Randy Krehbiel

The Department of Mental Health is trying to free up Oklahoma Forensic Center space by relocating less-threatening patients.

The route is one of 10 National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors to advance from a preliminary study by the U.S. Department of Energy as it considers implementation of legislation passed

Some people now held in the Oklahoma Forensic Center in Vinita may be moving to private hospitals, according to a request for proposals issued on behalf of the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.

Many Oklahomans, though, are concerned that private landowners will be coerced or have their property ruined or seized through eminent domain proceedings.

Rev: November deposits to the state's general revenue fund fell short of expectations and almost 8% below the same month a year ago, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services reported last week.

Oklahoma's U.S. senators have their own approaches to their jobs in the confirmation process for President-elect Donald Trump's nominations.

Tulsa World Staff Writer Randy Krehbiel wrote 408 stories in 2024. He picks his five most memorable and shares his thoughts on them.

Sheila Vancuren, the wife of state Rep. Mark Vancuren, R-Owasso, said she will be a candidate to replace her husband in a special election next year.

: As a 2nd District congressman and later a U.S. senator, the late Tom Coburn became known as “Dr. No” because of his opposition to federal spending bills.

An Oklahoma man who pleaded guilty to the 2003 shooting deaths of a Texas couple in southeastern Oklahoma is among those whose federal death sentences were commuted to life without parole on Monday by President Joe Biden.