playing a video game in a mobile home in the Oklahoma City suburb of Midwest City was fatally shot Sunday, apparently in an accident, by his best friend who was cleaning a gun, police said.

An Oklahoma jury has found a Houston-based company 10% responsible for a January 2018 explosion and fire that killed five men. The Pittsburg County jury on Monday ordered National Oilwell Varco to pay $1 million each to the estates of Josh Ray of Fort Worth, Texas, and Cody Risk of Wellington, Colorado. The families of all victims that included Oklahomans…

A former wildlife park owner known as ‘Joe Exotic’ was sentenced on Wednesday to 22 years in federal prison for his role in a 2017 murder-for-hire scheme to kill a prominent animal rights activist, plus multiple violations of wildlife laws. Joseph Maldonado-Passage was found guilty in April of attempting to hire someone to murder Carole Baskin, a prominent animal rights activist, according…

A former wildlife park owner known as ‘Joe Exotic’ was sentenced on Wednesday to 22 years in federal prison for his role in a 2017 murder-for-hire scheme to kill a prominent animal rights activist, plus multiple violations of wildlife laws. Joseph Maldonado-Passage was found guilty in April of attempting to hire someone to murder Carole Baskin, a prominent animal rights activist, according…

Severe storms sweeping across southern portions of the U.S. and up into the Midwest were blamed Saturday in the deaths of at least 11 people, including two first responders, as high winds, tornadoes and unrelenting rain battered large swaths of the country. Storm-related fatalities were reported in Texas due to icy weather, in Alabama from a deadly tornado and in…

Joe Burrow turned in the greatest performance yet in his Heisman Trophy season, throwing for seven touchdowns and 493 yards as No. 1 LSU romped to a breathtaking 63-28 victory over No. 4 Oklahoma in the Peach Bowl semifinal game Saturday. The Tigers (14-0) headed to the national championship game against either No. 2 Ohio State or No. 3 Clemson…

Oklahoma is in the College Football Playoff for the fourth time, but has yet to win a game. This time around the Sooners get No. 1 LSU in the semifinal. It marks the third consecutive year the Sooners face an SEC team. Oklahoma and LSU have split two previous meetings: The Sooners won the 1950 Sugar Bowl and the Tigers…

The Big 12 didn’t face any controversy this season around its participant in the College Football Playoff. This time around, the question is for Oklahoma, Chuck Carlton of The Dallas Morning News tells Newy Scruggs.

College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock explains what the committee took into consideration to place LSU ahead of Ohio State in the final ranking of the season.

Texas lawmakers today heard testimony from a long list of people in support of a proposed bill that would clear the confusion over whether CBD is legal in the state.

Rick Sorrells is a disgraced former school administrator, an admitted criminal, a soon-to-be resident of the federal prison system and, despite all of that, he is eligible to receive his full state pension.

Rick Sorrells is a disgraced former school administrator, an admitted criminal, a soon-to-be resident of the federal prison system and, despite all of that, he is eligible to receive his full state pension.

No. 6 Oklahoma, No. 8 Baylor playing for Big 12 title with playoff spot more feasible.