Oklahoma approved what would be the nation’s first religious charter school on Monday, handing a victory to Christian conservatives but opening the door to a constitutional battle over whether taxpayer dollars can directly fund religious schools. The online school, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, is to be run by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese…
At least two people were killed as stormy weather and at least one confirmed tornado swept through a rural county south of Oklahoma City on Wednesday night, the local police said. The two deaths were recorded in or near Cole, a town of about 600 people south of Oklahoma City, Scott Gibbons, a deputy sheriff…
At least three tornadoes had been reported in Kansas and Oklahoma as part of a powerful storm that packed severe gusts as it moved northeast from the Texas panhandle on Sunday evening, forecasters from the National Weather Service said. Tornado watches and warnings remained in effect in Oklahoma. One of the tornadoes downed trees and…