The the city tried to charge a farmer more than $17,000 for bodycam footage and records related to his arrest at a city council meeting.

The the city tried to charge a farmer more than $17,000 for bodycam footage and records related to his arrest at a city council meeting.

A damaged water line at an El Reno data center caused over 3 million gallons of water to be wasted, leading the city to issue abatement notices and cite multiple safety violations.

Hazel W. makes the Marxist case for abolition against the left's growing accommodation to policing and prisons.

The Downtown OKC Streetcar will remain fare-free indefinitely following the success of a pilot program designed to test whether removing the fare would increase ridership

Rather than get rid of ALPR cameras entirely, many cities and towns are switching to Axon, whose cameras can be mounted to an existing streetlamp, helping them blend into their surroundings.

When City Council votes on renewing its contract with controversial Flock Safety on August 18th, they'll also be looking to impose sweeping new regulations on the system

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The contract says 90 cameras. The map shows 299. Zero oversight. OKCPD confirmed it in writing. It's time to DeFlock OKC.

The review comes after a Frontier investigation found seven preventable deaths at the facility. The Tulsa Police Department previously investigated the deaths and said it found no criminal wrongdoing.

A new investigation suggests the head of homeland security is playing a key role in a Trump administration campaign to boost an industry he has a stake in.

An AI-powered, billionaire-backed chain of private schools is opening a new campus in the Oklahoma City metro next month with no teachers and $40,000 tuition.

Alpha School, a billionaire-backed private school chain that replaces teachers with AI tutors and charges $40,000 a year in tuition, is opening campuses in Edmond and Tulsa in August. The model, which...

The White House named Oklahoma as one of several states with voter roll data “compromised” by China. Oklahoma’s Election officials say that’s misleading.

The estate of a man who died of a treatable throat infection at the jail alleges officials failed to provide adequate medical care despite a pattern of inmate deaths.

As Marc Kulick's "Vesta Empire" collapses, creditors like former arms dealer Efraim Diveroli are acquiring his Oklahoma housing portfolio.

Public defenders say judges routinely fail to consider whether defendants can afford bail, leaving poor and homeless people jailed on low-level charges. Other counties have already faced civil rights ...

Oklahoma City has contracted with Flock Safety to capture vehicle data on public roads since 2023, aiming to solve crimes more quickly. But critics say the company facilitates mass surveillance.

Oklahoma restricts oil field wastewater injection within a half-mile of public water wells. Regulators have let companies do it anyway. But in the city of Enid, officials are pushing back against one ...

Oklahoma restricts oil field wastewater injection within a half-mile of public water wells. Regulators have let companies do it anyway. But in the city of Enid, officials are pushing back against one ...

A proposed $25/month PSO electric rate increase to accommodate large-load projects brought irritated customers to the Corporation Commission.

We gathered cities' confidentiality agreements with data center developers. Some require local leaders to keep secret even the fact that a nondisclosure agreement exists.

One contract required public officials to keep secret that a confidentiality agreement even existed. At least one agreement allows the companies to sue cities to enforce the terms of the deals, someti...

Across a quiet Oklahoma town, a mysterious black dust has appeared throughout neighborhoods. As residents search for answers, many say this triggers memories from decades before.

An attempt to override a governor’s veto of the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority has failed, putting the state’s public broadcaster on track to close.

New data shows overall homelessness dipped slightly for the first time since 2018, even as more families with children and unaccompanied youth fall into crisis.

Outside groups tied to dark money and wealthy donors are shaping Oklahoma’s Republican primaries with a barrage of political attacks. Many ads contain false or partially true claims.

Complaints about inaccurate data in tracking MMIP cases in databases, such as the National Missing and Unidentified Persons Systems (Namus), have been a specific focus of an Oklahoma State Bureau of I...

The measure would make it a felony to deliver or possess with the intent to deliver an abortion-inducing drug to someone who plans to use it to terminate a pregnancy.

A community meeting hosted by a company behind a controversial data center proposal in Yukon and other Oklahoma cities ended early Wednesday, after the company denied News 4 entry, and attendees st…