Today marks the day music fans have been waiting 20 years for, Garth Brook's return to an Oklahoma City stage and thunder will roll in the Chesapeake Energy Arena and in Bricktown ahead of what many expect will be record attendance.

The state is facing a nearly $900-million budget shortfall, there isn’t enough money to pay school districts monthly support checks or give teachers promised raises, the Rainy Day fund is empty, and the state is borrowing millions of dollars just to pay the day-to-day bills. Still, about half of the legislature took the day off, Thursday.

Since 2015, 88 oil and gas companies in the U.S. have declared bankruptcy, according to industry analysts.

Chesapeake Energy President and CEO Doug Lawler gave News 9 a rare television interview this week, wanting to communicate to people in this city and, more broadly, across the state, that the company is doing well, despite a poor year for the oil and gas industry. 

EMBARK is offering parking suggestions to avoid delays and congestion in downtown due to narrow streets due to construction. 

The backpack program helps feed thousands of chronically hungry students across Oklahoma. But they wouldn't get that food without the help from volunteers.

Crews were called out to the scene of a commercial fire at a restaurant on the northwest side of the metro, Monday afternoon.