Oklahoma News: Daily Headlines, Politics & Sports

Most Recent

Aug 5, 2026

•

2 min read

OU president backs controversial Norman turnpike interchanges

Aug 4, 2026

•

2 min read

AP: Oklahoma nuclear campus would be used to store and dispose of waste

Aug 3, 2026

•

3 min read

Oklahoma's Native American students are No. 1. Now their funding is at risk.

Aug 1, 2026

•

2 min read

4 planning commissioners quit as Inola weighs aluminum smelter

Jul 31, 2026

•

3 min read

The emails behind Broken Arrow's controversial mosque vote

Jul 30, 2026

•

2 min read

Oklahoma lawmaker says he was censored over smelter probe

Jul 29, 2026

•

2 min read

Broken Arrow faces DOJ investigation over mosque denial

Jul 28, 2026

•

2 min read

Report: New Oklahoma senator made 700 late stock disclosures

Jul 27, 2026

•

2 min read

Oklahoma superintendents sound alarm over SQ 844

Jul 25, 2026

•

2 min read

Tulsa shuts down city jail after shocking inmate death investigation by The Frontier

Politics

Financial emergency forces Osage Nation to close language immersion school

Aug 6, 2026

•

2 min read

Financial emergency forces Osage Nation to close language immersion school

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for August 6, 2026

Ryan Welton

Oklahoma Memo Podcast

Did Christopher Nolan get The Odyssey right? Ancient World expert separates myth from history

Aug 3, 2026

Iran Tries to Hack Water Systems? Trump vs. Senate Republicans + Fauci's 5th | Grant & Ryan

Aug 1, 2026

AI Data Centers: Fact vs. Fiction | Why Oklahoma Is Ground Zero

Jul 29, 2026

Subscribe to Oklahoma Memo

Daily local news recap emailed to you at 7 a.m. Mon.-Sat. for FREE!

New video reveals final hour before Tulsa jail death

Politics

Why are Oklahoma data center deals so secret?

Jul 15, 2026

•

2 min read

Why are Oklahoma data center deals so secret?

Tulsa

Inola puts brakes on Trump-backed $4 billion smelter

Jul 1, 2026

•

2 min read

Inola puts brakes on Trump-backed $4 billion smelter

Politics

Two Oklahoma families say contamination cases exposed failures at the Corporation Commission

Jun 12, 2026

•

6 min read

Two Oklahoma families say contamination cases exposed failures at the Corporation Commission

Support Oklahoma Memo

Buy me a coffee! ☕

$3.00

Enjoy Oklahoma Memo? Leave a small tip to help keep it going.

Send a tip

Oklahoma Memo Super Fan

$10.00

Enjoy Oklahoma Memo? Leave a tip to help keep it going.

Send a tip

Oklahoma Memo Champion

$25.00

If you really, really enjoy Oklahoma Memo, leave this tip to help us pay a bill this month.

Send a tip

Oklahoma Memo Patron

$100.00

If you love the work Oklahoma Memo is producing, tips at this level truly move the needle and allow me to focus more of my time on covering the stories that matter most to Oklahoma.

Send a tip

Archived Posts

Read All

Tulsa

Jul 25, 2026

•

2 min read

Tulsa shuts down city jail after shocking inmate death investigation by The Frontier

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for July 25, 2026

Ryan Welton

Tulsa

Jul 24, 2026

•

2 min read

New video reveals final hour before Tulsa jail death

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for July 24, 2026

Ryan Welton

Politics

A $40,000 AI school with no teachers is coming to Oklahoma

Jul 23, 2026

•

2 min read

A $40,000 AI school with no teachers is coming to Oklahoma

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for July 23, 2026

Ryan Welton

Politics

Angry Oklahoma lake residents confront water board over disputed dams

Jul 22, 2026

•

3 min read

Angry Oklahoma lake residents confront water board over disputed dams

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for July 22, 2026

Ryan Welton

Health

More Oklahoma parents are opting out of childhood vaccines

Jul 21, 2026

•

3 min read

More Oklahoma parents are opting out of childhood vaccines

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for July 21, 2026

Ryan Welton

Politics

The Oklahoma loophole leaving data centers' water use untracked

Jul 20, 2026

•

3 min read

The Oklahoma loophole leaving data centers' water use untracked

This is your daily Oklahoma news recap for July 20, 2026

Ryan Welton

Most Recent

OU president backs controversial Norman turnpike interchanges

AP: Oklahoma nuclear campus would be used to store and dispose of waste

Oklahoma's Native American students are No. 1. Now their funding is at risk.

4 planning commissioners quit as Inola weighs aluminum smelter

The emails behind Broken Arrow's controversial mosque vote

Oklahoma lawmaker says he was censored over smelter probe

Broken Arrow faces DOJ investigation over mosque denial

Report: New Oklahoma senator made 700 late stock disclosures

Oklahoma superintendents sound alarm over SQ 844

Tulsa shuts down city jail after shocking inmate death investigation by The Frontier

Financial emergency forces Osage Nation to close language immersion school

Oklahoma Memo Podcast

Did Christopher Nolan get The Odyssey right? Ancient World expert separates myth from history

Iran Tries to Hack Water Systems? Trump vs. Senate Republicans + Fauci's 5th | Grant & Ryan

AI Data Centers: Fact vs. Fiction | Why Oklahoma Is Ground Zero

Subscribe to Oklahoma Memo

Trending

New video reveals final hour before Tulsa jail death

Why are Oklahoma data center deals so secret?

Inola puts brakes on Trump-backed $4 billion smelter

Two Oklahoma families say contamination cases exposed failures at the Corporation Commission

Archived Posts

Tulsa shuts down city jail after shocking inmate death investigation by The Frontier

New video reveals final hour before Tulsa jail death

A $40,000 AI school with no teachers is coming to Oklahoma

Angry Oklahoma lake residents confront water board over disputed dams

More Oklahoma parents are opting out of childhood vaccines

The Oklahoma loophole leaving data centers' water use untracked

Oklahoma Memo