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Remington Park, Lone Star Park president and general manager Scott Wells steps down.

By Keaton Ross | Oklahoma Watch Aug 2, 2021 1 of 7 A gate is seen outside of one of the inmate housing units at Joseph Harp Correctional Center in Lexington. Whitney Bryen / Oklahoma Watch Oklahoma Watch State Rep. Justin Humphrey, R-Lane, has spent much of the summer sounding the alarm over Oklahoma’s prison understaffing problem. On June 18 he asked Gov. Kevin Stitt to declare a state of emergency, arguing that low staffing numbers have elevated the ri...

Marijuana growers say theyre being unfairly targeted as state aims to crack down on illegal grows © KOCO 5 State drug agents have conducted two dozen busts at marijuana farms since mid-April, with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics saying theyre the tip of the iceberg. State drug agents have conducted two dozen busts at marijuana farms since mid-April, with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics saying theyre the tip of the iceberg. Many growers told KOCO 5 theyre being unfairly targeted because of ...

1 of 5 Brenda Wilson is a verified Medicaid application counselor at Variety Care clinic. She helps clients in Anadarko, El Reno and Oklahoma City fill out the online application. Wilson said clients are often confused by the wording when trying to fill it out themselves and give up, which is why the clinic has counselors to help. Whitney Bryen / Oklahoma Watch Sarah Marshall, a volunteer at the Weatherford Food and Resource Center, loads groceries into a car during one ...

Print this article Oklahoma became the first state in the United States to expand Medicaid using increased federal financial incentives offered to the 12 remaining states that had not widened eligibility for benefits through the government. "Oklahoma is now a model for other states looking to expand health coverage to those who need it most,” said Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The state will take advantage of the financial incenti...

Medical Marijuana Industry Continues To Grow Since Legalized In Oklahoma 3 Years Ago Voters in Oklahoma voted to legalize medical marijuana three years ago this week. Since then, hundreds of thousands of people have applied for medical cards, and dispensaries are popping up everywhere. Nearly one in ten Oklahomans have their medical card, three years after it was legalized here in the state, and one dispensary said their client base has been growing ever since. Its been three years this week...

Save yourselves! Run from the latest menace unleashed by the Marxist forces of wokeness to indoctrinate our children, replace our democracy and threaten our cherished American values! Critical Race Theory is right around the corner! If we don’t immediately cancel and ban it, it will soon take over the country and transform our innocent, naive youth into anti-American socialists who reject the gospel of capitalism, believe structural racism...

By Keaton Ross | Oklahoma Watch Jun 15, 2021 1 of 2 District Attorney David Thomas, who represents Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and Tillman counties, closes the door at the start of the private District Attorneys Association meeting in June 2019. Whitney Bryen / Oklahoma Watch When Oklahoma prosecutors back a criminal justice bill, chances are it will become law. Oklahoma district attorneys lobbied for or against 47 bills from 2015 to 2018, according to a st...

Oklahoma has long struggled with Hepatitis C and remains third in the nation for deaths from the viral infection.

Oklahoma continues to rank top three in the nation for Hepatitis C deaths, but health officials are hopeful recent policy changes will help reverse the