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An Oklahoma boy has, once again, made academic history. The family of 13-year-old Elijah Muhammad Jr. says he is now the youngest Black student to graduate college with computer science and cybersecurity degrees, according to People. The achievement was recognized earlier this month, when he crossed the 2023 commencement stage and accepted his Oklahoma City Community College diploma—adding […]
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has called for the resignations of multiple McCurtain County officials after the surfacing of audio alleging to include violent and racist comments, including from a local sheriff. Per a report from the Associated Press on Tuesday, Stitt said over the weekend that he was calling for McCurtain County Sheriff Kevin Clardy, […]
A pet monkey was shot and killed in Oklahoma after attacking a woman and ripping a portion of her ear off while the victim was on her front porch. CBS affiliate KXII-TV reports the incident took place last Sunday in Dickinson, a town located in southern Oklahoma. The victim, Brittany Parker, was inside her home when she noticed […]
A nine-year-old boy is dead after his 12-year-old sister allegedly stabbed him while their parent was asleep, officials in Oklahoma said last week. Per a report from regional Tulsa outlet KOKI-TV, the alleged stabbing took place late into the night on Thursday, with police initially called to an apartment complex on a call of a […]
Four months after becoming a father, Post Malone delivered an on-stage gender reveal for a pair of fans during a recent stop on his Twelve Carat Tour. The footage, which has circulated across TikTok, features Post signing autographs while onstage in Tulsa, when a fan hands him an envelope requesting that he share the gender of […]
Drivers on Oklahoma’s I-40 were treated to quite a surprise on Wednesday, as a semi-truck carrying what appeared to be sex toys overturned on the highway. A traffic broadcast on CBS Oklahoma City affiliate KWTV captured the incident, which occurred on I-40 near Mustang Road on the western outskirts of Oklahoma City. A semi-truck flipped after colliding with […]
An inmate at Oklahoma County Jail was found dead over the weekend, less than a year after he was a plaintiff in a lawsuit that accused jail staff of torturing him by playing “Baby Shark” on loop for hours. According to Oklahoma County Detention Center officials, John Basco, 48, was found unresponsive in his cell early Sunday morning. Back […]
A shooting at an Oklahoma medical facility has resulted in multiple injuries and at least four deaths. According to the Tulsa Police Department, the attack took place at around 5 p.m. Wednesday inside the Natalie Building at St. Francis Hospital. Law enforcement say they arrived at the scene after receiving reports about a man walking on […]
A shooting at an outdoor festival in eastern Oklahoma has left one woman dead and seven others injured. According to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations (OSBI), gunfire erupted early Sunday morning after an argument broke out at the Memorial Day event in Taft, a small community located about 45 miles southeast of Tulsa. A 39-year-old woman […]
Oklahoma is one step closer to severely restricting abortion access. On Thursday, the state’s House of Representatives voted to approve a bill that will ban nearly all abortions beginning at fertilization. However, the GOP-backed legislation—House Bill 4327—provides exceptions in cases of rape and incest that were reported to law enforcement. It also allows doctors to carry out […]
