Different Independence Day celebrations will take place in Southeast Oklahoma throughout the week. This gives residents across the area the ability to celebrate with friends, family and neighbors.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Lawmakers might have to decide whether two small Oklahoma tribes should have the right to build casinos outside their traditional boundaries.

Today in its place, the Wind Creek Casino and Hotel rises 20 stories above the winding river. The development is at the center of a long-simmering dispute between two tribal nations.