Oklahoma City-area drivers face ramp closures, overnight lane restrictions
OKLAHOMA CITY - Several construction projects will affect traffic on interstates and highways across the Oklahoma City metro, including new closures scheduled for this Tuesday. Drivers across the Oklahoma City metro should prepare for ramp closures, narrowed lanes and possible delays as transportation projects continue
First Watch: Stuff You Should Know
An Inmate Called for Help Four Times. A Man Was Being Beaten to Death. Nobody Came for 45 Minutes. Messiah Shanks was watching a movie on his tablet when he heard it — punches echoing through the pod, a man groaning. He moved to the door of his cell on the 12th floor of the Oklahoma County Detention Center and picked u
OKC’s Asian Night Market Festival Returns With 100 Vendors and K-Pop Showdown
More than 100 vendors, a K-Pop dance competition and free karaoke are set to fill Classen Boulevard in Oklahoma City's Asian District this Friday and Saturday as the Asian Night Market Festival returns for its eighth year. The festival runs 5 to 11 p.m. both nights along Classen Boulevard between Northwest 23rd and 27t
Wanderfolk Distillery Celebrates Whiskey of the Golden Age with the Launch of Tallbird American...
Guthrie, Oklahoma (September 28, 2026) – Wanderfolk Distillery, Oklahoma’s first legal distillery and an original producer of unique craft spirits that spark curiosity and make a meaningful impact, has announced the launch of Tallbird American Whiskey. Crafted to be as affordable and approachable as Whiskey of the Gold
Oklahoma weather about to get very active: Risk of Flooding and Severe Storms
All quiet for our Monday evening, but that will not last much longer as a historic amount of heavy rainfall is about to impact much of the desert SW and the Plains States. For Oklahoma, showers and t-storms will rapidly increase Tuesday in much of NW Oklahoma. OKC Metro has a low 20% Tuesday storm chance, but up to nea
Buc-ee’s reveals proposed locaton for store in new state
Buc-ee’s appears primed to enter a new state. According to documents obtained by the Oklahoman, the supersized convenience store chain has provided Oklahoma Department of Transportation with a proposed location in Oklahoma City that would be the state’s first. The site is at I-40 and Cimarron Road where...
Road-Rage Shooting Closes Turner Turnpike Near Luther for Hours
Drivers heading east on the Turner Turnpike toward Luther hit a wall of flashing lights early Thursday morning, as troopers shut the highway down for hours while they investigated a semi-trailer cab with its side window blown out. No injuries were reported. The eastbound lanes heading into Luther stayed closed...
Oklahoma is in ‘bad shape’ as flash droughts dry ponds and push wildfire danger...
"This was a pond. Was a pond. It’s totally dried up now."
OKC leaders to vote on Buc-ee’s site in city’s west side
After years of being ignored for a proposed site of a Buc-ee’s store in Oklahoma, the city council in Oklahoma City might vote Tuesday whether to make improvements at an Interstate 40 site to allow development of such a development. The Texas-based company wants to build a store in...
Born 96 Years Ago Today in Oklahoma, the Bakersfield Sound Pioneer Who Wrote Songs...
On this day (September 28) in 1930, acclaimed Nashville songwriter Tommy Collins was born Leonard Raymond Sipes in Bethany, Oklahoma. Helping craft the “Bakersfield” sound that rose to prominence on the country charts of the late 1950s, Collins’ more than 800 compositions included the number-one hits “Carolyn” and “The

















