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❗️No more hitting disabled kids in Oklahoma schools (pending the governor's signature.) Child advocates are praising lawmakers for passing the legislation. **The reps in red voted to continue allowing the practice. #oklahoma #okleg #oklaed

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'Very concerned': Oklahoma lawmakers allow new controversial social studies standards to take effect, which call for students to investigate the results of the 2020 election and claims COVID-19 began in a Chinese lab. #oklaed #okleg #oklahoma okcfox.com/news/local/s...

submitted 23 hours ago • 4 comments

NEW -We've brought you multiple investigations looking at how your tax dollars are being spent in Oklahoma, and we're not done digging. But we learned there are efforts in the state's highest office to keep us from uncovering more. #oklahoma okcfox.com/news/local/o...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Just wrapped up a rare interview with OK State Auditor Cindy Byrd on efforts to uncover waste, misuse, and mismanagement of your tax dollars and where she believes Oklahoma is falling short in making lasting change to correct it. Reports air starting next week on FOX 25. #Oklahoma

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FIRST LOOK- Here it is! Tomorrow’s Thunder playoff game is gonna be a sea of 💙BLUE 💙. Here are the t-shirts fans will be wearing to watch them take on the Grizzlies at 6:30pm. #ThunderUp

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

30 years after the Oklahoma City Bombing, Amy Downs continues her journey of survival. Her story of being buried in the rubble for over 6 hours is nothing short of remarkable. Honored to sit down with her again. okcfox.com/news/local/o...

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"We did not know that we would have 6 kids that would lose a parent. I had never been to so many funerals." An Edmond middle school had more families impacted by the Oklahoma City Bombing than any other school. The principal looks back 30 years later. okcfox.com/news/local/m...

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💰SETTLEMENT PAYOUTS (1/2)- Lawmakers asked OK Mental Health Commissioner Allie Friesen to turn over all agency settlements and NDAs. FOX 25 obtained 1 settlement for over $75k to pay out a former high-level staffer. This, as the state agency is currently facing 4 investigations into finances...

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

❗️The next Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice has no judicial experience. Governor Stitt taps Travis Jett, an attorney with close ties to OCPA, a conservative think tank long-critical of the Judicial Nominating Commission, which chooses Supreme Court Justice. #oklahoma okcfox.com/news/local/g...

submitted 16 days ago • 5 comments

🚨JUST IN- #oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has ordered another investigation into the the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health's finances, amid 2 other ongoing investigations by LOFT and State Auditor Cindy Byrd. More in 🧵....

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

❗️OKLAHOMA'S MENTAL HEALTH 💰CRISIS- After previously telling lawmakers and FOX 25 they weren't sure how much money they were short for the CURRENT year, the state agency has officially asked for a $6.2M supplement "to sustain essential services." #OKLAHOMA #OKleg oklahoma.gov/odmhsas/abou...

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

❗️A federal judge ruled in favor of State Superintendent Ryan Walters in a defamation lawsuit filed by Summer Boismier, a former Norman High School English teacher. #oklaed #oklahoma okcfox.com/news/local/e...

submitted 19 days ago • 3 comments

Proud of our little FOX 25 crew. This morning, we packed up 5,680 diapers to go to babies in need. 💪 Infant Crisis Services makes volunteering so easy. Thanks for letting us join in today for our Day of Service. ❤️ #ForTheBabies

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‼️“This is no joke.” Journalists face increasing levels of violence and threats for doing their jobs. In 2024 there were 80 assaults on US reporters, according to the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker. The organization reports 1,105 attacks since 2017. www.foioklahoma.org/blog/mullin

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

❗️ANOTHER ABRUPT RESIGNATION at the embattled OK Dept of Mental Health. FOX 25 confirmed there have now been 3 sudden high-level departures at the state agency just in the last few weeks, as the agency faces 2 investigations, scrutiny over the leader's credentials, and a financial crisis.

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Back home safe and sound with my child after, by far, the scariest 20 hours of my life. 🙏 I can’t say enough about the phenomenal care she got from Oklahoma ER Hosital, EMSA crews, and the pediatric cardiologists and nurses at OU Children’s. Forever, forever grateful.

submitted 24 days ago • 2 comments

AT 5PM-❌"PERMANENTLY EXPIRED"❌ Despite multiple instances identifying herself as an LPC, FOX 25 learned OK Mental Health Commissioner Allie Friesen isn't licensed. The State Board of Licensure sent me the statute outlining how misrepresenting an LPC is a crime👇 More at 5pm on FOX 25📺

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

A rainy Friday morning on the campus of OU. Excited to speak to future journalists about investigative reporting. Has it really been almost 23 years since I was a college student? 🫠

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

‼️MENTAL HEALTH DEPT MONEY MESS-🧵 Multiple investigations into the Oklahoma state agency are underway, as providers tell lawmakers they aren't getting paid. All while we found a sudden boost in employees at the agency’s central office making over $100k. (1/3 🧵) okcfox.com/news/local/o...

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

Thank you, Oklahoma Supreme Court, for hosting middle schoolers for their mock trial competition! He wouldn’t show it in a photo, but my boy was over the moon having a sitting justice and staff on hand to watch. What an experience for these future leaders. 💪 #oklaed

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

Always a good day to track your tax dollars at the state capitol. 💰 At least one lawmaker calls it a “code red” at one state agency. More to come!

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

On assignment at one of my very favorite places in #Oklahoma. Recognize it?

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

MEETING CANCELLED- I’m told a large group of parents started screaming and booing after learning of the sudden cancellation of the Oklahoma Board of Education meeting. #oklaed #oklahoma okcfox.com/news/local/s...

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‼️ Superintendent Ryan Walters handed out $600,000 in bonuses to staffers, including Chief Policy Advisor Matt Langston, who received nearly $45,000 in January. Via @oklahomawatch.bsky.social ⬇️ #OKLAED oklahomawatch.org/2025/03/26/w...

submitted 34 days ago • 6 comments

this is the way.

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

🚨2 MORE 'PROBABLE' MEASLES CASES in OK- The Oklahoma Department of Health is working with the Tulsa Health Dept. If you've visited any of these locations and are unvaccinated, you're encouraged to fill out this form--> redcap.link/Measles

submitted 46 days ago • 2 comments

Oklahoma reddit never disappoints. But for real, y'all know where we can score some 'roo meat? #oklahoma

submitted 47 days ago • 4 comments

This boat house on Lake Lawtonka in Comanche County didn’t survive the #oklahoma winds today.

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WATCH this chicken coop get blown away in high winds in El Reno. ***The owner says no chickens were injured. #oklahoma

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

❗️Here’s what NOT to do in a wildfire. 🔥 Our crews captured this man in Logan County repeatedly driving over a hotspot in an effort (we think) to put it out. DON’T DO THIS. #Oklahoma

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

Surreal and heartbreaking watching homes in our community burn to the ground. The wind quickly taking this fire to the home next door and threatening others near N. Penn and 122nd. 💔 #oklahoma

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments