Rep. Trey Caldwell is pushing a plan to define and tax heat‑not‑burn tobacco, proposing a 50% stamp rate and requiring the Tax Commission to prepare new excise stamps.

SB 1439 would bar most climate-related claims in Oklahoma courts, a move critics say would shield oil and gas companies and could short-circuit pending litigation. Legal experts and industry groups are lining up on opposite sides.

A scrapyard near NW 10th and May Avenue sent a large plume of black smoke over the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds Monday afternoon; crews are on scene and the cause is unknown.

The Oklahoma House unanimously passed HB 2961, renamed the TSgt Marshal Dakota Roberts Gold Star Survivor Act, to waive tuition, fees and room and board for spouses and children of fallen Oklahoma service members.

Two people were taken into custody after a stabbing near Santa Fe and Danforth in Edmond. Police say one person had a knife and both were treated while detectives investigate.

Five major projects — a mass‑timber HQ, 214 affordable units, a MAPS‑funded family justice center and more — are reshaping downtown Oklahoma City.

Caney Valley Public Schools says it never signed an ICE 287(g) agreement after appearing on the agency's roster and then being removed. Advocates warn the listing could chill trust between immigrant families and police.

Relatives say more than 200 remains are still entombed at Shawnee’s Fairview Mausoleum after a court-ordered relocation stalled; families want a timetable and a point of contact.

An ODOC corrections officer, Daniel Ackah, was arrested after a March 13 report and charged with rape by instrumentation and sexual battery, the department says.

Small‑town volunteer firehouses across Oklahoma are running critically low on volunteers, creating daytime coverage gaps and straining mutual aid.

A jury-delivered reckoning in an Oklahoma City elder‑neglect case left a 94‑year‑old neighbor severely malnourished; experts say many abuses go unreported.

OKC says work on NW 23rd and Walker Street will be coordinated and paused for Paseo First Fridays and the Memorial Day Paseo Arts Festival. Expect temporary lane shifts.

Paycom Center hosts First and Second Rounds March 19 and 21 as OKC leans into its history of buzzer‑beaters, from Bryce Drew’s 1998 shot to other classic upsets.