Today a jury acquitted Tulsa police officer Betty Shelby in the shooting death of unarmed suspect Terence Crutcher. Shelby, 43, is white and Crutcher, 40, is black. 

Race took center stage almost immediately following the September 2016 shooting, which was caught on video.

Shelby was subsequently criminally charged with manslaughter.

Five private prison staff members were reportedly taken to a local hospital for medical treatment today after physical altercations with inmates.

According to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, the incident started after an officer at the Cimarron Correctional Facility pepper-sprayed an inmate for failure to comply with orders.

Oklahoma law enforcement across the state will be aggressively seeking seat belt violators in the coming weeks, as the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office kicks off its 2017 "Click It or Ticket" campaign.

An inmate at the Lexington Correctional Center has been charged with first-degree manslaughter in the death of his cellmate.

According to court records, Rodney Harty, 40, is accused of hitting Erick Shane Kitchell, 44, with enough force to cause his death.

The owner of two dogs responsible for the horrific mauling death of an 82-year-old woman has been criminally charged with second-degree manslaughter.

Antwon Demetris Burks, 31, of Oklahoma City, was formally charged today with one felony count of manslaughter in the second degree.