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Oklahoma Senate bucks Stitt veto, votes to extend tribal compacts for another year

July 24, 2023

Oklahoma Senate bucks Stitt veto, votes to extend tribal compacts for another year

The Oklahoma Senate met Monday in a special session to override Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt's vetoes of two bills extending compacts with the state's Native American tribes.

Oklahoma man who was imprisoned for nearly 50 years freed after judge ordered new trial

July 24, 2023

Oklahoma man who was imprisoned for nearly 50 years freed after judge ordered new trial

Glynn Ray Simmons, a man who was imprisoned for almost 50 years, has been freed from custody after a judge ordered a new trial. The man had long claimed that he didn't commit the crime.

Oklahoma triple murder-suicide: Mom, 39, kills 10-month-old baby boy, 6-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter

July 22, 2023

Oklahoma triple murder-suicide: Mom, 39, kills 10-month-old baby boy, 6-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter

An Oklahoma mother, Brandy McCaslin, 39, killed her three children in a triple murder-suicide after a three-hour standoff with police, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said.

Oklahoma mother and 3 children dead after hourslong standoff, police say

July 21, 2023

Oklahoma mother and 3 children dead after hourslong standoff, police say

An Oklahoma mother and her three children were killed in what police are investigating as a murder-suicide after an hourslong standoff with police at a home in Verdigris.

Oklahoma executes death row inmate who killed 20-year-old woman with butcher knife

July 20, 2023

Oklahoma executes death row inmate who killed 20-year-old woman with butcher knife

Jemaine Cannon, a death row inmate who killed 20-year-old Sharonda Clark with a butcher knife, has been executed by the state of Oklahoma.

Oklahoma prepares to execute man who fatally stabbed Tulsa mother in 1995

July 20, 2023

Oklahoma prepares to execute man who fatally stabbed Tulsa mother in 1995

Jemaine Cannon, a 51-year-old man who fatally stabbed a woman with a butcher's knife in 1995, is set to be executed on July 20, 2023, at 10 a.m.

Oklahoma driver stops truck, tackles suspect running from officers in downtown Tulsa

July 17, 2023

Oklahoma driver stops truck, tackles suspect running from officers in downtown Tulsa

An Oklahoma man driving his pickup truck in downtown Tulsa exited his vehicle and tackled a suspect involved in a foot pursuit, and Tulsa police captured it on camera.

Oklahoma judge's sexual relationship with prosecutor forces retrial for murderer sentenced to life

July 14, 2023

Oklahoma judge's sexual relationship with prosecutor forces retrial for murderer sentenced to life

An Oklahoma man convicted of murdering a 94-year-old woman in 2013 will stand for a new trial after it was discovered his previous judge had an sexual relationship with a prosecutor.

Former Oklahoma undersheriff sentenced to nearly 2 years for repeatedly striking handcuffed inmate

July 14, 2023

Former Oklahoma undersheriff sentenced to nearly 2 years for repeatedly striking handcuffed inmate

Kendall Morgan, a 45-year-old undersheriff from Oklahoma, has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for repeatedly striking an inmate who was handcuffed.

Bodycam captures final gunshot from apparent murder-suicide of NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson’s in-laws, nephew

July 12, 2023

Bodycam captures final gunshot from apparent murder-suicide of NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson’s in-laws, nephew

Newly released police bodycam footage recorded the final gunshot from an apparent murder-suicide last month that led to the deaths of the in-laws and nephew of NASCAR's Jimmie Johnson.