A voting board in Oklahoma decided Wednesday to recommend clemency for Tremane Wood, a death row inmate who is scheduled to receive a lethal injection next week at the state penitentiary in McAlester. Wood, 46, faces execution for his conviction in the 2001 murder of Ronnie Wipf, a migrant farmworker, at an Oklahoma City hotel…
OKLAHOMA CITY — After successfully passing a law to remove cell phones from Oklahoma classrooms, two state lawmakers are now turning their attention to broader concerns around classroom technology, including Chromebooks, screen time, and artificial intelligence. State Senator Ally Seifried (R-Rogers County) and Representative Chad Caldwell (R-Enid) are leading an interim study to examine how…
The parents of the 29-year-old gunman who opened fire on a Dallas immigration facility in September told police their son was “completely normal” before he moved to Washington state and returned home several years ago, believing he had “radiation sickness” and was “allergic to plastic,” according to newly released records. Joshua Jahn had begun wearing…
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma — The Academy of Classical Christian Studies high school girls basketball team in Oklahoma City returned to the court this week, their first practice since last season’s division championship game, where they hit a buzzer-beater against Apache High School that both ended the game, and started it all. After seemingly winning the…
An invasive marine species has made its way to a small lake in Oklahoma. Though its impact on the ecosystem remains unknown, its presence has locals scratching their heads. What’s happening? As The Oklahoman reported, two people headed to a small lake just outside Sulphur to fish. While there, they spotted a peach blossom jellyfish….
The founder of a Texas megachurch who resigned last year after a woman in Oklahoma accused the pastor of sexually abusing her in the 1980s pleaded guilty Thursday to five counts of lewd and indecent acts with a child, authorities said. Robert Preston Morris, 64, entered the pleas before a judge in Oklahoma’s Osage County…
A leading MAGA education official has announced plans to establish chapters of Turning Point USA, the conservative organization founded by slain MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk, in every high school across his state. Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters unveiled the proposal on Tuesday and warned schools would be punished if they refused to…
New details are emerging after a large tiger fatally attacked an animal handler during the end of a big cat show at a preserve in southeastern Oklahoma. Ryan Easley, 37, was dead when deputies arrived Saturday at the Growler Pines Tiger Preserve near Hugo, not far from the Texas border, just minutes after dispatchers received…
An animal handler was killed by a tiger under his care at a preserve for big cats in southeastern Oklahoma, the organization said Sunday. Growler Pines Tiger Preserve said in a statement that Ryan Easley died Saturday in “an accident” involving a tiger at the property near Hugo, not far from the Texas border. Easley…
Oklahoma Chronicle: How has the new “bell to bell, no cell” law worked so far? Open the video player below to watch the full panel discussion on Oklahoma’s new law RECEIVED FROM SOME TEACHERS ARE LIKE, KIDS ARE ACTUALLY COMING IN AND INTRODUCING THEMSELVES TO EACH OTHER AND, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY HAD TO TAKE UP…