Today In Oklahoma

A woman was set on fire and her house was set on fire with her children inside this afternoon in southeast Oklahoma City, police said.

James Earl Ray pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in prison for the assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 39, in Memphis, Tenn. Ray died in prison April 23, 1999. King …

A Tuesday Tulsa World Sports photo caption incorrectly identified Pawnee High School boys basketball player Tate Beer.

A two-alarm fire swept through a Tulsa apartment building Tuesday morning, displacing about 20 tenants and keeping firefighters occupied for several hours.

A funeral with full military honors will be held Friday for Army Sgt. Vincent L.C. Owens, 21, who died last week of wounds he received in Afghanistan.

A compromise was announced Tuesday on a bill to address an African rebel group that has been accused of atrocities dating back decades.

Tulsa is a hotbed of political activism, and the Republican Party needs to cultivate support here to regain majorities in the U.S. House and Senate, a national party leader said Tuesday.

Elwood’s is open for business with customer turnout in its first few days proving that River Parks remains an ideal spot for an outdoor cafe experience.

Restaurant owner Ryan McAdams told Mayor Dewey Bartlett on Tuesday that the city needs to work on treating business owners as if they matter.

Staff members from the city Park and Recreation and Finance departments were grilled by some city councilors Tuesday about why $9.7 million in sales-tax funds allocated for park improvements has not been …