Oklahoma, Tulsa | featured news

Lawmakers could be back this summer to deal with medical marijuana or budget issues arising from a referendum petition challenging tax increase.

A suspect in a police pursuit was struck by a vehicle Saturday afternoon in east Tulsa, a Tulsa police dispatcher said.

Law enforcement officers, family and friends gathered at the Tulsa Police Officers' Memorial to remember officers killed in the line of duty.

Term-limited state Rep. Earl Sears, R-Bartlesville, gave an unusual farewell address last week.

Prison and law enforcement officials seize thousands of illegal cell phones each year. But the inmates in Oklahoma prisons — many with ties to violent gangs — continue to get their hands on more. They're using them to traffick drugs,…

What is the solution to keeping cell phones out of prisons? Frustrated officials consider ideas ranging from technological solutions to a giant net around prison walls. (One state is spending up to $7 million on its net.)

Julie Harris left a newsroom to become a police officer and will retire after 33 years as the Commander of the Tulsa Police Detective Division.

Prague, Oklahoma's small Czech town settled by immigrants in 1902, will celebrate the Kolache Festival this weekend, one of the state's most unique festivals. It is more than the sweet pastries. There is folk dancing and music, too.

Oklahoma currently has a Native American Day in November during national Native American Heritage Month. The bill would have moved that day to October.Related story: State superintendent: Governor 'wrong' to veto measure needed to streamline third-grade reading tests

Jones said his office identified $230 million in funding for the County Improvements for Roads and Bridges fund that have been diverted in past years by the state legislature.ODOT: Fund for county roads, bridges has been raided by Legislature