Oklahoma City crime numbers are in for 2025, and there is some good news, as the city’s homicide rate saw a decent decline. Mayor David Holt says, despite what people may hear or feel, we are actually living in a much safer time relative to previous decades.

There is still more than half the schedule remaining in the 2025-26 NBA season, but the Oklahoma City Thunder are off a great start. Well … they were off to a great start.

Police say the holiday-season investigation targeted a large-scale theft ring operating across Oklahoma City and nearby communities.

Thursday: Breezy with occasional rain, with a high of 70 and low of 38 degrees.

City police has say the first homicide of 2026 occurred after a victim was shot to death inside a southeast OKC home.

Authorities say at least one person was stabbed overnight in northwest Oklahoma City. >> Download the KOCO 5 App \| Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channel \| Sign up for KOCO 5’s

In Oklahoma, eviction hearings can be set as soon as five days after filing, regardless of what day it is. A new bill being introduced for the upcoming legislative session would remove weekends and holidays from the timeline,

University of Texas-San Antonio's Kenny Ozowalu entered the portal on Dec. 17 as one of the more coveted defensive linemen in the transfer portal. Per ESPN's Pete Thamel, the Sooners won out over a "flurry of SEC schools."

Lanes of a busy Oklahoma City highway were shut down overnight after the end of a chase prompted a heavy police presence.