State News

A competency hearing has been scheduled for next week for a Blaine County man accused of stabbing an 8-year-old relative to death.

Following a series of high-profile shootings deemed justified under Oklahoma's "Make My Day" law, some lawmakers are looking to expand the state's gun laws to allow citizens to defend themselves beyond just their homes.

Three children were injured when the all-terrain vehicle on which they were riding hit a tree in Delaware County.

Kingfisher County officials are investigating whether someone deliberately caused an explosion and fire at an oil storage tank.

The longtime director of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services says he plans to step down at the end of the month.

A former Muskogee County Jail guard has been indicted for two separate assaults on an inmate at the jail.

Oklahoma City police say there have been no arrests in the death of a missing Blanchard woman whose body was found near Lake Stanley Draper in Oklahoma City.

A new study says Oklahoma spends millions of dollars on community college students who drop out before their second year of school.

Authorities say an inmate has escaped the William Key Correctional Center in Fort Supply.

An Oklahoma inmate has been put to death for killing a man during a knife fight nearly two decades ago, marking the nation's first execution this year.