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 ...

“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 ...

The group reported to the Oklahoma Ethics Commission that most of its donations were passed through its affiliated dark money ...

Justin Benner pleaded for help as detention officers wrestled him into a full-body restraint device and left him alone in a cell. Justin Benner was rolling around in a flowerbed outside his next-door ...

Family members of Olimpia Fisher urged the board to deny mercy, while Cuesta-Rodriguez told members he doesn’t deserve clemency ahead of his scheduled Aug. 13 execution. The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole ...

Public defenders say judges routinely fail to consider whether defendants can afford bail, leaving poor and homeless people jailed on low-level charges. Other counties have already faced civil rights ...

Oklahoma restricts oil field wastewater injection within a half-mile of public water wells. Regulators have let companies do it anyway. But in the city of Enid, officials are pushing back against one ...

Some agreements allow the companies to sue cities to enforce the terms of the deals, sometimes in other states. Kyle Schmidt looks over land near his home that the City of Sand Springs annexed in June ...

A Department of Mines recommendation would allow a company to open a new mining pit over a fragile aquifer, despite concerns from residents who say the project threatens a critical water source and ...