Troopers are training as Aurora and Volvo expand a Dallas–Oklahoma City autonomous freight route. Driverless semis could appear on Oklahoma highways as soon as June.

Construction on the May Avenue bridge in Oklahoma City starts May 26, 2026, and will take about 24 months to replace the span with a diverging‑diamond interchange. Expect ramp closures, detours and shifting lanes during work.

Pump prices have jumped across western Oklahoma, with several counties now averaging about $4 per gallon as Memorial Day travel nears.

EMBARK is returning express buses to Devon Park for the Women’s College World Series with $4 Token Transit passes and frequent downtown pickups at the Convention Center and Bricktown Ballpark.

Lane closures begin in downtown OKC for two weeks as crews perform utility work for the Continental Coliseum; expect narrowed lanes and morning delays.

EMBARK is running game-day shuttles and free streetcar service for Thunder playoff games, with park-and-ride and VIP drop-off options to ease downtown parking.

Piedmont's aging water system is strapped for capacity as state loans fund upgrades, but neighbors fear a proposed data center could overwhelm supplies.

NTIA approval unlocked $428M in BEAD last‑mile grants for Oklahoma, a package officials say will connect roughly 40,500 locations and push statewide coverage past 95%.

ONE Transit won a $400,000 federal grant to study 52 rail crossings between Edmond and Norman as it moves to finalize a commuter‑rail proposal that could reach voters within about a year.

Two inside lanes of westbound I‑40 at S.E. 29th Street were shut after concrete fell from an overpass; troopers advised alternate routes.

Oklahoma’s only passenger train runs daily between OKC and Fort Worth, but a Texas funding gap and emergency local money have left its future in doubt.

An Oklahoma County jury awarded nearly $7.8 million to a man injured when his pickup was struck by a tractor-trailer in southwest Oklahoma City. The verdict comes as federal enforcement of trucking safety ramps up.

Norman’s council voted 7‑2 to approve two agreements with the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority covering water well relocations and folding a 36th Ave NW widening into the turnpike plans.