Tulsa city councilors voted unanimously Wednesday to decide who can administer $5 million in voter-approved funds. #tulsa

Rotelli said he doesn’t want to give too much away because he hopes people will enjoy the artists’ process while the mural slowly takes shape. #tulsa

Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols continued to advocate for his proposed city budget Monday night, including planned utility rate hikes. #tulsa

Tulsa city councilors are worried for working parents as 1,400 childcare slots are being eliminated across the county due to state budget cuts. #tulsa

Oklahoma's Jewish population is estimated to be under 9,000 people or around 0.2% of the state. A push to expand Oklahoma's Jewish education options has drawn criticism from members of the same community it intends to serve. (W/ StateImpact Oklahoma.) www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-region...

Public Radio Tulsa reached out to Senate Pro Tem Lonnie Paxton (R-Tuttle), who’s been the target of criticism after an abrupt adjournment this week, but received no response. #tulsa

Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols kicked off another round of community conversation on Tuesday at Union High School in front of a modest group of residents. #tulsa

Daily Beast partner PunchUp writes there is a favored pick to run ICE. And it’s Tulsa Sheriff Vic Regalado. #tulsa

A Tulsa city councilor says she is being ignored when it comes to development in her own district. #tulsa

Sisters A’Toni and Anecia Fowlkes are soft-spoken when asked about their work. #tulsa

Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols presented his $1.22 billion fiscal year 2027 budget proposal to Tulsa City Council on Wednesday. #tulsa

Three suspects arrested in connection to a Fort Gibson teen’s hit-and-run pleaded not guilty Monday during arraignment in federal court. #tulsa #muskogee

Van Vu and thousands of other Southeast Asian immigrants have been confined to ICE detention over non-violent convictions that are decades old. Families are left torn apart. www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-region...

Thousands gathered at Dream Keepers Park on Saturday for Tulsa's third "No Kings" rally decrying the policies of President Donald Trump. #tulsa

In March, Hannah Remick lost her job and her home from a text message. (via @oklahomawatch.bsky.social ) www.publicradiotulsa.org/2026-03-09/t...

“This is nothing but anti-Black racism,” said the lead attorney for the Freedmen descendants. www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-region...

In a statement, TU said Leeds "brings a strong commitment to accountability and excellence to the presidency." www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-region...

Long-time Tulsa police officers are getting ready for retirement after the ends of their careers were delayed, complicating a public safety picture critics say lacks oversight. #tulsa

Oklahoma’s senior U.S. senator says he will be touring ICE detention facilities, though he doesn’t plan on bringing media and he’s giving advance notice. #tulsa

After 34 years in prison, Cathy Lamb rolled out the gates of Mabel Bassett Correctional Center in McCloud on Wednesday.

"It is not about the actual merits of any of the cases," said Alex Gavern, an assistant clinical professor of law at the University of Tulsa. #tulsa

When Yingchao Fan's car rolled over on Interstate 40 in Sequoyah County during January's snowstorm, he did what anyone would do: he called 911 for help.

At least 45 protesters rallied at the Chapman Centennial Green Park on Friday to decry the policies of President Donald Trump. #tulsa

A consortium of civil rights and anti-state religion advocacy groups is calling on the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board to reject at its upcoming Feb. 9 meeting a proposal for the formation of an online Jewish charter school.

The voice you've been hearing delivering local Tulsa news to you bright and early for more than a year is departing. #tulsa

Activist groups who oppose President Donald Trump are gathering for training on how to connect with each other and defy the administration. #tulsa

“I’m not involved in that. That’s a local Texas race,” Trump told reporters Sunday at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

A proposed Google data center near Sand Springs moved one step closer to approval Tuesday night. #tulsa

Tuesday marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which commemorates the liberation of Auschwitz. #tulsa

More than 100 people turned out to a Tulsa vigil for two people killed in Minnesota. #tulsa

Gov. Kevin Stitt said “Americans don’t like what they are seeing” in Minneapolis.

Open primary advocates have a reached a red letter day. #tulsa

A House lawmaker filed legislation to prevent artificial intelligence from having the same rights as humans in Oklahoma.

Daily life is about to be disrupted across Oklahoma as Winter Storm Fern bears down on the state.

Geothermal is a technology that produces energy from the earth’s own heat. It’s touted as always available and carbon neutral. #tulsa

Leaders of Tulsa’s Jewish community have expressed surprise and unease about a potential Jewish online charter school they said was introduced without local input. #tulsa

In 2022, Wells, a DJ by trade, made a post online wondering why Tulsa praises artistic “mediocre white men so hard." #tulsa #oklahoma

A group of at least 200 people gathered Tuesday in opposition to the mosque, with flyers reportedly handed out to attendees linking Islam as a whole to terrorism. My latest for @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-region...

Coweta city councilors decided they don’t need to have guns in their meetings, at least not yet. #tulsa

Many others KWGS approached in Kiefer said they weren't aware of the news or didn't have enough information to react. Some declined to comment altogether or did not seem to care.

Enacted in late 2024, the law allows domestic violence survivors to seek reduced sentences. But only one woman has been released from prison. #tulsa #oklahoma

Three city councilors are protesting a Tulsa World op ed. #tulsa

A Tulsa financier says spending on artificial intelligence will be cooling off next year. #tulsa

President Donald Trump suspended the green card lottery program on Thursday that allowed the suspect in the Brown University and MIT shootings to come to the United States.

“We’re poised for an economic boom, the likes of which the world has never seen.”

Four moderate House Republicans — from swing districts Democrats are already eyeing for next year’s midterms — have broken ranks with Speaker Mike Johnson.

When a Tulsa woman left a voicemail thanking the crisis workers who helped pull her out of homelessness, violence and addiction, staff at COPES said it arrived at a time when their services and future are facing growing strain. #tulsa

The Tulsa Public Schools' Board of Education received an update Monday night on the proposed bond package that would inject hundreds of millions in funds to the district. #tulsa

Tulsa Community College is a step closer to launching its first bachelor's degree program. #tulsa

As of Friday morning Judge Nightingale has not released her legal reasoning on OSCN, leaving unanswered why Perigo’s request was denied. #tulsa