Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters announced a mandate requiring Bibles in classrooms during the May 2024 State Board of Education meeting. He stated that every teacher and classroom in the state would have a Bible and teach from it. However, further guidance clarified that the mandate applies to social studies and English language arts for […]
Wildfire smoke is affecting air quality across nearly half of Texas, particularly in the Texas Panhandle, causing health concerns and poor visibility. Lubbock experienced unhealthy air levels, which slightly improved but remained concerning for sensitive groups such as the elderly, children, and those with respiratory conditions. The smoke, carrying hazardous particulate matter known as PM2.5, […]
An Oklahoma judge ruled that a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre can proceed. Three survivors of the deadly racist rampage Lessie Benningfield Randle, 107, Viola Fletcher, 107, and Hughes Van Ellis, 101.and were in the courtroom for the decision. Tulsa County District Court Judge Caroline Wall ruled against a motion to […]
According to his wife, Linda Boulware-Wilson, in a Facebook post. Founding member of The Gap Band, Ronnie Wilson has passed away at 73. “Ronnie Wilson was a genius with creating, producing, and playing the flugelhorn, trumpet, keyboards, and singing music, from childhood to his early seventies. He will be truly missed!!!” Wilson formed The Gap Band […]
On July 9th the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that almost half of Oklahoma is confirmed Native American Territory. This means that any Native American resident on those lands cannot be taken to state criminal court, they can only be tried by a federal one instead. This all started when a member of the Seminole Nation […]
Three kids in Oklahoma are in deep water after the police say they broke into a school and destroyed the building leaving it with $50,000 in damages. Earlier this week police said children ages 6, 8 and 12 broke the window to a glass door to get inside the school and started their “terror of […]
A woman flipped out at a McDonald’s in Oklahoma after finding out the dinning room area was closed due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Police said the woman attacked one of the employees causing them to have a head injury. The suspect left the restaurant and returned a few minutes later firing three rounds of bullets […]
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