ODOC takes steps to streamline visitation process

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections has created a new Visitation Unit to make it easier for families and friends to stay connected with their loved ones in prison. The new system began Dec. 1.

Report says world’s biggest arms producers increased revenue by 5.9% last year to record level

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The world’s biggest weapons-producing companies saw a 5.9% increase in revenue from sales of arms and military services last year as demand was fed by the wars in Ukraine and Gaza as well as countries’ rising military spending, according to a report released Monday.

Lawmaker questions board’s approval of legislative pay increase, asks AG for help

OKLAHOMA CITY – A state lawmaker is raising questions about the way the Legislative Compensation Board approved pay raises for state officials and has asked the attorney general for an opinion on the issues.Rep.

Janus Program names 9 bases for nuclear microreactors

The Army is moving the Janus Program into its next phase by naming nine bases as candidates for nuclear microreactors, marking a major step toward placing advanced nuclear power on U.S. military installations.

State officials debate 20-year-old poultry lawsuit

OKLAHOMA CITY – Gov. Kevin Stitt, some state lawmakers, and the attorney general are in a heated three-way debate over a 20-year-old lawsuit involving poultry waste.

10 individuals plead guilty to bank fraud involving forged checks stolen from mail

OKLAHOMA CITY – Ten individuals have admitted conspiring to steal mail throughout the Oklahoma City metro area, forge checks found in the pilfered mail, and deposit those checks to get cash from financial institutions.In one case, Derry Lee Davis, 24, Antajaun Monzelle Brown Jr.

OKC man on 2 suspended sentences gets prison for assault on mail carrier

An Oklahoma City man has been convicted in federal court and sento prison for attacking a mail carrier.Kantrell Dawan Henderson, 34, will serve a year and a half in federal prison for an assault on a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier.

Former Carnegie bank president sentenced to prison for fraud

The former chief executive officer of a bank in Caddo County has been sentenced to federal prison for committing bank fraud.Aaron D. Johnson, 43, of Oklahoma City, was sentenced to six months in federal prison, followed by one year of home confinement and two years of supervised release.

EV lobbying battle underway on Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A partisan battle is shaping up as part of the massive highway policy bill that is rewritten every few years is in the works.

Rig Report: Nation’s oil, gas rig numbers take huge drop

The latest Baker Hughes Co. Rig Count report showed a slight decline of numbers in Oklahoma but a much larger drop nationally over the past week. The U.S. total fell by 10 rigs, leaving 544 still active in the oil and gas plays.