New details revealed after tiger kills animal handler in Oklahoma

New details emerged after a large tiger fatally attacked an animal handler during the end of a big cat show at a preserve in Oklahoma.

• Sep 23, 2025

Tiger kills animal handler at wildlife preserve in Oklahoma

Growler Pines Tiger Preserve said in a statement that Ryan Easley died Saturday in "an accident" involving a tiger.

• Sep 22, 2025

Oklahoma GOP mayor makes case for diversity

Diversity has become a somewhat controversial word in the Republican Party. Despite that, Oklahoma City's GOP mayor, David Holt, penned an op-ed in The New York Times in favor of it. Holt joins "The Takeout" to discuss his stance.

• Sep 15, 2025
• 8:21

School bus carrying Oklahoma softball team crashes, injuring 8

A school bus carrying an Oklahoma City-area softball team crashed Monday evening, injuring eight people, officials said.

• Sep 9, 2025

Oklahoma to require political test for some

Oklahoma is preparing to require public school teaching applicants from New York and California to take a political leanings test. Critics are calling it a "MAGA loyalty test." Ryan Walters, Oklahoma's superintendent of public instruction, put forward the new exam. He joins "The Takeout" to discuss.

• Aug 20, 2025
• 5:27

Oklahoma to test political leanings of teacher applicants from N.Y., Calif.

Oklahoma will require applicants for teacher jobs coming from California and New York to pass an exam the GOP-dominated state's top education official says is designed to safeguard against "radical leftist ideology."

• Aug 19, 2025

1 dead, 7 wounded in shooting at Juneteenth festival in Tulsa

Police responded to a shooting that broke out at a busy Juneteenth celebration near downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday night. No arrests have been made.

• Jun 22, 2025

Tornadoes hit the South, snow pummels Midwest

A powerful winter storm has unleashed tornadoes across the South, and left at least 10 people dead. Tornadoes were confirmed in Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri. In the Midwest, snow and ice are making conditions downright treacherous. 150 million Americans are under weather alerts. Omar Villafranca reports.

• Jan 11, 2020
• 2:36

How long is the storm going to last?

Meteorologist Jeff Berardelli joins "CBS Weekend News" with more on what to expect from the deadly winter storm in the coming week.

• Jan 11, 2020
• 1:23

Possible mass grave found in Tulsa

Scientists in Oklahoma may be close to finding evidence of mass graves linked to one of the worst acts of racial violence in U.S. history. It's true scope was covered up for nearly a century. Omar Villafranca reports.

• Dec 17, 2019
• 2:00

Possible mass grave from Tulsa race massacre

Scientists in Oklahoma are one step closer to finding possible evidence of mass graves linked to one of the worst incidents of racial violence in history. Researchers in Tulsa used ground-penetrating radar to survey three sites. Omar Villafrana reports.

• Dec 17, 2019
• 4:11

New evidence of military housing fraud

Amid allegations some military families live with roaches and black mold, a CBS News and Reuters investigation discovered new evidence of potential fraud inside the military’s privatized housing program. A former insider at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas described the practices of falsifying reports in order for a housing contractor to qualify for big bonuses. These allegations are similar to practices at an Oklahoma base that CBS News investigated in June. Omar Villafranca reports.

• Nov 20, 2019
• 4:45

Woman released from prison time for boyfriend's abuse of children

An Oklahoma woman is free Saturday night after 15 years behind bars for child abuse — abuse that was inflicted on her kids by her boyfriend. Mark Strassmann reports.

• Nov 9, 2019
• 1:57

2 executions take place in U.S., 2 others are planned this week

Death row inmates are expected to face executions this week in Alabama, Florida, Oklahoma and South Carolina.

• Jun 10, 2025

Sen. James Lankford says he sees no connection between Pittsburgh shooting, Trump's rhetoric

Oklahoma Republican Sen. James Lankford talks about divisions in the country in the aftermath of Saturday’s deadly shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh.

• Oct 28, 2018
• 6:36

Oklahoma inmates released

Freedom came early for hundreds of inmates in Oklahoma. It was the largest single mass-release in U.S. history and all had been locked up for low-level crimes. Omar Villafranca reports.

• Nov 4, 2019
• 1:54

Nature: Autumn in Oklahoma

We leave you this last Sunday Morning of autumn at Beavers Bend State Park in Oklahoma. Videographer: Roy Neher.

• Dec 17, 2017
• 1:56

Nature: Redbuds

We leave you this Sunday Morning in the pink ... Pink, Oklahoma, that is, where the Redbuds - Oklahoma's state tree - are in bloom. Videographer: Roy Neher.

• Apr 29, 2018
• 2:06

Oklahoma's top prosecutor says state plans to retry Richard Glossip

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond said his office will seek a sentence of life in prison for Richard Glossip.

• Jun 9, 2025

Rural medical care in crisis

Since 2010, 99 rural hospitals in the United States have closed, leaving residents in isolated communities without access to proper medical or emergency room care. The effects can be deadly, as Lee Cowan discovered meeting with residents in Nevada and Oklahoma who have witnessed their towns' only hospital close. He also visited a hospital in Kansas that took an unusual approach to profitability, and a charity whose international outreach to provide medical care in remote locations has taken a domestic turn.

• Mar 10, 2019
• 14:16

Work remotely? Then bring your home office to Tulsa, Oklahoma

With countless people working out of their homes, does it really matter WHERE they live? According to Tulsa, Oklahoma, no! The city of 400,000 that has plenty of hip coffee shops, bustling bars, and a thriving arts district also wants more telecommuters, and is willing to pay you $10,000 to relocate there. Conor Knighton talks with people who have picked up and moved to the Sooner State after signing up for the Tulsa Remote program.

• May 5, 2019
• 4:59

Oklahoma company seeks to buoy U.S. production of critical rare earth magnets

China produces as much as 95% of the world's rare earth magnets.

• Jun 5, 2025

Want $10K? Move your home office to Tulsa, Oklahoma

With countless people working out of their homes, does it really matter WHERE they live? According to Tulsa, Oklahoma, no! The city of 400,000 that has plenty of hip coffee shops, bustling bars, and a thriving arts district also wants more telecommuters, and is willing to pay you $10,000 to relocate there. Conor Knighton talks with people who have picked up and moved to the Sooner State after signing up for the Tulsa Remote program.

• Jul 28, 2019
• 5:00

Company seeks to buoy rare earth magnets in U.S.

China produces as much as 95% of the world's rare earth magnets, but an Oklahoma-based company is hoping to change that by bringing the crucial supply chain back to the U.S. Jason Allen reports.

• Jun 5, 2025
• 2:34

All-American Family

What is life like in the Synar household after a nationwide search named them the all-American family? Mike Wallace travels to Muskogee, Oklahoma, where he learns that the six Synars, while close, aren't without their differences and disagreements.

• Feb 11, 1973
• 18:12

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