Texas Agencies Missed Opportunities to Fund Flood Warning System July 10, 2025 By Ryan J. Foley, Christopher Keller, Sean Murphy and Jim Mustian Over the last decade, an array of Texas state and local agencies missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system...
Texas Officials Under Scrutiny Over Lack of Warning Systems in Deadly Flood July 7, 2025 By Jim Vertuno and Sean Murphy Before heading to bed before the Fourth of July holiday, Christopher Flowers checked the weather while staying at a friend’s...
Oklahoma Lawmaker Seeks Statewide Ban on Sewage Sludge Use March 31, 2025 By Joshua A. Bickel and Sean Murphy When Leslie Stewart moved to her home in a rural expanse of Lincoln County outside of Oklahoma City more than...
DOJ: Oklahoma City Police Discriminate Against People With Behavioral Disabilities January 8, 2025 By Sean Murphy Oklahoma City and its police department have discriminated against people with behavioral health disabilities, the U.S. Department of Justice said...
Last Survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre Challenge Oklahoma High Court Ruling July 9, 2024 By Sean Murphy OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Attorneys for the last two remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre asked the Oklahoma...
Oklahoma Supreme Court Dismisses Reparations Lawsuit of Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors June 14, 2024 By Sean Murphy OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit by survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race...
Storms Leave 15 Dead, Hundreds Injured in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas May 28, 2024 By Sean Murphy and JULIO CORTEZ VALLEY VIEW, Texas (AP) — Powerful storms killed at least 15 people, injured hundreds and left a wide trail of...
Iowa Wind Farm Hit by Tornado, Resulting in Rare Destruction of Turbines May 24, 2024 By Sean Murphy OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A wind farm in southwest Iowa suffered a direct hit from a powerful tornado that crumpled...
After Deadly Oklahoma Tornado, Storms Bring Twisters to Midwest May 9, 2024 By Ed White, Alexa St. John and Sean Murphy DETROIT (AP) — Severe storms battered the Midwest on Tuesday, unleashing a curtain of heavy rain, gusty winds and tornadoes...
Recent Earthquakes in Oklahoma Serve as a Reminder of Ongoing Risk February 8, 2024 By Sean Murphy OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — After a dramatic spike in earthquakes in the early 2010s, state regulators in Oklahoma began taking...