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Parole denied for last surviving killer in Sirloin Stockade murders
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (313+ words) Verna Stafford, the last living perpetrator of the infamous Sirloin Stockade massacre, was denied parole on Tuesday by Gov. Kevin Stitt. Stafford, 73, is serving one of two life sentences for her part in nine murders. "I just want you to…...
Oklahoma City to bring in water from Canton Lake | KGOU - Oklahoma's NPR Source
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (177+ words) The release of water from Canton Lake to Oklahoma City is scheduled to begin in mid-September. Oklahoma is still mired in drought and triple-digit heat. Canton Lake is currently about 1.6 feet below normal. After the water is released to Oklahoma…...
Petition against rising electricity bills catches attention of Oklahoma utility regulators
1+ week, 4+ day ago (422+ words) As of Tuesday afternoon, more than 26,000 people signed a Change.org petition demanding more transparency and fewer rate increases from Public Service Company of Oklahoma. The petition was started by Tulsa resident Raelynn McMurchy, who wrote the increases are unsustainable....
Muscogee Nation increases minimum wage for tribal employees | KGOU - Oklahoma's NPR Source
1+ week, 5+ day ago (340+ words) Tribal employees, except those working for the Muscogee Nation Department of Health, OneFire Holding Company and gaming ventures, will see gradual wage increases in the next three fiscal years. The tribe's current minimum wage is $15. It'll be $16.67 this October, $18 next…...
Oklahoma gives released prisoners $50 and bus ticket; then the housing problem hits
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1191+ words) On the day Cathy Lamb got out of Mabel Bassett Correctional Center in McLoud, she raised her hands toward the sky and thanked God. Her freedom seemed like a miracle. Once, she thought she would die in prison. Oklahoma has…...
A Better Way Norman set to close due to lack of funding
2+ week, 6+ day ago (237+ words) A Better Way Norman is shutting down at the end of August. The two-week program offers work cleaning up public spaces and connection to employment, housing, mental health and substance abuse services. The program was operated as a partnership between…...
Only woman on Oklahoma's death row to appeal to U.S. Supreme Court
3+ week, 2+ day ago (180+ words) In 2004, Brenda Andrew was sentenced to death for conspiring to murder her estranged husband, Rob Andrew. Her defense claims the trial was made unfair by the prosecution’s inclusion of what they argue was sexist and irrelevant evidence, including comments on…...
Oklahoma Highway Patrol make arrests at encampment on state property in Norman
3+ week, 4+ day ago (191+ words) Eyewitness accounts said between 30 and 50 people were arrested by Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers on Wednesday morning around 7 a.m. A cleaning crew equipped with backhoes cleared out and threw away personal belongings on state property. Norman Animal Welfare was also present and…...
Oklahoma auditor report alleges more details of embezzlement scheme at Tulsa Public Schools
3+ week, 4+ day ago (450+ words) Chris Hudgins is the former TPS Executive Director of Bond and Energy Management. In June, state Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed charges against him and two partners of Tulsa engineering firm, Allied Engineering, based on the results of the first…...
Mazzei releases drug test in Oklahoma gubernatorial race. His opponent immediately cries foul
3+ week, 5+ day ago (646+ words) Amid growing public pressure from his fellow Republican gubernatorial opponent, Mike Mazzei on Monday reversed course and released the results of a test that came up negative for drugs and other substances. His opponent, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, though…...