Tag Archives: Oklahoma

“Pro-Life Spider-Man” Scales 50-Story OK Skyscraper

Oklahoma City’s ABC News affiliate reports: Police took a person into custody after climbing the side of the Devon Tower on Tuesday. The person reached the top of the Devon Tower around 9:40 a.m. and got to a platform on the roof of Oklahoma’s tallest building. Police then took the person into custody. The person who climbed the 50-story tower …

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Tulsa Gunman Targeted Surgeon He Blamed For Pain

The Associated Press reports: A man who blamed his surgeon for ongoing pain after a recent back surgery bought an AR-style rifle hours before opening fire at a Tulsa medical office, killing the surgeon and three other people before fatally shooting himself, police said Thursday. Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin says the gunman had recently undergone back surgery and had …

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CNN: Tulsa Mass Shooter Bought His AR-15 Yesterday

CNN reports: An assault-style weapon found at the scene of Wednesday’s deadly shooting in an Oklahoma medical building had been bought that day, according to three federal sources briefed on the investigation. A gunman — who was later found dead — opened fire on the second floor of a medical building on the campus of Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa …

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BREAKING: Mass Shooting In Tulsa, Multiple Fatalities

ABC News reports: Fatalities are reported and multiple people are injured following a shooting at a medical center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Wednesday, according to police. Police received a call of a man walking with a rifle near a medical office. When police responded, they said it turned into an active shooter situation, according to Tulsa Police Captain Richard Meulenberg. …

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Capitol Riot Suspect Turned In By Fraternity Brother

The Oklahoman reports: The eighth Oklahoman charged over the U.S. Capitol attack was turned in by a college fraternity brother who saw his 10 Facebook videos of the riot, the FBI reported. Levi Roy Gable, 36, was arrested Thursday in Tulsa. He is accused in four misdemeanor counts of illegally going inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and engaging …

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FBI: Church Official Embezzled $360K From Food Pantry

The Marysville Appeal-Democrat reports: The wife of a former Marysville police chief was arrested in Oklahoma after a federal grand jury indicted her on multiple counts, including fraud. On May 19, a federal grand jury in Sacramento returned an indictment against Chanell Easton, 36, of Oklahoma City with charges that included 22 counts of wire fraud and two counts of …

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Oklahoma Gov Candidate: God Wanted My Mother To Be Raped Because Life Actually Begins Before Conception

Newsweek reports: Mark Sherwood, an alternative medicine practitioner and former police officer, said on Thursday that he hopes to push a total abortion ban through the Oklahoma state legislature if he is elected. Sherwood, who was adopted, told Real America’s Voice host David Brody on a Thursday segment for The Water Cooler that his birth mother had likely been raped …

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OK Gov Signs Nation’s Most Restrictive Abortion Ban

The Associated Press reports: Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday signed into law the nation’s strictest abortion ban, making the state the first in the nation to effectively end availability of the procedure. State lawmakers approved the ban enforced by civil lawsuits rather than criminal prosecution, similar to a Texas law that was passed last year. The law takes effect …

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OK Gov Gets Bill Banning Abortion From Conception

The New York Times reports: The Oklahoma Legislature gave final approval on Thursday to a bill that prohibits nearly all abortions starting at fertilization, which would make it the nation’s strictest abortion law. The bill is modeled on one that took effect in Texas in September, which has relied on civilian instead of criminal enforcement to work around court challenges. …

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Oklahoma Gov Worried That “Super Liberal” Native American Tribes Will Evade Anti-Abortion Law [VIDEO]

Politico reports: Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Sunday acknowledged concerns that his state’s strict new law on abortion could be circumvented on tribal lands within the state. Stitt was discussing that new law in the context of a 2020 Supreme Court ruling, McGirt v. Oklahoma, that held that crimes committed on tribal lands cannot be prosecuted by state or local …

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Oklahoma Gov Signs Texas-Style Abortion Ban Into Law

The Associated Press reports: Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a Texas-style abortion ban on Tuesday that prohibits abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, part of a nationwide push in GOP-led states hopeful that the conservative U.S. Supreme Court will uphold new restrictions. The bill Stitt signed takes effect immediately with his signature, and the Oklahoma Supreme Court on …

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Oklahoma Governor Gets Bill Banning All Abortions

The Washington Post reports: The Oklahoma Senate on Thursday approved a Republican bill that would outlaw abortion, putting the state on track to be the first in the nation to enact a total abortion ban once the GOP governor signs the measure into law. Coming ahead of a highly anticipated Supreme Court decision on abortion expected this summer, the Oklahoma …

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Cultist Oklahoma GOP Rep Intros “Don’t Say Gay” Bill

Oklahoma City’s NBC News affiliate reports: Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow, has filed two floor bills to mirror Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law and to prevent minors from receiving gender dysphoria treatment. House Bill 1074 is modeled after Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act, commonly referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” law. The legislation would prohibit educators or other …

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OK Gov Signs Ban On Nonbinary Birth Certificates

CBS News reports: Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill Tuesday explicitly prohibiting the use of nonbinary gender markers on state birth certificates, a ban experts say is the first of its kind in the nation. The bill followed a flap last year over the Oklahoma State Department of Health’s agreement in a civil case allowing a nonbinary option. The …

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Oklahoma GOP Chair: Execute Fauci By Firing Squad

“We’re fighting communist Democrats, establishment RINOs! We’re fighting against a system that stole the election in 2020 and nobody had been held accountable. “We’re in a war with bureaucrats who have forced vaccine mandates on us, mask mandates on us. And you know what? “They’re pushing this wokeness confusion down our throats now. And by the way, we should try …

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Wannabe Car Thief: Trump Made Me A Federal Marshal

Tulsa’s ABC News affiliate reports: According to the Tulsa Police Department, a man later identified as Randy Cantwell came into a car dealership near 61st and Mingo and asked to look at an Audi in the lot. An employee got the keys and began showing Cantwell the car, but said the car wasn’t ready to be driven. Cantwell said he …

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GOP Oklahoma Gov Signs Abortion Ban Bill Into Law

Oklahoma City’s ABC News affiliate reports: Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law that places a near-ban on abortions in Oklahoma. Senate Bill 612 is one of several anti-abortion that have made their way through the Oklahoma Legislature this session. The measure bans nearly all abortions at conception, and there would be no exceptions for rape or incest. The …

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OK Gov Gets Bill Making Performing Abortion A Felony

Tulsa’s ABC News affiliate reports: The Oklahoma House gave final legislative approval on Tuesday to a bill that would make performing an abortion a felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison. With little discussion and no debate, the Republican-controlled House voted 70-14 to send the bill to Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, who has previously said he’d sign any …

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Anti-Vax Oklahoma GOP Chair Launches US House Bid

The Oklahoman reports: Oklahoma GOP Chairman John Bennett became the latest Republican to announce his candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives, aiming to grasp the seat that is being vacated by Rep. Markwayne Mullin. Last summer, he came under fire from some members of his own party for comparing vaccine mandates to the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany. …

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Inhofe: Yes I’m Resigning, Also I’m Sick With COVID

Roll Call reports: Oklahoma Sen. James M. Inhofe said Friday he would resign from the Senate next year, prompting a scramble to fill the seat in a solidly red state ahead of a June 28 primary. Inhofe, 87, made the announcement to supporters in the Oklahoma History Center by phone because he has a mild case of COVID-19. The phone …

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