Bartlesville, Oklahoma — A year after a tornado flattened his family’s home, 9-year-old River Garrett isn’t focused on what was lost — but on what can still be built. “Rebuilding, it takes a while, it takes hard work. But to me, it’s putting something back together where it is better than before,” River said, outside…
Two vehicles collided head-on and burst into flames on a two-lane highway in rural eastern Kansas, killing eight people, including two high school students, a former teacher-coach and a school employee from Oklahoma, authorities said Monday. The crash occurred at about 5:45 p.m. Sunday on U.S. 169 outside of the small town of Greeley, about…
Former high school teacher Ryan Walters was elected Oklahoma state superintendent of schools in 2022, but more than two years later, the state still ranks 49th in education. “I was elected to turn the state’s education system around,” Walters told CBS News. “We were 49th when I was elected. We’re working to move all these…
Oklahoma governor and schools chief at odds over collecting students’ immigration data – CBS News Watch CBS News A proposal approved by the Oklahoma Board of Education that would require students to submit their immigration status during enrollment is drawing backlash, including from the state’s conservative governor. Shanelle Kaul has details. Be the first to…