Oklahoma

On May 1, 2024, a Tulsa dog chewed a lithium-ion power bank until it sparked and ignited a pet bed. The family and pets escaped. The clip later sat beside…

Justin Gering and Tyler Tavis each got 60 months, the statutory floor, after a jail blanket kept a sleeping inmate from severe burns. Ottawa County voters later passed a sales…

Hunter Smiley of Newcastle was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of his 9-month-old son and sentenced to life with parole eligibility in 2063. He was still on probation…

Joshua Paul Jennings, who posted #SaveOurChildren weeks earlier, was convicted of murdering 10-month-old Paisley Louise Cearley in Yukon. A jury recommended life without parole, and Oklahoma's appeals court affirmed in…

U.S. Marshals Operation Triple Beam ended September 6, 2020, with 262 arrests and five children recovered in Oklahoma City. The same template later produced 920 arrests in New Mexico and…