When Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., looked out over his audience at the Tulsa Marriott on an evening in early November, he might have thought he was seeing the future of America. That doesn’t mean rule over, it simply means to have the transcendent influence, to be the influencers, to be the policy-makers.” Rodgers and others have deployed “influence” as a …
OKLAHOMA CITY — Officials at Tulsa Public Schools said Thursday they removed two sexually graphic books from school libraries following criticism from several elected leaders amid a renewed conservative interest in public education as a political issue. We are also working to understand the selection process used and will modify as needed.” The state’s education secretary, Ryan Walters, a Republican …
A gunman who killed his surgeon and three other people at a Tulsa medical office blamed the doctor for his continuing pain after a recent back operation and bought an AR-style rifle just hours before the rampage, police said Thursday. The patient called the clinic repeatedly complaining of pain and specifically targeted the doctor who performed the surgery, then killed …
