The potential purchase would move Oklahoma out of the private prison business as the Lawton facility is the state's last privately-operated prison.

Legislative budget committees on Monday voted to move forward with spending $312 million to purchase a private prison in ...

Lawmakers in Oklahoma will finish up their regular session by finalizing the state's budget for the upcoming year.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' parole board has reversed its decision to release a man convicted of a state Highway Patrol ...

Oklahoma lawmakers propose $312 million plan to buy Lawton Correctional Facility, the state’s last private prison, to avoid ...

With the purchase of the facility, lawmakers said this will not only benefit the staff and inmates inside, but the every day ...

Lawmakers weigh $312M purchase of Lawton prison amid safety concerns and the end of a contract with The GEO Group.

GRANITE, Okla. (KSWO) - Three have been arrested after officials with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) say an ...

Gov. Kevin Stitt and legislative leaders on Wednesday announced an agreement on a $12.6 billion state budget for the upcoming ...

Oklahoma could soon have stronger laws that punish "organized" shoplifting, protests near a church and public corruption.

A Chiefs superfan, known as “ChiefsAholic,” was sentenced to 32 years in prison for a Tulsa-area bank robbery after his ...

Officials said two people were attempting to smuggle contraband, including marijuana, tobacco, smartphones, earbuds and a Roku device, using “homemade ghillie suits for camouflage.” Officials said ...