UPDATE Feb 23, 2024: A Tulsa County judge granted a motion to suppress the 1984 confession of Karl Fontenot on Friday afternoon, but stopped short of addressing the defense’s motion to dismiss the case.The state has 30 days to appeal the ruling to the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals. Fontenot, who was in the courtroom in Tulsa on Friday, declined to comment, but early in the hearing ...

Dec 19, 2024 · Oklahoma carried out its fourth execution of 2024 on Thursday with the death of Kevin Ray Underwood on his 45th birthday. With a long sigh, Underwood used his final words to apologize to the victim Jamie Rose Bolin’s family, according to media witnesses.

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Dec 20, 2024 · Editor’s note: This story mentions suicide and abandonment. If you or someone you know is struggling, call 988 to reach the state’s mental health hotline.. Tucked between a highway and railroad tracks just east of Tulsa’s downtown, the county’s only emergency youth shelter acts as a temporary home for some teenagers who have been abandoned by their parents and have nowhere else to go.

Jul 11, 2024 · State law prohibits the teaching of sectarian or religious doctrine in Oklahoma public schools but allows the reading of Scripture.The current Oklahoma academic standards do not list the Bible as a required text in public instruction.

Nov 5, 2024 · Oklahomans narrowly chose to retain two of the three state Supreme Court justices who were on the ballot inTuesday’s election after anonymous groups spent millions to sway voters.

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Jan 6, 2025 · Correction Jan. 9, 2024: The story “Tulsa police won’t share the locations of more than 200 surveillance cameras” stated incorrectly that the Tulsa City Council approved a contract for surveillance cameras.. The Tulsa Police Department has refused to disclose the locations of more than 200 surveillance cameras it operates across the city after The Frontier filed an open records request.

Jan 9, 2025 · Oklahoma has tried unsuccessfully in recent years to lure other electric vehicle and battery manufacturers with big incentive deals. Canoo’s factory in Oklahoma City. An Oklahoma lawmaker has filed a bill that would ban electric vehicle makers from receiving cash from a governor-controlled state ...