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(CNN) A wide range of extreme weather is stretching across the US as storms threaten heavy snow in the Southwest and the triple threat of tornadoes, damaging winds and rain in the South.
TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. — The first-ever Oklahoma Black History Day was celebrated at the state Capitol Feb. 13 with Lt. Gen. Stacey Hawkins, Air Force Sustainment Center commander, serving as the keynote speaker for the event. Hosted by the Oklahoma Legislative Black Caucus, a focus of this education […]
The Pentagon plans to bring Ukrainian troops to Oklahoma to train them on the Patriot missile defense systems starting as soon as next week, according to multiple reports. The training, first reported by CNN, will happen at Fort Sill, two U.S. officials told the outlet. Fort Sill — one of the Army’s four basic training locations, located on […]
COYLE, Okla.—Finding marijuana crops in Oklahoma these days is easy, said Logan County Sheriff’s Deputy Chris Tillman, as he stared at rows of cannabis greenhouses surrounded by fields of red-dirt farmland. Figuring out if they are legal—well, that is another matter. “It’s not . . .
A former supervisory correctional officer at the Kay County Detention Center (KCDC) was sentenced today to 46 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for violating the civil rights of three pretrial detainees held at the KCDC. On April 15, 2022, a federal jury convicted Matthew Ware, 53, of willfully depriving […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Workers at an Apple store in Oklahoma City voted to unionize, marking the second unionized Apple store in the U.S. in a matter of months, according to the federal labor board. The vote on Friday signaled another win for the labor movement, which has been gaining momentum since the pandemic. READ MORE: Health […]
A shopper looks at a wall fully occupied with iPhone case covers at the American multinational technology company Apple store in Hong Kong. China’s consumer prices rose at a slower-than-expected pace in August amid heatwaves and Covid-19 flare-ups, while producer inflation eased to the lowest since February 2021, official data showed. Budrul Chukrut | Lightrocket […]
09.30.22 OKLAHOMA CITY, OK- Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today celebrated the announcement by the National Park Service designating the Greenwood Historic District as part of the National Historic Registry. The Greenwood Historic District, also known as “Black Wall Street,” sits in the northern part of Tulsa, Oklahoma. During the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Greenwood was […]
The Department of Justice announced today that two men, Devan Nathanial Johnson, 28, and Brandon Wayne Killian, 31, pleaded guilty to committing a hate crime in Shawnee, Oklahoma. On Jan. 18, 2022, a federal grand in the Western District of Oklahoma returned a two-count Indictment charging both defendants, who are white, with physically assaulting a […]
Oklahoma SPJ announced Thursday the OU Daily staff will be the recipient of the organization’s 2022 Carter Bradley First Amendment Award, its highest honor for journalism produced in the state in the past year. Per a contest organizer, this year may mark the first time the First Amendment Award has been bestowed on a college […]