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Judge Moves Epic Charter Schools Embezzlement Case Forward

by Oklahoma Watch
By JENNIFER PALMER/Oklahoma Watch (AP) — Nearly four years after their arrests, the criminal case against Epic Charter Schools’ founders took a step forward on Thursday. Oklahoma County Special Judge Jason Glidewell concluded prosecutors presented enough evidence for nearly all of the charges against David Chaney, 47, and Ben Harris, 50, to move forward to trial. Prosecutors... Read More.

From tragedy to triumph, Thunder and fans bond and put OKC on the world stage

by The Associated Press
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Isaiah Hartenstein never expected a museum visit to be life-altering. Before the 7-foot center even signed his free agent contract with Oklahoma City two years ago, Thunder general manager Sam Presti told him onboarding would include a trip to the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum,... Read More.

Tribal gas stations offer a reprieve from high prices during Iran war

by The Associated Press
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Junelle Lewis was on the hunt for a reprieve from Seattle-area gas prices driven high by the Iran war when an app on her phone gave her the answer: the Tulalip Reservation north of the city, almost half an hour from her home. She didn’t hesitate. “I... Read More.
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Descendants of Choctaw code talkers gather in Fort Worth for historical marker unveiling

by The Fort Worth Report
By DAVID MORENO/Fort Worth Report Fort Worth Report (AP) — Nuchi Nashoba grew up looking at a photograph of her great-grandfather Ben Carterby inside her grandmother’s Oklahoma home. However, she didn’t know much about the man in the frame other than that he was a World War I veteran. It wasn’t until 1989 — when Nashoba... Read More.

US forecasts blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome, and atmospheric river all at once

by The Associated Press
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer (AP) — Nearly every part of the United States is getting walloped by wild weather or just about to be. Days of downpours have begun in Hawaii. The Southwest will soon bake with day after day of record 100-degree-plus heat (38 Celsius-plus.) Two storms will dump snow by the foot... Read More.

Tornadoes kill 6 people in Oklahoma and Michigan as powerful storms hit nation’s midsection

by The Associated Press
By HALLIE GOLDEN, KATHY McCORMACK and JEFF MARTIN Associated Press (AP) — Powerful storms that whipped up tornadoes killed four people in southern Michigan and two people in eastern Oklahoma on Friday, leaving swaths of damage — including homes reduced to rubble and downed trees and power lines. In Michigan, three people were killed and 12... Read More.
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Despite recent gains, tribal citizens descended from slaves face disparate treatment

by The Associated Press
By SAVANNAH PETERS and GRAHAM LEE BREWER Associated Press MCLOUD, Okla. (AP) — Tribal citizens whose Black ancestors were enslaved by citizens of several tribal nations in Oklahoma are starting to see more inclusive access to Native American health care, education, and other social services, but barriers remain. Federal and tribal agencies have worked in recent... Read More.

ICE begins to purchase warehouses, but some owners are backing out of deals

by The Associated Press
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press (AP) — More than 20 towns with large warehouses have become stealth targets for Immigration and Customs Enforcement's $45 billion expansion of detention centers. Some communities complain that ICE isn't telling them anything until after it has purchased space for thousands of detainees. In some cases, warehouse owners are refusing... Read More.

As officials disparage Pretti and Good, families of Black people killed by police have déjà vu

by The Associated Press
By AARON MORRISON Associated Press (AP) — The shooting deaths of white protesters Alex Pretti and Renee Good by federal officers in Minneapolis followed a playbook that is painfully familiar to Black Americans: Authorities quickly moved to disparage the victims, only to be contradicted as more evidence emerged. Black families who have lost loved ones to... Read More.
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Native American business draws shocked response over contract to design immigration detention centers

by The Associated Press
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, JOSHUA GOODMAN and JOHN HANNA Associated Press MAYETTA, Kan. (AP) — The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, whose ancestors were uprooted by the U.S. from the Great Lakes region in the 1830s, are facing outrage from fellow Native Americans over plans to profit from another forced removal: President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign. A... Read More.

Soon no Pearl Harbor survivors will be alive. People turn to other ways to learn about the bombing

by The Associated Press
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor have long been the center of a remembrance ceremony held each year on the military base’s waterfront. But today only 12 are still alive — all centenarians — and this year none are able to make the pilgrimage to... Read More.
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