U.S. Rep. Tom Cole plans to seek a 13th term, citing increased influence in Congress and his role in protecting Oklahoma’s federal interests. The longtime lawmaker says his appropriations work remains ...

Walters received an annual salary of at least $120,000 as the CEO of the nonprofit Every Kid Counts, which receives a substantial amount of its funding from national school privatization and charter ...

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. Oklahoma Watch · Anonymous Source Sheds Light on Panhandle Police Impunity ...

Here is the audio of Oklahoma Watch published stories for the week of July 21, 2025. – Full Week Playlist: Listen to all the stories back-to-back, without interruption. – Individual Stories: Select ...

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. The story of Ken Donley, a once-vibrant Oklahoma patriarch, offers a ...

Investigation of a second harrowing attempt to seize control of an elderly vet establishes a troubling pattern of abuse in the St. Francis Health System and uncovers hints of turmoil and controversy ...

Attorney General Gentner Drummond appointed the Oklahoma District Attorneys Council’s assistant executive director as a special assistant prosecutor in the Richard Glossip case, raising eyebrows in ...

Trump’s budget bill brings stricter SNAP rules and shifts costs to states, putting 131,000 Oklahomans at risk of losing food benefits as hunger relief systems brace for the ...

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. The most important part of 28-year-old Brandon Hummel’s life was his two ...

The state’s review of social studies textbooks is underway for the first time since Superintendent Ryan Walters added references to Christianity, morality and election denialism to what teachers ...

A tip from a former Guymon police officer offers hard evidence of police abuses characteristic of rural Oklahoma.