Oklahoma

The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has overturned another state murder conviction because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that much of eastern Oklahoma remains an American Indian reservation.

Oklahoma will begin providing COVID-19 vaccinations to residents of any state as Oklahoma’s vaccine supplies and vaccinations administered increased, deputy state Health Commissioner Keith Reed said Wednesday.

Lamar and Red River Crime Stoppers have requested the public’s help with locating a man with 15 warrants.

Two people died in a house fire in McAlester Tuesday morning.

Voters in Ardmore and Durant elected new members to their city councils Tuesday as local and school elections were held across Oklahoma.

An inmate that escaped from the Jackie Brannon Center prison last week was given multiple charges following his recapture.

A Garvin County men was assaulted at a marijuana farm Tuesday afternoon.

A Pontotoc County man will be released from prison Tuesday after filing an appeal through the McGirt ruling in March.

A man has been charged for the aggravated kidnapping that happened Saturday in Denton.

A man is in critical condition following a motorcycle wreck outside of Thackerville Sunday afternoon.

A man is in critical condition after wrecking his motorcycle in Choctaw County Saturday night.

Military officials say soldiers at Fort Sill have been suspended from duty as the Army investigates another soldier’s allegations that she was sexually assaulted.

A house in Bokchito is destroyed after going up in flames Friday night.

The Durant Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying the driver that caused a wreck at the southbound ramp of US 69/75 last month.

A man wanted out of Choctaw County for first-degree arson has been arrested in Pushmataha County.

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections has resumed inmate visitation.

A deadly crash that occurred west of Idabel Wednesday night is being investigated by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals announced Thursday that the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma applies to the Choctaw Nation.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is quickly signing into law two public education measures that had faced bipartisan opposition in the Legislature.

The murder trial for an Atoka woman accused of shooting and killing her husband began this week.

A second man from Ada has been arrested for his involvement in a sex trafficking operation working out of Oklahoma City and Dallas.

The two suspects in the murder of former Ada pastor, David Evans, have been denied bail.

A planned water outage took place in Silo on Wednesday.

Authorities say Oklahoma City police officers shot and killed an inmate who took a correctional officer hostage at a county jail.

An Oklahoma County judge is resigning after three female attorneys came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against him.

Two people, including the wife of the Ada pastor found shot dead in his home earlier this week, have been arrested in his murder.

The number of newly reported coronavirus cases in Oklahoma increased by 467 on Friday, according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health, although the rolling average of new cases during the past two weeks has declined.

A grass fire in Caney burned about three acres of land on Tuesday.

Charlie William Bachmann of Durant faces a felony charge for trafficking illegal drugs.

Newly reported coronavirus cases in Oklahoma continued to decline Wednesday and the number of people receiving the virus vaccine was rising.