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NEW — Young volunteers from ASEZ WAO and ASEZ STAR planted trees in Bethany parks over the weekend. | Staff reports:
PRESS RELEASE: Young volunteers lead successful weekend tree planting
Young volunteers from ASEZ WAO and ASEZ STAR planted trees in Bethany parks over the weekend.
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December 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
NEW — Young volunteers from ASEZ WAO and ASEZ STAR planted trees in Bethany parks over the weekend. | Staff reports:
The plans for OKC's MAPS 4 stadium have been released, revealing a new cost of $121 million. Additionally, a $50 million portion from the city's recent GO bond now seems to be incorporated into the initiative. | Brett Fieldcamp reports: freepressokc.com/okc-stadium-...
OKC stadium budget nearly triples since MAPS 4 vote
OKC’s MAPS 4 stadium plans are out — and so is a new $121M price tag. A $50M slice of the city’s new GO bond now appears folded into the project.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The plans for OKC's MAPS 4 stadium have been released, revealing a new cost of $121 million. Additionally, a $50 million portion from the city's recent GO bond now seems to be incorporated into the initiative. | Brett Fieldcamp reports: freepressokc.com/okc-stadium-...
NEW — Police are investigating a homicide after a man was found dead in a south OKC apt. Anyone with info is urged to call the Homicide Tip Line at 405-297-1200. | Brett Dickerson reports:
Man found dead in south Oklahoma City apartment
Police are investigating a homicide after a man was found dead in a south OKC apt. Anyone with info is urged to call the Homicide Tip Line at 405-297-1200.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
NEW — Police are investigating a homicide after a man was found dead in a south OKC apt. Anyone with info is urged to call the Homicide Tip Line at 405-297-1200. | Brett Dickerson reports:
🎬 Director Rian Johnson returns to his "Knives Out" murder mystery world with the darker "Wake Up Dead Man," his most mature and thoughtful film to date. | Film by OKCMOA Film with Brett Fieldcamp: freepressokc.com/wake-up-dead...
‘Wake Up Dead Man’ mystifies with darker tone, deeper soul
🎬 Director Rian Johnson returns to his "Knives Out" murder mystery world with the darker "Wake Up Dead Man," his most mature and thoughtful film to date.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🎬 Director Rian Johnson returns to his "Knives Out" murder mystery world with the darker "Wake Up Dead Man," his most mature and thoughtful film to date. | Film by OKCMOA Film with Brett Fieldcamp: freepressokc.com/wake-up-dead...
NEW — A woman was fatally shot Friday in southwest OKC. A 21-year-old man was arrested after a short chase. It’s the city’s 70th homicide of 2025. | Brett Dickerson reports:
Man arrested after woman shot, killed in southwest OKC
A woman was fatally shot Friday in southwest OKC. A 21-year-old man was arrested after a short chase. It’s the city’s 70th homicide of 2025.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
NEW — A woman was fatally shot Friday in southwest OKC. A 21-year-old man was arrested after a short chase. It’s the city’s 70th homicide of 2025. | Brett Dickerson reports:
Prosecutors say the parents’ alleged neglect in their 2-year-old’s mauling death led the DA to upgrade charges to first-degree murder in the case. | Brett Dickerson reports: freepressokc.com/okc-parents-...
OKC parents charged with murder in death of their 2-year-old
Prosecutors say the parents’ alleged neglect in their 2-year-old’s mauling death led the DA to upgrade charges to first-degree murder in the case.
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December 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Prosecutors say the parents’ alleged neglect in their 2-year-old’s mauling death led the DA to upgrade charges to first-degree murder in the case. | Brett Dickerson reports: freepressokc.com/okc-parents-...
NEW — Jason Redshirt, shot by an OKCPD officer in September, has died from his wounds. Police now classify the case as a homicide — #69 for the city in 2025. | Brett Dickerson reports:
OKC police shooting now ruled homicide after suspect dies
Jason Redshirt, shot by an OKCPD officer in September, has died from his wounds. Police now classify the case as a homicide — #69 for the city in 2025.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
NEW — Jason Redshirt, shot by an OKCPD officer in September, has died from his wounds. Police now classify the case as a homicide — #69 for the city in 2025. | Brett Dickerson reports:
NEW — The OKC Zoo set a new monthly attendance record for November with 79,906 total guests visiting. | Staff reports:
PRESS RELEASE: OKC Zoo sets new attendance record for November
The OKC Zoo set a new monthly attendance record for November with 79,906 total guests visiting.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
NEW — The OKC Zoo set a new monthly attendance record for November with 79,906 total guests visiting. | Staff reports:
NEW — 🎬 Director Rian Johnson returns to his "Knives Out" murder mystery world with the darker "Wake Up Dead Man," his most mature and thoughtful film to date. | Brett Fieldcamp reports:
âWake Up Dead Manâ mystifies with darker tone, deeper soul
ð¬ Director Rian Johnson returns to his "Knives Out" murder mystery world with the darker "Wake Up Dead Man," his most mature and thoughtful film to date.
