Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez was put to death Thursday for the 2003 murder of Olimpia Fisher. Oklahoma executed Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez, 70, on Thursday for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend in 2003.

Interim studies will examine whether courts are providing constitutionally required bail hearings and whether the state has enough resources to expand pretrial release programs. Twenty seconds. That’s ...

“Are they allowed to lie?” We asked readers what they wanted to know about campaign ads. This story is part of a series produced in collaboration with La Semana, KOSU, The Frontier, Focus: Black ...

You’ve likely noticed that local newsrooms are shrinking in budgets, resources, and staff. Quality investigative journalism is disappearing because it’s expensive to produce and takes time and ...

Gentner Drummond. Ryan Walters. Matt Pinnell. A year out from the 2026 primary elections, those three names have emerged as leaders to be Oklahoma’s next Republican candidate for governor. The catch?

Outside groups that sometimes try to hide their financial backers are spending millions on political ads. Shadowy groups that sometimes try to hide their funding sources are dumping millions into ...

Oklahoma troopers returned to Norman for a second Operation SAFE sweep, displacing dozens of people who say they have nowhere else to go. The eviction came as the state threatened to bill Tulsa and ...

A growing number of women are facing criminal charges for substance use during pregnancy in Oklahoma. Experts and health care providers say that’s bad for moms and babies. Brittney Poolaw brushed away ...

State Superintendent Ryan Walters, then the head of a school reform group, guided shadowy efforts to distribute pandemic funds, leading to millions in questionable spending. Millions in federal relief ...

State regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water. But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to ...