Monday, May 11, 2026 • Beautiful weather after a rainy weekend. Upper 70s. ☀️

🏀 Thunder update:
Oklahoma City leads the Best-of-7 series 3-0.
Game 4: 9:30 p.m. Monday at crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
TV: Prime Video

• OU softball earns No. 3 seed in NCAA Tournament, will host Binghamton in regional (The Oklahoman)*

• Oklahoma State softball earns No. 13 seed in NCAA Tournament, will host Stillwater Regional (The Oklahoman)*

By Brett Fieldcamp, Oklahoma City Free Press
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OKLAHOMA CITY – City of OKC officials and outreach leaders gathered Thursday to reveal the results of the 2026 Point-in-Time count of the city’s homeless population, showing the first recorded drop in homelessness in OKC since 2022.

After seeing the number of unhoused OKC residents rise through recent years, City data is showing a 1% drop in homelessness in 2026, the result, they say, of the Key to Home Partnership launched in 2023 to join City services and private resources into a single, holistic, citywide network.

Those numbers come according to the annual Point-in-Time count, in which outreach workers and volunteers traverse the city each January in an attempt to count the number of homeless, unhoused, and unsheltered residents. This year, the count took place just ahead of a significant winter storm.

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Here’s what’s happening in Oklahoma today:

• Edmond City Council to address Arcadia Lake shooting and safety measures (KOCO)

• Oklahoma Chronicle: Confronting challenges of gun violence after mass shooting at Arcadia Lake (KOCO)

• Cleveland County deputy injured after fatal crash in Norman (KFOR)

• Two arrested after late-night high-speed chase in Johnston County (KXII)

• Health disparities study ranks Oklahoma near last in nation (Tulsa World)*

• Oklahoma House swaps resolution language with proposal to change Medicaid expansion (Oklahoma Voice)

• Oklahoma Legislature’s proposed tobacco settlement power grab lacks support (Oklahoma Voice)

• Tulsa officials fret over loss of 1,400 childcare slots (Public Radio Tulsa)

• Tulsa Police arrest 4 people for obstruction during homeless outreach event (News On 6)

• Political notebook: For once, state treasurer race could be interesting (Tulsa World)*

• Dark money, and election season questions: Your Vote Counts (News 9)

• Angel Spears lost her son to gun violence at Tulsa Juneteenth festival. She wants the city to do more in 2026. (Tulsa Flyer)

• Inside Operation Hope: Meet a former inmate helping Tulsa’s formerly incarcerated find help and hope on the outside (Tulsa Flyer)

• Core Scientific announces $421M expansion at Port Muskogee (2 News Oklahoma)

• Army crowns top field artillery soldiers at Fort Sill competition (KSWO)

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