Armed Oklahoma teenager named honorary deputy for aiding in arrest of alleged home intruder who tried to run him over
An Oklahoma teenager has been appointed honorary lieutenant governor. protection A suspected intruder stormed into his home with a gun. Bryan County Sheriff Johnny Christian praised the courage and bravery shown by 17-year-old Colton Parker during the May 21 incident at a home in Bochtito. “Colton demonstrated extraordinary courage and composure in the face of […]
Oklahoma Requires Schools to Teach the Bible in Class
Oklahoma now requires that the Bible, including the Ten Commandments, be taught in schools from grades 5 through 12. Public Schools Superintendent Ryan Walters said: announcement The minister said this in a memo to all school districts on Thursday, NBC News reported. “This directive is aligned with the educational standards approved around May 2019 and […]
Ryan Walters Oklahoma Bible in education
Oklahoma Public Schools Superintendent Ryan Walters issued a memo declaring that state schools must “integrate the Bible into the curriculum as an instructional adjunct.” “Effective immediately, all schools in Oklahoma will be required to incorporate the Bible, including the Ten Commandments, as an instructional aid into the curriculum for designated grade levels (e.g., grades 5-12). […]
Oklahoma schools now required to teach Bible, Ten Commandments
All public schools in Oklahoma are now required to incorporate the Bible and the Ten Commandments into their curriculum from grades 5 through 10, primarily for historical context. Oklahoma Public Schools Chancellor Ryan Walters issued a memo Thursday to superintendents in every school district in the state informing them that they are required to incorporate […]
Oklahoma executes state’s longest-serving death row inmate – a fiend who raped, killed 7-year-old girl
Oklahoma on Thursday executed the state’s longest serving death row inmate, a convicted felon who kidnapped, raped and murdered his 7-year-old stepdaughter in 1984. Richard Rojem, 66, was pronounced dead at 10:16 a.m. at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary by three lethal injection doses. Rojem had maintained he was innocent of the murder of his former […]
Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules Against First Publicly-Funded Religious Charter School
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the charter of what would have been the nation’s first publicly funded religious school was unconstitutional, according to court records. Oklahoma’s Virtual Charter School Board voted to approve an application for a virtual religious charter school in June 2023, but Republican state Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed a lawsuit […]
Oklahoma man returning to US after ammo arrest in Turks and Caicos
An Oklahoma man facing 12 years in a tropical prison after Turks and Caicos Islands authorities found four stray bullets in his luggage is returning to the United States after an ordeal that lasted for months. Ryan Watson, 40, was arrested at the country’s main airport in April. At his sentencing hearing on Friday, Watson […]
FAA investigating after Southwest 737 flies 500 feet above Oklahoma City suburb
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Friday it was investigating an “incident” in which a Southwest Airlines plane “descended to a low altitude” near Oklahoma City on Wednesday. “After an automated alarm sounded, air traffic controllers alerted the crew of Southwest Flight 4069 that the aircraft had descended to a low altitude nine miles from […]
Southwest flight heading for Oklahoma City dives to 500 feet above neighborhood
Jack Otter and panelists join “Barron’s Roundtable” to discuss Southwest Airlines’ decline in popularity and how to turn it around. According to reports, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating a Southwest Airlines plane that fell approximately 500 feet off the ground during a go-around while landing at Oklahoma City’s Will Rogers World Airport earlier […]
Takeaways from primaries in Virginia, Oklahoma, and Georgia
A nail-biter contest between House Freedom Caucus chairman Bob Good (R-VA) and his Trump-backed challenger cast a question mark over an otherwise good election night for incumbent lawmakers. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole easily fended off a primary challenge, as did two other Oklahoma Republican incumbents. Meanwhile, the Good primary, in Virginia’s 5th District, could be headed for […]