Oklahoma City Free Press

Oklahoma Watch looks at how homeless encampment sweeps have been handled in Norman, Tulsa, and Oklahoma City, highlighting the effect of OKC's Key to Home approach.

The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority will seek approval to issue $1.5 billion in bonds to pay for construction costs on a years-long turnpike expansion and improvement project. 

City Council voted Tuesday to adopt a $2 billion budget for FY27 despite residents calling for more participation, with an unexpected show of support from one councilor.

A weekend shooting in northwest OKC has now been ruled a homicide after the teenage victim died in the hospital Tuesday, leaving police with no arrests and no leads.

City officials were joined by sports leaders and superstars Monday afternoon to finally break ground on the long-awaited MAPS 4 Multipurpose Stadium.

Here's your guide to some (not all!) of the diverse, powerful, bizarre, and historical features screening at this year's deadCenter Film Festival.

OKC alt-rockers Mad Honey cast off the expectations of psychedelic shoegaze and hazy dream-pop to build a more unique, deeply personal sound on "Bridge Over Cumberland."

Southern Plains Productions is closing out their fifth season with a story of love and heartbreak told in opposing points of view in modern classic “The Last Five Years.”

Residents, activists, and City Council members gathered Wednesday to discuss concerns about the Flock Safety cameras and AI network used by OKC police.

OK Contemporary opened the huge new multi-part sculpture "Formless Matter and Its Devastating Gestures" from OKC artists Gabriel Friedman and Denise Duong on Thursday.

A shooting death on OKC’s northwest side late Tuesday night has so far left police with no arrests as investigators work to determine what led to the killing.

Gov. Stitt’s operation to clear homeless encampments from state land has moved to Norman, but without an offer of funding to house displaced people.  

Nearly a year after its premiere, Mickey Reece's OKC-made tech-noir comedy-thriller "Every Heavy Thing" is finally coming home for the 2026 deadCenter Film Festival.

Memorial Day Weekend brings back the Paseo Arts Festival, turning the historic district into a lively celebration of art, music, and creativity.

The Color of Art mini-fest returns this Sunday in OKC's Calle Dos Cinco, celebrating the cultural and stylistic diversity of the city's arts, music, and dance scenes.

City Council voted Tuesday to allow smaller data centers to continue applying for zoning in OKC, loosening their earlier hold, but some are raising concerns of favoritism.

"The Wiz" dances into OKC with a groovy, energetic take on the classic "Wizard of OZ" story, featuring wild sets, wondrous costumes, and some powerhouse voices.

OKCPD shot and killed a southside woman early Wednesday morning in her apartment, ending a four-hour standoff when police say she pointed a pistol at officers.

Two men were killed and another critically injured in two cases of gun violence Saturday, but OKC police currently have no arrests or leads to report.