Cherokee Nation touts more than $3.1 billion economic impact
Tribe's investments in northeast Oklahoma result in more than 23,000 jobs and $1.2 billion in wages and benefits annually, economic impact report shows.
Economic report states Cherokee Nation contributes $3.1 billion into OK economy
An economic report created by third-party company Economic Impact Group stated the Cherokee Nation contributes around $3.1 ...
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Oklahoma governor signs order directing state to prioritize religious freedom
The directive explicitly targets several state laws, including one requiring charter schools to be “nonsectarian” in their ...
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Maritime Time: The Choctaw
The Choctaw was a 1,500-ton steel “semi-whaleback” shipping vessel launched in 1892 by the Cleveland Ship Building Company in ...
Female Choctaw artists work on display at Choctaw Casino art gallery
To celebrate both women’s history month and Choctaw women’s month, the art gallery in the Sky Tower in the Choctaw Casino has ...
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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt moves to intervene in Muscogee Nation, Tulsa lawsuit
Kevin Stitt has filed a motion to intervene in the Muscogee Creek Nation v. City of Tulsa lawsuit ... His motion cites the recent decision from the Oklahoma Supreme Court that confirms the governor ...
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Was Oklahoma once ranked as the worst state in the nation for domestic violence?
An analysis of 2020 homicide data by the Violence Policy Center found Oklahoma had the second-highest male-on-female homicide rate in the nation at 3.28 victims per 100,000 females — 2.5 times higher ...
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Gov. Stitt wants to intervene in tribal-city jurisdictional lawsuit that's in settlement talks
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit between the Muscogee Nation and the city of Tulsa. The lawsuit challenges Tulsa's authority to prosecute tribal citizens for ...
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Oklahoma executes the man who killed a woman 20 years ago in a home invasion and robbery
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma man who fatally shot a woman during a home invasion and robbery 20 years ago apologized to the victim’s family before he was executed Thursday, remorse a ...
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High winds continue to threaten Oklahoma after wildfires destroyed and damaged hundreds of homes
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Days after deadly fires swept across Oklahoma, Andrine Shufran and her husband spent Monday raking through the ashes of their home in a neighborhood that she said “looks like a ...
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High winds continue to threaten Oklahoma after wildfires destroyed and damaged hundreds of homes
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Days after deadly fires swept across Oklahoma, Andrine Shufran and her husband spent Monday raking through the ashes of their home in a neighborhood that she said “looks l ...
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Accused Texas megachurch pastor to surrender in Oklahoma on child sexual abuse charges
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former pastor of a Texas megachurch is expected to turn himself into Oklahoma authorities Monday on child sexual abuse charges. Robert Preston Morris, 63, is expected to ...