The news of the weekend, topics of interest in the Oklahoma City area, weather forecasts, and sports scores are presented by the News 9 Weekend Team. VINITA, Okla. - UPDATE: James Howell has been ...

The executive director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections is resigning, a move that some advocates for prison reform say is long overdue. Steven Harpe is leaving to return to the private sector ...

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections published 2025 stats and numbers alongside an announcement of an awarded $4.6M grant that will go towards creating a new Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.

The Oklahoma DOC is facing an outcry for its decision to release a woman sentenced for eight years in connection to a violent ...

Oklahoma Rep. Justin Humphrey (R-Lane) filed a lawsuit against the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, its director, its deputy director, and House Speaker Kyle Hilbert, alleging violations of the ...

Authorities say a man who escaped from an Oklahoma Department of Corrections facility almost two decades ago has been captured. >> Open the video player above to see some of the headlines KOCO 5 is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board can’t sidestep the Department of Corrections in determining medical parole eligibility, the ...

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections confiscated nearly $20 million worth of contraband in 2025 and that includes drugs, cell phones and weapons. 83 people were arrested for trying to get contraband ...

A man is back in an Oklahoma prison nearly 20 years after he escaped. U.S. Marshals arrested Steven Capps in Muskogee earlier this month, 19 years after he escaped from the Jim E. Hamilton ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) seized more than $18 million in contraband in 2025 and arrested 83 individuals, including staff members, thwarting any illegal ...