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Republican Governor Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law that protects drivers who unintentionally kill or injure people who were participating in riots. According to NBC News, the legislation also makes it a misdemeanor to obstruct a roadway or impede vehicular traffic, punishable by up to a year in prison and …

The wife of a pastor in Oklahoma worked with her lover to kill her husband.  Police took Kristie Dawnell Evans of Ada, Oklahoma, into custody on Thursday after she confessed to murdering her husband. The entire incident started when Evans called the police on March 22 and claimed that an …

Chick-Fil-A is selling 16-ounce bottles of Chick-Fil-A sauce and Polynesian Sauce at grocery stores across the nation. The bottles of sauce are available at Walmart, Publix, HEB, Winn-Dixie, Food Lion, and Harris Teeter in Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. The money …

An Oklahoma teacher has been placed on paid administrative leave after chastising a 7th-grade student for wearing a “Black King” t-shirt, calling it racist. According to KFOR, Edmond Public School District officials in Oklahoma met with the teacher on February 25 about the incident, but they have not shared whether …

Investigators said an Oklahoma man admitting to killing his neighbor and cutting her heart out, which he cooked “with potatoes to feed his family to release the demons.” While requesting a search warrant, an agent for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation told a judge that Lawrence Paul Anderson, 42, killed his …

A second-grade girl was expelled from her Christian school because she told another girl that she had a crush on her. Chloe Shelton, 8, was kicked out of Rejoice Christian School in Owasso, Oklahoma, after she told another female student that she had a crush on her, her mother Delanie …

Oklahoma is looking to return a $2 million supply of anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine purchased as a treatment for COVID-19. The large quantity of the drug was purchased after former President Donald Trump promoted it as a reliable remedy to combat COVID-19, despite clinical trials showing that the pill was nearly …

Frito-Lay issued a recall on Party Size bags of Ruffles Original Potato Chips because they may contain milk ingredients. 50 bags of Ruffles Original Potato Chips were filled with another flavor of potato chips by mistake. The potato chips can be dangerous and life-threatening to anyone with an allergy or …

Authorities say an Oklahoma man has been charged with the murder of a 27-year-old woman. He told police that he shot and killed her “to teach her a lesson” and that “he was glad he’d done so.” Police arrested 30-year-old Shane Dale Perosi in the death of Martika Ferguson. The …

Investigators are searching for victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, and in the midst of searching have found one set of remains and possibly another. One of the most heinous crimes inflicted upon the Black American community was the Black Wall Street domestic terrorist massacre that took place in …

The Tulsa Police Department released graphic video footage on Monday morning that showed the shooting of two Tulsa police officers. The body camera and dash-camera footage of slain officer Sergeant Craig Johnson and wounded Officer Aurash Zarkeshan showed their deadly encounter with David Ware during a routine traffic stop, reports …

A 105-year-old woman who survived the 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma white supremacist domestic terrorist attack, is leading a lawsuit that is demanding reparations for the damage done to the first Black Wall Street. Back in 1921, Lessie Benningfield “Mother” Randle was just a little girl when an angry, jealous white group …

As the NFL continues to prepare for the forthcoming season amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, former Seattle Seahawks rookie Kemah Siverand is hopeful he’ll land a new job, despite his reckless and inappropriate behavior. On Monday, Siverand took to social media to apologize for his actions, after trying to sneak …

A sorority house at Oklahoma State is quarantining after nearly two dozen members contracted the virus, school officials said. As of Saturday, the off-campus sorority house of Pi Beta confirmed 23 cases. “Due to the nature of this situation, the entire chapter house is in isolation or quarantine and will …

Written by: @kristenshylin_ The 26-year-old woman endured four gunshot injuries while attempting to flee Alexander Feaster’s home after removing his Nazi flag from his front yard. The woman had attended a party in the neighborhood when she decided to take two flags from Feaster’s home, Garfield County Sheriff’s office confirmed. …

A disturbing video showing a black home appliance and furniture delivery driver being held against his will in an Oklahoma City area neighborhood has now gone viral on Facebook, with many believing that the driver was held because he was black. In the footage captured by Travis Miller himself, David …

The infamous 121 Tulsa Race Massacre, which took place in Tulsa’s affluent Greenwood District, more commonly known as Black Wall Street for its cluster of black-owned businesses and self-reliance, has long been exempt from textbooks. What we know of the massacre was often recounted from first-hand accounts and historian documents. …

A woman named Tondalao Hall was arrested after her boyfriend left her baby girl with broken ribs. Hall didn’t hurt the child but still served 15 years over the abuse. Hall, now 35, was released Friday from the Mabel Bassett Correctional Center in McLoud, Oklahoma. Finally reunited with her family, …

Ten patients at an Oklahoma care facility for people with intellectual disabilities were hospitalized after they were accidentally injected with what’s believed to be insulin rather than flu shots, authorities said. Bartlesville Police Chief Tracy Roles said emergency responders were called on Wednesday afternoon to the Jacquelyn House in Bartlesville, …

Hundreds of Oklahoma inmates were released from prison in the largest commutation in U.S. history. This past Monday, more than 400 inmates across the state of Oklahoma were released from prison in what the governor’s office is calling the largest single-day mass commutation in the country’s history. NBC reports Oklahoma …