Kelcy Trowbridge, her brother-in-law Dustin Weher and her three children L to R: Colby Trowbridge 4, Karley Trowbridge, 1, and Kynlee Trowbridge stand in the remains of their destroyed home on May, 20 in the Westmoor Neighborhood near Moore Oklahoma.
Voters wait in a long line to cast their ballots at Church of the Servant in Oklahoma City on November 3, 2020. Nick Oxford/Reuters
REACT EMS paramedics prepare to transport a man suffering from possible coronavirus disease (COVID-19) symptoms in McLoud, Oklahoma, U.S. September 8, 2021. The man was living with his wife who had been diagnosed with and recovered from COVID-19 in the weeks prior. REUTERS/Nick Oxford
A tornado moves across farmland near Arnett, Oklahoma on Sunday May 18, 2025.
American Airlines passenger planes crowd a runway where they are parked due to flight reductions made to slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Nick Oxford
Valley Brook police officers confront a driver that had a gun in the vehicle after initially stopping when they saw the passenger urinating outside of the car in Valley Brook, Oklahoma on Saturday July 10, 2021. CREDIT: Nick Oxford for The New York Times
Supporters of Julius Jones rejoice after Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt granted clemency for Jones, who was sentenced to death for the 1999 fatal shooting of Paul Howell, in McAlester, Oklahoma, U.S., November 18, 2021. REUTERS/Nick Oxford
Jerry Churchill, who became homeless two years ago after getting prostate cancer, pours water over himself during an excessive heat warning in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. June 26, 2024. REUTERS/Nick Oxford
A stranded motorist escapes floodwaters on Interstate 225 after Hurricane Harvey inundated the Texas Gulf coast with rain causing mass flooding, in Houston, Texas, U.S. August 27, 2017. REUTERS/Nick Oxford
Garth Gardiner stands in the distance near a row of dead cattle waiting to be buried on his ranch outside of Ashland Kansas. Gardiner lost nearly 500 cattle after wildfires swept through parts of Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma last week. Nick Oxford for The New York Times
Protesters interrupt Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a rally in Tulsa Oklahoma. Reuters/Nick Oxford
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA - February 16: Paramedics help Eugene Rich, who is homeless and was suffering from frostbite on his feet, to an ambulance during record breaking cold and snow in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on February 16, 2021. (Photo by Nick Oxford for The Washington Post)
Teachers pack the state Capitol rotunda to capacity on the second day of a teacher walkout to demand higher pay and more funding for education in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., April 3, 2018. REUTERS/Nick Oxford
Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood poses for a portrait outside of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary where Emmanuel Littlejohn was executed on Thursday, September 26, 2024 in McAlester, Oklahoma. Nick Oxford for Rolling Stone
An Oklahoma City Police officer takes a knee in solidarity with protesters during nationwide unrest following the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, outside the Oklahoma City Police Department in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., May 31, 2020. REUTERS/Nick Oxford
Patrick Gillean watches the Maxwell Fire burn from his patio in Boulder Colorado June 26, 2011. The Maxwell Fire burned approximately seventy acres of public forest in Lefthand Canyon before firefighters could control the blaze.
A hiker climbs The Quirang on Isle of Skye, Scotland
Rescuers work to save a dog trapped in floodwaters in Webber's Falls, Oklahoma. Record flooding forced the immediate evacuation of residents, some who could not take their animals with them. Nick Oxford for The New York Times
Family and friends lift the coffin of Bobby Clark out of the hearse at his funeral in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Burky Curtis waves the starting flag at the beginning of the women's race at the the Bison Cross Country Invitational at Gordon Cooper Technology Center in Shawnee Oklahoma on October 8, 2011.
A group traverses the rapids at a $45.2 million Whitewater Rafting & Kayaking Center that was paid for by a 1-cent sales tax increase in Oklahoma City on July 14, 2018. (Photo by Nick Oxford for The Washington Post)
Kennedy Kiesau, a freshman at Carnegie High School, takes a break after running in the 800 meter race during the Class A and 2A track championships at Western Heights High School, Saturday, May 5, 2018. Photo by Nick Oxford for The Oklahoman
Superintendent Ryan Walters poses for a portrait in his office in Oklahoma City, OK Thursday, February 20, 2025.