KGOU Radio (Oklahoma City, OK)

3 days ago | kgou.org | Joel Rose

The fragile state of the U.S. air traffic control system was easy to see during the recent outages in Newark. But it will be a lot harder to make up for decades of underinvestment and other mistakes. Copyright 2025 NPR

5 days ago | kgou.org | Abigail Siatkowski

It's about 2:30 on a Tuesday morning, and it's pouring down rain at the OKC Will Rogers International Airport. But the voices of Oklahoma City Thunder fans rise above the smattering of water falling from the sky. "O-K-C! O-K-C! O-K-C!" they chant. In what has become a tradition, Thunder devotees congregate at the city's airport to greet the players as they arrive home from away games.

5 days ago | kgou.org | Sierra Pfeifer

More than a century after the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre claimed more than 300 Black lives and destroyed a thriving neighborhood, the city's mayor unveiled a landmark $105 million reparations package to address the lasting impacts of the devastating attack. Announced on Sunday, the package is the first major initiative to meet the massacre — one of the deadliest acts of racial violence in U.S. history — with monetary commitments.

6 days ago | kgou.org | Barbara Hoberock

A constitutionally created board charged with overseeing billions of taxpayer dollars plans to sue to block a new law that allows state leaders to alter its makeup at any time. The Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust voted 5-0 Thursday to file a lawsuit challenging House Bill 2783. The measure, which became law Thursday without Gov. Kevin Stitt’s signature, requires the board appointees to serve at the will of the appointing entity and limits that service to seven years.

6 days ago | kgou.org | Sierra Pfeifer

In Oklahoma City, a new program is diverting emergency mental health calls to trained social workers, peer support specialists and paramedics, instead of police officers. The city's Mobile Integrated Healthcare program, which officially launched in May, is housed in the Oklahoma City Fire Department and provides alternatives for 911 calls related to behavioral or mental health needs.