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See photos below. At the turn of the 20th century, a Native American tribe driven from their lands in Kansas onto what was thought to be a worthless patch of rocky land in Oklahoma became some of the richest people in the world almost overnight. Oil was discovered under the Osage Nation, and white men who wanted to…

Like something out of a classic country song, Zach Bryan has had his first No. 1 album, his first No. 1 single, and how he’s been arrested — all in the same week. The red-hot country star and native Oklahoman was arrested in Vinita, OK earlier today and booked on an obstruction of investigation…

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt granted clemency on Thursday to Julius Jones, just hours before he was to be executed for a murder conviction. Jones’ case had drawn the attention of Kim Kardashian and other celebrities. Kardashian, an advocate for criminal justice reform, tweeted about Stitt’s decision, “Thank you so much…

UPDATED, May 29: The canceled commemoration of the 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma Black Wall Street Massacre boiled down to money demands by the living survivors, according to NBC News. A prior agreement between the Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission and the three living survivors of the event was upended at the last…

President Donald Trump has decided to move his planned Tulsa, Oklahoma rally from June 19 to June 20. The move came after many complained that the rally date came on Juneteenth, an important African American date celebrating the day the last state received news of the Emancipation, thereby effectively ending slavery…

The Oklahoma Film + Music Office has released guidelines for filming in the state during the coronavirus pandemic. Titled "Filming During COVID-19: Considerations for Oklahoma Filmmaking," the eight-page document includes the word "consider" more than 50 times. Oklahoma is not a major filming location, but Tava Maloy…

Broadway settled into its new winter clothes last week, with recent arrivals My Name Is Lucy Barton, Grand Horizons and A Soldier’s Play padding the roster as Oklahoma! and Slave Play joined the raft of recent post-holiday departures. In all, the 27 productions (two fewer than the previous week) grossed $30,443,388…

The College Football Playoff teams were revealed today, and there were no huge surprises. They will face off for a place in the national title game on Jan. 13 in New Orleans. Big 12 champion Oklahoma landed the final spot, with LSU awarded the No. 1 seed for its dominations of Georgia in the SEC title game. Undefeated…

The Grammys took a fairly expansive sweep with this morning’s nominations for Best Musical Theater Album, The Motown sound, Rodgers & Hammerstein, the folk-rock music of Anaïs Mitchell, the reworked radio hits of Moulin Rouge! and Imogen Heap’s Harry Potter musical suites were all represented. But four of the five…

Last night’s Tony Awards broadcast on CBS gave this year’s nominated musicals a prime time chance to show the nation what Broadway audiences have been humming about, and for the most part the stage productions made solid choices as to the numbers they chose to put forward. Hadestown, named Best Musical, smartly chose…

Anyone watching the Tony Awards from the official media room got a clear sign that history was apt to be made: For the first time in recent memory, the small stage where winners would be taken for brief Q&As had a wheelchair ramp. That logistical addition to the room inside the 3 West Club across the street from Radio…

New Yorkers started hearing the buzz about Oklahoma! last year, as yet another production from the acclaimed St. Ann’s Warehouse in Dumbo, Brooklyn, began making its presence known. The Sexy Oklahoma! The Oklahoma! with blood and darkness, a hard slap at the very notion that making America great had something to do…