Using data from the EPA, the American Lung Association’s 2025 State of the Air report ranked the Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee ...

A photo essay showing the work of Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Deputy Davine Hopkins as she serves evictions.

In 2024, 17% of Oklahomans, totaling 686,800, received SNAP benefits, a greater percentage than the national 12%, or 1 in 8.

Three lawyers file about half of Oklahoma County’s 18,000 annual eviction cases, a simple but lucrative practice worth hundreds of thousands per year.

A recent analysis by the Center for American Progress found that rural counties disproportionately represent the over 300 ...

Steven Harpe left his post as director of the Department of Corrections to take a job at LeoTech, an AI company awarded a million-dollar contract by the department months earlier.

House Republicans said a follow-up continuing resolution is needed as the Nov. 21 deadline approaches. Senate Republicans say more time is required and House Democrats push the chamber to resume work.

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. Former Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Steven Harpe approved a ...

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. At a pizza restaurant in Sapulpa, Russell Goodwin approached a man with ...

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. Welcome to the wild west of weed. Eighteen months after Oklahoma voters ...

"There’s nothing else I can do,” Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin said when asked what role Head Start plays in negotiations. (Mike Simon/Tulsa World) Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for ...

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. The condemned man enters the room where he will draw his last breath. He ...