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December 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
NEW — 🎬 Director Rian Johnson returns to his "Knives Out" murder mystery world with the darker "Wake Up Dead Man," his most mature and thoughtful film to date. | Brett Fieldcamp reports:
NEW — Prosecutors say the parents’ alleged neglect in their 2-year-old’s mauling death led the DA to upgrade charges to first-degree murder in the case. | Brett Dickerson reports:
OKC parents charged with murder in death of their 2-year-old
Prosecutors say the parents’ alleged neglect in their 2-year-old’s mauling death led the DA to upgrade charges to first-degree murder in the case.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
NEW — Prosecutors say the parents’ alleged neglect in their 2-year-old’s mauling death led the DA to upgrade charges to first-degree murder in the case. | Brett Dickerson reports:
NEW — For the sixth year, Love’s employees in Oklahoma City assembled and distributed meal kits for Operation Homefront’s Holiday Meals for Military event. | Staff reports:
PRESS RELEASE: Loveâs spreads holiday cheer to military families with Operation Homefront
For the sixth year, Loveâs employees in Oklahoma City assembled and distributed meal kits for Operation Homefrontâs Holiday Meals for Military event.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
NEW — For the sixth year, Love’s employees in Oklahoma City assembled and distributed meal kits for Operation Homefront’s Holiday Meals for Military event. | Staff reports:
Two Oklahoma City Board of Education members won’t seek reelection next year, clearing the way for one unopposed candidate and two other contenders running to succeed them. | Brett Dickerson reports: freepressokc.com/two-okcps-sc...
Two OKCPS school board members won’t seek reelection
Two OKCPS board members won’t run in 2026. One candidate is unopposed; two others will compete to represent south OKC’s District 7.
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December 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Two Oklahoma City Board of Education members won’t seek reelection next year, clearing the way for one unopposed candidate and two other contenders running to succeed them. | Brett Dickerson reports: freepressokc.com/two-okcps-sc...
On Dec. 4, Okla AG Drummond called on a rare statutory maneuver to intervene in Hursh v. State Farm, the most public-facing of upwards of 200 individual State Farm cases. | JC Hallman, Oklahoma Watch, reports: freepressokc.com/attorney-gen...
Attorney general intervenes in State Farm hail case
AG Gentner Drummond intervenes in a major hail-claim case, alleging State Farm ran a scheme that harmed homeowners and distorted Oklahoma’s insurance market.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
On Dec. 4, Okla AG Drummond called on a rare statutory maneuver to intervene in Hursh v. State Farm, the most public-facing of upwards of 200 individual State Farm cases. | JC Hallman, Oklahoma Watch, reports: freepressokc.com/attorney-gen...
Plans and concept designs were released this month for Downtown OKC’s upcoming MAPS 4 Multipurpose Stadium, with budget expectations now ballooning past $120 million. | Brett Fieldcamp reports: freepressokc.com/okc-stadium-...
OKC stadium budget nearly triples since MAPS 4 vote
OKC’s MAPS 4 stadium plans are out — and so is a new $121M price tag. A $50M slice of the city’s new GO bond now appears folded into the project.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Plans and concept designs were released this month for Downtown OKC’s upcoming MAPS 4 Multipurpose Stadium, with budget expectations now ballooning past $120 million. | Brett Fieldcamp reports: freepressokc.com/okc-stadium-...
With this month’s release of plans and concept art for the proposed stadium also came a new price tag: $121 million, an increase of $50 million since the last approval of additional funds in November 2024. | Brett Fieldcamp reports: freepressokc.com/okc-stadium-...
OKC stadium budget nearly triples since MAPS 4 vote
OKC’s MAPS 4 stadium plans are out — and so is a new $121M price tag. A $50M slice of the city’s new GO bond now appears folded into the project.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
With this month’s release of plans and concept art for the proposed stadium also came a new price tag: $121 million, an increase of $50 million since the last approval of additional funds in November 2024. | Brett Fieldcamp reports: freepressokc.com/okc-stadium-...
Funk once again drops one of the year’s strongest Oklahoman albums. | Music with Brett Fieldcamp by True Sky Credit Union: freepressokc.com/art-rocker-d...
Art-rocker Donovan Funk gets warm, goes dark on ‘final’ album
On "For a Moment I Was Warm," OKC art-rocker Donovan Funk takes a sharp turn into something raw, dark, and vulnerable for his last record as a solo artist.
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December 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Funk once again drops one of the year’s strongest Oklahoman albums. | Music with Brett Fieldcamp by True Sky Credit Union: freepressokc.com/art-rocker-d...
OKC theaters have you covered with a winterlong slate of holiday-ready films for every cinematic taste. freepressokc.com/okc-theaters...
