Tulsa, Oklahoma — Local News & Community Updates Your source for the latest news, events, and stories from Tulsa, Oklahoma — the state's second-largest city and the cultural and economic hub of Green Country. From city government and public safety to arts, business, and community life, EastOklahoma.com keeps Tulsa residents informed on the news that matters most.
Crimes
By EastOklahoma.com Investigative Unit When federal lawmakers in Washington injected billions of dollars into state agencies to solve heartland crises—specifically the lack of accessible healthcare and child care in working-class communities—the narrative was pitch-perfect. In suburban strip malls and rural towns stretching across Eastern Oklahoma,
Tulsa
Inside Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s blockbuster investigation into the state’s managed care rollout, foreign botnets, and an administration looking the other way. When an ordinary envelope from SoonerCare arrives in your mailbox, you expect a routine notice—a prescription update, a quarterly breakdown, or a reminder about an
Tulsa
A convicted arms dealer now controls a three-state apartment empire. But the court record that handed it to him points to a $33 million money trail, an unnamed umbrella company, and 46 people and entities pulled into the fight — none of which has been reported. The headlines wrote themselves.
Tulsa
The Congressman Who Trades Millions: Kevin Hern, Oklahoma’s Stock-Market Senator-in-Waiting In the spring of 2026, as Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK) cruised toward the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, a familiar pattern reemerged. Financial disclosure reports showed the multimillionaire congressman and businessman had once again
Tulsa
Who Has the Right to Put You in Prison? Inside the Legal War Tearing Eastern Oklahoma Apart There is a child pornographer sitting in a federal prison cell serving 50 years. There is also a drug trafficker whose case may be thrown out because the wrong court filed the charges.
Broken Arrow
A chemical exposure at Google's Pryor facility, a blanket refusal to disclose what workers breathed, and the hidden hazards inside the data centers sweeping across Green Country An investigative report by EastOklahoma.com The Document They Didn't Expect You to See On May 13, 2026, attorneys
Government Corruption
From a Marine veteran's stolen salvage yard to Bixby's confidential meetings — a pattern of secret annexations, silenced communities, and one disbarred attorney at the center of it all An investigative report by EastOklahoma.com The Template Somewhere in Green Country, a city manager receives a call
Tulsa
How a disbarred Oklahoma attorney championed the little guy in public — while a Marine veteran's land vanished into a billion-dollar data center corridor An investigative report New Year's Day, 2026 Seven hours into the New Year, Ron Durbin was already working. The disbarred Tulsa attorney
Tulsa
The Woman Who Wouldn't Stay Silent: Larita Barnes' 19-Year Battle Against Federal Corruption A federal appellate court just ruled she can sue the government. Here's the shocking story of how law enforcement framed an innocent woman — and why it took nearly two decades to
Feature Story
The Watchdog Under Attack: Stitt Moves to Audit the Attorney General Who Keeps Exposing His Administration's Corruption When the AG Started Investigating, Stitt Started Retaliating OKLAHOMA CITY — On May 22, 2026, Governor Kevin Stitt requested a special audit of Attorney General Gentner Drummond's office, claiming the
Webbers Falls
The Future of Farming is Growing in Webbers Falls—And You're Invited to See It Why hundreds of Oklahoma growers are marking August 5th on their calendars for an event that could transform their harvest WEBBERS FALLS, OK – There's a moment every farmer knows—standing in
Tulsa
The Stitt Doctrine: How Oklahoma's Governor Built a Policy Machine That Targets the State's Most Vulnerable An investigation into seven years of systematic cuts to programs serving low-income families The Weatherization Paradox On a May morning in 2026, Gov. Kevin Stitt stood before cameras to