Derrick James

Candidate filings for Oklahoma House races drew nearly 200 hopefuls across the state, with most districts featuring contested primaries.

Nearly five months after a state multi-county grand jury indictment, suspended Coal County Sheriff Jason Smith has accepted a plea deal while a removal trial remains on the calendar.

A one-cent sales tax increase proposed for McAlester street and infrastructure improvements has failed.

A removal trial for suspended Coal County Sheriff Jason Smith remains on the schedule for April 27 after all because a district judge has denied a

MUSKOGEE — Citing a rules “misunderstanding” for his probation violation just three months after a 2024 release from federal prison, Jimcy McGirt was sentenced to nearly three more years of incarceration Thursday.

Anthony DeVore, an already-controversial figure at the State Capitol for his advocacy efforts to decriminalize cockfighting, is defending his record

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the City of Henryetta to stop issuing and enforcing municipal criminal citations against Native Americans within its city limits, ruling that federal law leaves no authority for the city to prosecute Indians in Indian Country.

A federal judge ordered the City of Henryetta to stop issuing municipal criminal citations against Indians on Wednesday, May 13, 2026.

McALESTER — After more than a year of continuances and stays in the case, a former member of the Choctaw Nation Tribal Council has accepted a plea

Three Republicans are vying to become the next representative for House District 19, including the former president of the Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission, a former county commissioner and a band director.