Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

Gaylord News
Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

Gaylord News
Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

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SPECIAL REPORTS
Tiffany Crutcher introduces a group of Japanese-American panelists at the Black Wall Street Legacy Summit. Maria Nairn/Gaylord News
Legacy and history are different concepts, Black Wall Street panelists say at festival
Teegan Smith and Ana Castillo • June 1, 2024
Sandy Harris, left, and Jonnette Paddy, right, with Indigenous Women Rising talk about abortion care and reproductive health with attendees at the “Women Are Sacred” conference on June 27, 2023, in Albuquerque, N.M. (Photo by Noel Lyn Smith/News21)
Indigenous Americans unite to navigate abortion access after Roe
Noel Lyn Smith and Maddy Keyes • February 21, 2024
Shabnam Khalilyar during a more pleasant time in Kabul, Afghanistan, inside the presidential compound. Photo provided.
Aug. 15: a day that a generation of Afghanistans grew old overnight
Shabnam Khalilyar • August 15, 2022
POLITICS
States suing to block President Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order. Emma Rowland/Gaylord News
Class action lawsuit shows path to blocking Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order
Emma Rowland • July 16, 2025

WASHINGTON – A U.S. District judge’s decision to certify the ACLU’s class action lawsuit in New...

ENVIRONMENT
President Barack Obama speaks with FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate (back to camera) and from left Moore Mayor Glenn Lewis, Gov. Mary Fallin and Rep. Tom Cole on May 26, 2013, after EF-5 tornado devastated the city. /Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
FEMA restructuring could leave out Tornado Alley
Kylie Caldwell • July 2, 2025

WASHINGTON –  A sweeping restructuring of FEMA, the federal government’s main disaster agency, could...

WASHINGTON
When you have a child with autism, where you live may be the most important question to consider. Which states should you avoid? 2025 Behavior Education Services / Gaylord News
National autism spotlight meets a crisis on ground in Oklahoma
Kayla Hawley, Washington Bureau • November 3, 2025

WASHINGTON D.C.— A staggering gap exists between the needs of autistic Oklahomans and the resources...

NATIVE AMERICAN
Social media giants.
Native students speak up as tribes take social media giants to federal court
Taylor Ann Barnes • October 10, 2025

WASHINGTON—Two of the state’s largest tribes are hoping that new lawsuits, aimed at holding social...

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LIFESTYLE
OK3 members Sierra Sikes, Courtney Hooker and Kenna Fields. Photo provided.
Rising stars on music scene credit nurturing from Oklahoma
Shelby Emery • April 18, 2024
Dante Biss-Grayson models one of his ranch shirt designs. This one is called “Ace High.” Photo provided by Sky Eagle Collections.
Oklahoma designers making mark in fashion industry
Analyse Jester and Lisa Maslovskaya • February 15, 2024
HEALTH
The Cherokee Nation Outpatient Center in Tahlequah in 2024. Courtesy Cherokee Nation
Native Americans secured exemptions from new federal Medicaid work rules
Blake Madden • July 11, 2025
Measles in Oklahoma reaches ten cases; Public exposure notice issued
Measles in Oklahoma reaches ten cases; Public exposure notice issued
Kylie Caldwell • April 2, 2025
SCIENCE
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-Oklahoma City) comments during a hearing about drone technology. (Gaylord New photo/Gabriela Tumani)
Oklahomans taking lead in drone technology and advanced air mobility
Gabriela Tumani • March 27, 2023
Hispanic STEM Convention
Oklahoma students attend Hispanic STEM convention to move state up in science and technology innovation ranks
Zaria Oates • December 3, 2021
MOST READ
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Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma Instagram post saying it will stand with Oklahomans during a shutdown. /RFBC Instagram post
SNAP benefits set to run out Saturday, government shutdown hurting vulnerable
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The Vernon AME (African Methodists Episcopal) Church in the Greenwood District of Tulsa, was founded before Oklahoma statehood. During the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, people of the neighborhood sheltered in the church’s basement. Vernon AME continues to serve and support the largely Black community of North Tulsa. SOURCE: Google Street Maps.
Faith and trauma define two neighborhoods 700 miles apart
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Aerial view of the Watonga ICE facility pre-renovations.
Dobrinski says new ICE detention center in Watonga will benefit community; others disagree
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ConocoPhillips headquarters in Houston. ConocoPhillips / Gaylord News
ConocoPhillips cutting support for student internships and research