Special prosecutor to decide whether to move forward in ‘Innocent Man’ case
Pontotoc County District Attorney Paul Smith has recused himself, citing the appearance of conflicts of interest.
Attorneys in ‘Innocent Man’ case eye federal court after lower court’s order is reversed
Attorneys for a man convicted for the 1984 kidnapping and murder of an Ada woman say they plan to file a federal case to try and overturn his conviction after the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals overturned a lower court’s order that would have made him a free man.
As small towns struggle to pay off winter storm debt, Oklahoma taxpayers will pick up part of the tab
After the storm, the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office said it would investigate natural gas price gouging. A year and a half later, no criminal or civil cases have been filed and there’s no active state investigation.
Two GOP contenders face a tight race in the CD2 runoff
Congressional District 2 is a mostly rural district that spans much of eastern Oklahoma including McAlester, Muskogee, Claremore, Durant and Miami.
Oklahoma gamefowl breeders, lawmaker optimistic about decriminalizing cockfighting
As animal welfare groups push regulators to crack down on overseas gamefowl shipments from Oklahoma, advocates of the sport are hopeful the state will reduce penalties for cockfighting from a felony to a misdemeanor.
U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear ‘Innocent Man’ case
An attorney for Karl Fontenot says very little is left of the state’s case, but that might not be enough to keep prosecutors from filing new charges.
Billionaire philanthropists pushing charter schools and school vouchers also fund Oklahoma’s Secretary of Education’s six-figure salary
Gov. Kevin Stitt blocked a bill that would have required cabinet members to disclose their finances. The bill would have shown Secretary of Education Ryan Walters makes at least $120,000 a year as executive director of a nonprofit organization that keeps its donors secret.
At the Oklahoma Legislature, a new flood of bills on school curriculum
Proposals range from limits on discussing current events in the classroom to requiring schools to teach ‘Victims of Communism Day’ lessons.
