MCALESTER, Okla. — Linda Wood was not in the courtroom when her son Jake Wood was sentenced. Nothing.” “Jake is Tremane’s idol, he would die for Jake,” Linda told a social worker in 1994. “I was hoping to not get the death penalty, but I had no faith because Johnny wasn’t prepared,” Tremane said. On the night of Ronnie’s death, …
— As they stood before massive rocket launchers built in part by their Arkansas constituents, Republican lawmakers were getting an unambiguous message Thursday from America’s top military officer: A Ukraine aid package that’s stalled in Congress will not only help in the fight against Russia, but also support jobs in their districts. “All of that said, it has to be …
EDMOND, Okla. — Vigils took place across the nation for an Oklahoma teenager who died the day after a fight in a high school bathroom in which the nonbinary student said they were a target of bullying. Hundreds of people hold up candles during a candlelight service for Nex Benedict, a nonbinary teenager who died one day after a fight …
In this Oklahoma town, almost everyone knows someone who's been sued by the hospital Enlarge this image toggle caption Mitchell Black for KFF Health News Mitchell Black for KFF Health News McALESTER, Okla. — It took little more than an hour for Deborah Hackler to dispense with the tall stack of debt collection lawsuits that McAlester Regional Medical Center recently …
Ryan Walters, candidate for state school superintendent in Oklahoma, described what he said was a "legitimate " school faculty meeting to discuss giving students the option of using cat litter instead of toilets. via Associated Press A man who wants to run Oklahoma’s school system has pushed a claim about liberals supposedly installing litter boxes in schools to accommodate students …
