Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin is retiring. President Biden has declared a major disaster in Oklahoma. The U.S. Postal Service is moving some of Tulsa’s mail processing center functions to Oklahoma City. Osage Nation police are investigating a potential act of vandalism to a landmark tree in Pawhuska. City councilors are considering updating Tulsa’s right-of-way obstruction ordinance to penalize people who block pedestrian traffic.

Mayor G.T. Bynum confirmed Franklin’s retirement Wednesday afternoon. Franklin served at the police department for 27 years. He was was appointed chief in January 2020.

Gov. Kevin Stitt’s signature on House Bill 4156 means Oklahoma joins the handful of other states trying to change the status quo of American immigration enforcement.

Oklahoma lawmakers have a message for people affected by the tornados that roared through Oklahoma this weekend: help is on the way.

USPS will move outgoing mail operations from the Tulsa facility to its corresponding facility in OKC while still processing incoming mail.

A Tulsa city councilor has been charged with misdemeanor domestic assault and battery. A Tulsa-area official has been named to a state-wide position by the governor. Oklahoma lawmakers have a message for people affected by the tornados that roared through Oklahoma this weekend: help is on the way. Price gougers beware: Oklahoma has enacted the Emergency Price Stabilization Act in 12 counties following the destructive tornadoes that hit across the state over the weekend. A broadway musical that’s based in Tulsa has been nominated for several awards.

The councilor was charged Monday in Tulsa County traffic court after police arrested him the evening of April 25.

The eastern Oklahoma town of Morris is recovering after it was hit by a tornado around midnight Saturday. Sulphur Public Schools is working to get students back into the classroom after Saturday night’s deadly tornado outbreak. Amid reports of a nation-wide nursing shortage, two Oklahoma colleges are partnering to get more students into nursing.

It was one of at least 18 that tore through Oklahoma overnight Saturday.

The lawsuit stems from how Lewis was demoted to patrol officer after she refused to bend TPD’s hiring rules, costing her the opportunity to be the department’s first female deputy chief.