Police say a fight over Star Trek and Star Wars led to an assault in the metro. Jerome Dewayne Whyte, 23, was arrested July 1 on a complaint of assault and battery, possession of marijuana and outstanding Oklahoma County warrants.

About exactly a year ago we brought you the story of Shawn Sheehan, Oklahoma's 2016 Teacher of the Year. At the time, he and about 40 other educators were running for office in the state, wanting to make a change because, as Sheehan puts it, lawmakers weren't prioritizing education. Funding for schools in the state has been cut tremendously over the past decade and teachers in Oklahoma are some of the lowest paid in the country.

The man who allegedly destroyed the new Ten Commandments monument at the Arkansas Capitol was accused in 2014 of destroying a similar statue at the Oklahoma Capitol. Secretary of State’s Office spokesman Chris Powell says Capitol Police arrested Michael Reed, 32, early Wednesday. Police have not released additional details about his motives in Arkansas, but in a Facebook video, he said he was defending constitutional rights to all religions. He blamed psychotic breaks in the 2014 Oklahoma incident.

Footage of a school bus dashcam shows the moment a vehicle packed with children narrowly missed a major crash. The video, captured last Wednesday in Oklahoma City, shows a car moving into the right lane as a truck driving in the opposite direction suddenly crosses into oncoming traffic. The vehicles crash, the truck flips and then it slides toward the school bus – stopping just as it slightly hits the school bus.

Three teenagers dressed in black and wearing masks and gloves were killed by a resident when they broke into a home, Oklahoma authorities said Monday. A fourth suspect, the alleged getaway driver, now faces first-degree murder counts in their deaths, authorities said. The 23-year-old son of the homeowner fired the fatal shots from a rifle, officials said. One suspect had a knife, and another carried brass knuckles.

The state that gave us new EPA chief Scott Pruitt and fellow climate denier James Inhofe just saw temperatures near 100ºF in the dead of winter.

When a couple decides to get a divorce, it can be an emotional and difficult experience for both parties. Last year, Gov. Mary Fallin signed a bill that makes divorce more expensive for Oklahoma couples. Now, an Oklahoma lawmaker wants to make the process a little harder for certain couples. House Bill 1277, which was introduced by Rep. Travis Dunlap, would change the grounds for a divorce.

I asked my student why he voted for Trump. The answer was thoughtful, smart, and terrifying. By Rick Perlstein.

At least one person has been shot dead at Oklahoma City airport. The facility is on lock down while police deal with the incident and all arrivals and departures have been suspended until further notice. The facility is on lock down while police deal with the incident and all arrivals and departures have been suspended until further notice.

The was felt as far away as Iowa, Illinois and Texas. The temblor triggered fears that key infrastructure may have been damaged and century-old buildings left unsafe in the latest Oklahoma town rattled by increasingly strong quakes. Cushing Assistant City Manager Jeremy Frazier told a news conference late Sunday that a few minor injuries were reported. He said the damage appeared to be contained to downtown, where piles of debris sat at the base of some commercial buildings.

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 has struck near Stillwater in Oklahoma, with shaking felt in Tulsa, Oklahoma City and nearby states such as Kansas and Missouri, seismologists and residents say.

A manhunt was under way in Oklahoma Monday for a suspect accused of shooting and wounding two police officers with an AK-47 and stealing their patrol car, as investigators found his aunt and uncle dead in a home where he'd apparently been hiding. The suspect, Michael Vance, allegedly shot one Wellston police officer in the foot and another in the legs. Doctors released both officers from the hospital, KOCO-TV reported.

It is Fall Break in Oklahoma and many families will be spending the weekend at a state park. One hiker is warning others to watch out for questionable practices at the State Department of Tourism. Ben Fenwick went hiking at Lake Thunderbird State Park when he had a run-in with an allegedly violent group which had taken over a part of a camping area.

Question 790 would repeal Section 5 of Article 2 of the Oklahoma Constitution, which prohibits public money from being spent for religious purposes. Passage of the measure would allow the Ten Commandments monument to be returned to the State Capitol.

Saturday's large quake immediately raised suspicions that it was linked to injection wells that oil and gas companies use as part of fracking and other operations.

Russell Westbrook and the Thunder have agreed in principle to a new three-year contract worth $85.7 million, league sources told ESPN.

As they sliced and diced state programs this month to close a budget deficit, Republicans controlling the Oklahoma Legislature cruelly targeted some of the state’s most vulnerable citizens — the working poor — by cutting an average $147 a year from the income of 200,000 households. This may seem negligible to the state’s wealthy and middle class, but not to a poor family with a breadwinner struggling at the margins. The method chosen is deplorable — cutting the state share of the earned-income tax credit for low-income workers, a federal program widely praised as an effective lift from poverty.

It was an anticyclonic tornado, meaning that it rotated clockwise rather than counterclockwise. Overshadowed by the mighty EF4 and EF3 tornadoes that tore across south-central Oklahoma last Monday, May 9, another less damaging twister--from the same thunderstorm--has left seasoned scientists both astonished and fascinated, breaking a long-held rule about where tornadoes form within a supercell thunderstorm.

ABC affiliate in Tulsa captures a tornado forming from a helicopter. ◂

An earthquake measuring 5.1 in magnitude hit the US state of Oklahoma in the Midwest on Saturday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported. The tremor was registered just after 11 am local time (5 pm GMT). A 3.9-magnitude aftershock was reported 10 minutes later.