UPDATE Feb 23, 2024: A Tulsa County judge granted a motion to suppress the 1984 confession of Karl Fontenot on Friday afternoon, but stopped short of addressing the defense’s motion to dismiss the case.The state has 30 days to appeal the ruling to the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals. Fontenot, who was in the courtroom in Tulsa on Friday, declined to comment, but early in the hearing ...

Jul 11, 2024 · State law prohibits the teaching of sectarian or religious doctrine in Oklahoma public schools but allows the reading of Scripture.The current Oklahoma academic standards do not list the Bible as a required text in public instruction.

Dec 20, 2024 · Editor’s note: This story mentions suicide and abandonment. If you or someone you know is struggling, call 988 to reach the state’s mental health hotline.. Tucked between a highway and railroad tracks just east of Tulsa’s downtown, the county’s only emergency youth shelter acts as a temporary home for some teenagers who have been abandoned by their parents and have nowhere else to go.

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Jan 9, 2025 · Oklahoma has tried unsuccessfully in recent years to lure other electric vehicle and battery manufacturers with big incentive deals. Canoo’s factory in Oklahoma City. An Oklahoma lawmaker has filed a bill that would ban electric vehicle makers from receiving cash from a governor-controlled state ...

Dec 19, 2024 · Oklahoma carried out its fourth execution of 2024 on Thursday with the death of Kevin Ray Underwood on his 45th birthday. With a long sigh, Underwood used his final words to apologize to the victim Jamie Rose Bolin’s family, according to media witnesses.

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Dec 30, 2024 · Read part 1. 5. Ryan Walters’ shadow looms over election losses in three Tulsa School Board races. Publication date: April 5 Backlash over State Superintendent Ryan Walters’ attacks on local schools swayed voters in Tulsa Public Schools board races this year.

Dec 4, 2024 · The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board is facing a backlog and could be forced to review as many as 550 parole cases in January after this month’s meeting was canceled when two members resigned.. The delay means the part-time board will have even less time to review the parole cases of people in state prisons.