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Thursday, October 29, 2026 • Cooler starting Friday. 82-83. ⛅
⚾ The Milwaukee Brewers clinched the World Series championship on Wednesday night, 4-1 — defeating the Tampa Bay Rays four games to one.
🏀 Oklahoma City drops its first game of the season, 120-96, to the Dallas Mavericks.
✅ Early-voting locations across Oklahoma (click here)
Poll results:
We received 283 votes on the Wednesday poll, “What should Oklahoma do when an oil company repeatedly violates environmental rules?”
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Suspend operations until problems are fixed (139)
🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Impose substantial financial penalties (52)
🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ Pursue criminal charges when warranted (77)
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Let regulators decide case by case (15)
New poll question at the bottom of today’s newsletter. (You can also suggest a poll question by emailing me at [email protected].)
A string of violence rocked a small town three years ago. Now, funding cuts may cause more problems in Wewoka.
“We're in a war for these kids,” District Attorney Erik Johnson told Oklahoma Watch at his office on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. (Jake Ramsey/Oklahoma Watch)
By Brenna Witchey and Jake Ramsey, Oklahoma Watch
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In November 2023, Bob Holbrook was in his home office when his wife called him across the house to a window overlooking 10th Street in Wewoka.
Outside, four police cars surrounded a home, their doors open like shields as officers raised their guns.
Holbrook said he thought such scenes happened only in movies.
The standoff was one of many altercations between local law enforcement and gang members in the area during the fall of 2023.
At the time, District Attorney Erik Johnson worked with law enforcement agencies in Seminole County to curb shootings and arson through sweeps, drug stops and warrant services. Officials also started after-school programs to give children chances to develop. The efforts worked, and the town hasn’t seen a similar spike in crime since.
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Here’s what’s happening in Oklahoma today:
‘Anything could happen’: Oklahomans wait in lines to vote early ahead of Nov. 3 election (Oklahoma Voice)
Early voting in Oklahoma is open through Saturday. Here's what to know before heading to the polls (KOSU)
Calling Tulsa seniors: Here’s what’s changing with your 2027 Medicare and Social Security benefits (Tulsa Flyer)
UCO denies illegal DEI-job claim after undercover video (Fox 25)
Police say Tecumseh withheld details in coach investigation (The Oklahoman)*
Oklahoma linemen answer the call to serve families in remote Guatemalan villages (News 9)
Oklahoma lawmakers consider strategies to counter student absenteeism (Oklahoma Voice)
Oklahoma lawmaker hopes to protect event venues, patrons from bot-powered ticket fraud (KOSU)
Oklahoma tribal leadership fight puts Kalshi’s prediction markets at center of dispute (Oklahoma Voice)
Judicial candidate for Pottawatomie, Lincoln counties accused of rape in 2020, not charged (NonDoc)
Library vending machines are coming to Tulsa International Airport (Tulsa Flyer)
Glynn Simmons, Oklahoma man wrongfully convicted and later exonerated, has died (KFOR)
Column: For Sooners (and everybody else), it’s not all about wins and losses, it’s about how and why (Clay Horning)
Thursday Poll
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