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A boy in Oklahoma died Monday after he attempted the TikTok “blackout” challenge, police say. The boy, who lived in Bethany, was found unresponsive at Western Oaks Apartments with ligature marks around his neck Monday night, as officials from the Bethany Police Department say he was taken to OU Children’s Hospital and died around 6:50 a.m. Tuesday. Police […]
Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma have arrested a suspect on the state’s “Most Wanted” list after she commented asking about reward money on her own wanted poster, per the New York Post. On Wednesday, July 14, the Tulsa Police Department shared a wanted poster for Lorraine Graves, who was wanted on accessory to murder charges in […]
Things are looking up for a 20-year-old Oklahoma man who walks two-and-a-half hours—or eight miles—each way to get to his job as a cook at Buffalo Wild Wings. On a particularly hot day recently, Michael Lynn drove by Donte Franklin who was on his way to work and offered him a ride. “I was going down 12th […]
Joe Biden made history Tuesday by becoming the first sitting president to participate in the commemoration events for the Tulsa Race Massacre. The attack, which took place 100 years ago, is considered one of the bloodiest episodes of racist violence in American history. Between May 31 and June 1, 1921, a white mob descended on the affluent […]
A Georgia man who police said faked his own death in 2015 to avoid attempted murder charges has been arrested in Oklahoma. According to KFOR, Christopher Tomberlin was apprehended Thursday by the U.S. Marshals Service Metro Fugitive Task Force and officers from the Oklahoma City Police Department’s Violent Crimes Apprehension Team. The arrest comes six […]
An Oklahoma school district has come under fire after two Black students were removed from their classrooms for wearing Black Lives Matter shirts, the Texoma Fox affiliate reports. On Friday, eight-year-old third-grader Ben Stapleton and his five-year-old brother spent the day in their school’s principal’s office because they were wearing BLM shirts to class. Their mother, Jordan Herbert, explained […]
In what might be one of the most bizarre ways to catch a felony, a Texas woman is being charged for not returning a VHS tape in Oklahoma 20 years ago. According to KMOV, Caron McBride said she was shocked to learn that a VHS tape she forgot to return would catch up to her. “The […]
A Tulsa woman was arrested after she was linked to a bag of Cheetos left at the scene of an attempted burglary. The New York Daily News reports that Sharon Carr is now facing first-degree burglary charges. She found herself in jail over the weekend after “residue” from the chips was discovered on her teeth, allowing police to […]
Oklahoma wide receiver Spencer Jones sustained serious injuries following a bar fight earlier this month, TMZ reports. The wideout—who played in every game for the Sooners last season—was involved in a bathroom fistfight at Logies on the Corner in Norman, Oklahoma. The altercation was caught on video, but it’s unclear who started the confrontation. However, Jones can […]
Two former Oklahoma County jail guards and their supervisor were hit with cruelty to prisoner charges for torturing inmates by allegedly forcing them to listen to “Baby Shark,” BuzzFeed reports. Christian Miles and Greg Butler, Jr. reportedly forced four inmates to stand alone in rooms handcuffed to a wall at the Oklahoma County Detention Center while they listened to […]