December 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
OKC theaters have you covered with a winterlong slate of holiday-ready films for every cinematic taste. freepressokc.com/okc-theaters...
The new stadium project has seen its budget tripled in the past six years. | Brett Fieldcamp reports: freepressokc.com/okc-stadium-...
OKC stadium budget nearly triples since MAPS 4 vote
OKC’s MAPS 4 stadium plans are out — and so is a new $121M price tag. A $50M slice of the city’s new GO bond now appears folded into the project.
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December 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The new stadium project has seen its budget tripled in the past six years. | Brett Fieldcamp reports: freepressokc.com/okc-stadium-...
A grand jury has declined to recommend criminal charges against officers involved in two separate deadly use‑of‑force incidents in Oklahoma County, including one in southwest Oklahoma City. | Brett Dickerson reports: freepressokc.com/grand-jury-c...
Grand jury clears officers in two deadly force cases
A grand jury declined to indict officers in two fatal "use of force" cases—one a crash during a pursuit in Midwest City, the other a police shooting in OKC.
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December 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A grand jury has declined to recommend criminal charges against officers involved in two separate deadly use‑of‑force incidents in Oklahoma County, including one in southwest Oklahoma City. | Brett Dickerson reports: freepressokc.com/grand-jury-c...
A hailstorm wrecked Billy Hursh’s roof. State Farm offered $1,400. Now, he’s part of a lawsuit alleging a nationwide scheme to deny legitimate claims. | J.C. Hallman, Oklahoma Watch, reports: freepressokc.com/homeowners-s...
Homeowners sue State Farm over hail claim denials
A hailstorm wrecked Billy Hursh’s roof. State Farm offered $1,400. Now, he’s part of a lawsuit alleging a nationwide scheme to deny legitimate claims.
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December 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A hailstorm wrecked Billy Hursh’s roof. State Farm offered $1,400. Now, he’s part of a lawsuit alleging a nationwide scheme to deny legitimate claims. | J.C. Hallman, Oklahoma Watch, reports: freepressokc.com/homeowners-s...
NEW — AG Gentner Drummond intervenes in a major hail-claim case, alleging State Farm ran a scheme that harmed homeowners and distorted Oklahoma’s insurance market. | JC Hallman, Oklahoma Watch reports:
Attorney general intervenes in State Farm hail case
AG Gentner Drummond intervenes in a major hail-claim case, alleging State Farm ran a scheme that harmed homeowners and distorted Oklahoma’s insurance market.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
NEW — AG Gentner Drummond intervenes in a major hail-claim case, alleging State Farm ran a scheme that harmed homeowners and distorted Oklahoma’s insurance market. | JC Hallman, Oklahoma Watch reports:
NEW — OKC’s MAPS 4 stadium plans are out — and so is a new $121M price tag. A $50M slice of the city’s new GO bond now appears folded into the project. | Brett Fieldcamp reports:
OKC stadium budget nearly triples since MAPS 4 vote
OKC’s MAPS 4 stadium plans are out — and so is a new $121M price tag. A $50M slice of the city’s new GO bond now appears folded into the project.
freepressokc.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
NEW — OKC’s MAPS 4 stadium plans are out — and so is a new $121M price tag. A $50M slice of the city’s new GO bond now appears folded into the project. | Brett Fieldcamp reports:
NEW — A hailstorm wrecked Billy Hursh’s roof. State Farm offered $1,400. Now, he’s part of a lawsuit alleging a nationwide scheme to deny legitimate claims. | JC Hallman, Oklahoma Watch reports:
Homeowners sue State Farm over hail claim denials
A hailstorm wrecked Billy Hursh’s roof. State Farm offered $1,400. Now, he’s part of a lawsuit alleging a nationwide scheme to deny legitimate claims.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
NEW — A hailstorm wrecked Billy Hursh’s roof. State Farm offered $1,400. Now, he’s part of a lawsuit alleging a nationwide scheme to deny legitimate claims. | JC Hallman, Oklahoma Watch reports:
NEW — Two OKCPS board members won’t run in 2026. One candidate is unopposed; two others will compete to represent south OKC’s District 7. | Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice reports:
Two OKCPS school board members wonât seek reelection
Two OKCPS board members wonât run in 2026. One candidate is unopposed; two others will compete to represent south OKCâs District 7.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
NEW — Two OKCPS board members won’t run in 2026. One candidate is unopposed; two others will compete to represent south OKC’s District 7. | Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice reports:
NEW — Two OKC residents were sentenced to serve 154 months collectively in prison following a shooting at an apartment complex in April 2025. | Staff reports:
PRESS RELEASE: OKC duo sentenced to combined 12 years in federal prison following apartment shooting
Two OKC residents were sentenced to serve 154 months collectively in prison following a shooting at an apartment complex in April 2025.
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December 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
NEW — Two OKC residents were sentenced to serve 154 months collectively in prison following a shooting at an apartment complex in April 2025. | Staff reports: