While the numbers of homeless people are expected to rise because of the pandemic and accompanying economic downturn, it is also having an effect on how the count is conducted in the state.
Ward, who was twice convicted for the 1984 abduction and murder of Ada convenience store worker Donna “Denise” Haraway and featured in John Grisham’s “Innocent Man” book, had his conviction overturned by the district court late December
Ward’s co-defendant in the case, Karl Fontenot, had his conviction and sentence overturned and was ordered released by a federal judge in Muskogee late last year. The Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office appealed that decision to the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, which is considering arguments made earlier this year in the case.
The newly-released PPP data also puts an exact amount on funds received by businesses connected to two of the state’s Congressmen — Kevin Hern (R-Tulsa) and Markwayne Mullin (R-Westville).
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In addition to monitoring ammonia levels in the air, scientists also plan to examine the microbes in the dust that comes from the chicken houses and sampling microbes in nearby residents.
Tavarreon Dickerson, 27, was convicted by a Tulsa County jury of first-degree child abuse murder in December 2017 for the death of 6-week-old Raylie Dickerson.
A Tulsa-based grocery store chain is asking a federal judge to declare that the state cannot collect sales tax from its Okmulgee grocery store because it is situated on restricted Indian land.
