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06/24/2026

KOSU reporter Lionel Ramos recently released a three part series detailing the experience of a Tulsa couple. Both faced possible deportation after an unwarranted immigration arrest.

Read through what they endured while they both encountered detention centers, court delays, and the feeling of an unknowable outcome.

KOSU is a partner station of KWGS | Public Radio Tulsa.

Photo by Lionel Ramos

Part 1:
How an unwarranted immigration arrest began unraveling one Tulsa couple's

https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-regional/2026-06-23/how-an-unwarranted-immigration-arrest-began-unraveling-one-tulsa-couples-life

Part 2
Immigration detention, court delays and judicial fate-making: A Tulsa couple's experience

https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-regional/2026-06-23/immigration-detention-court-delays-and-judicial-fate-making-a-tulsa-couples-experience

Part 3
How one Tulsa couple's immigration detention cost them everything but hope

https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-regional/2026-06-24/how-one-tulsa-couples-immigration-detention-cost-them-everything-but-hope

06/19/2026

At Wednesday’s Council Budget and Special Projects committee meeting, Tulsa city councilors voiced concern about the mayor’s plan to create a separate emergency management agency.

At Wednesday’s Council Budget and Special Projects committee meeting, Tulsa city councilors voiced concern about the mayor’s plan to create a separate emergency management agency.

06/19/2026

Tulsa City Councilors Wednesday night unanimously approved more than a quarter billion-dollar budget for 2027.This is an almost 10% increase from last year’s.

Tulsa City Councilors Wednesday night unanimously approved more than a quarter billion-dollar budget for 2027.This is an almost 10% increase from last year’s.

06/13/2026

The Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority Board unanimously approved a motion to allow General Manager Scott Marr to begin negotiations with realtors to sell the decades-old transit hub and find locations to build a new one.

The move has been in the works for years. Tulsa’s 2018 Arena District Master Plan included the goal of either moving or revamping the downtown station.

06/13/2026

Thank you Ben for your years of reporting! Best luck in Philadelphia!! We will miss you!

A fond farewell with much appreciation to the great Ben Abrams, the KWGS News Senior Reporter and “All Things Considered” Host whose last day here at Public Radio Tulsa is today (6/12). Ben has been doing outstanding journalistic work at our station for the past three years or so; he’s leaving us in order to take a job with WHYY in Philadelphia. (He’s actually from Philly.) Nice going, Ben! And happy trails.

06/09/2026

The program was developed by City Hall as a way of evaluating the well-being of neighborhoods across nine categories.

The program was developed by City Hall as a way of evaluating the well-being of neighborhoods across nine categories.

06/05/2026

Italian-multinational corporation Sofidel broke ground Thursday on a $775 million expansion to its factory at the Port of Inola.

According to a press release, the project will add 1 million square feet to the facility, which manufactures sanitary tissue papers for personal hygiene, commercial cleaning and medical use.
(Photo courtesy of Sofidel)

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06/04/2026

At a press conference announcing the charges, Drummond said Charles Hudgins, TPS’ former director of bond development, hired two contractors to do engineering work on school roofs when, according to prosecutors, no work was completed nor ever needed.

Prosecutors allege a former TPS official hired two contractors under bogus work orders for school roofs when no work was completed nor ever needed.

06/02/2026

Food service workers at Tulsa Public Schools expressed joy and relief Monday evening as the board of education voted to move all district meal preparation in-house.

The board voted to grant Aramark one final contract for the 2026-2027 school year, but only on the condition that the district may terminate the deal when in-house operations are ready to go.

06/01/2026

The voice and pen who has filed many remarkable stories in Oklahoma is stepping off the Sooner state beat.

The voice and pen who has filed many remarkable stories in Oklahoma is stepping off the Sooner state beat. KWGS' Angel Ford sat down with KWGS' Elizabeth Caldwell to hear about her new job in Jacksonville, Florida. Listen above or read a transcript below.