More than two years after the slayings of four women in a south Tulsa apartment complex, a man held in that alleged crime was charged with assaulting jailhouse employees.
The Tulsa Public Facilities Authority is expected to approve the deal for an REI sporting goods store at 71st and Riverside Drive within the next two weeks. Not so fast, opponents say. They’ve taken to social media to urge city officials to allow more public comment on the proposed project.
Jail authority members had earlier voted to draw up a request for proposals to operate the jail privately. However one trustee, who initially supported seeking the RFP, said she had a change of mind after hearing that detention officers were leaving their jobs because they were unsure of what the future might hold.
Not sure how I missed today’s 4.5 magnitude earthquake, but I enjoyed the reaction on Twitter. And check out what I found at the Walmart.
The assembled media expected the prospective jurors to be whittled down to 15 Monday and for the process to get started. But it looks like that will happen Tuesday instead.
Then the real fun begins.
Friday’s Tulsa County Criminal Justice Authority meeting was punctuated by impassioned speeches about the fate of the jail and strained relations with the city but the speakers were preaching largely to the choir.
Tulsa County commissioners approved nine contracts at a meeting earlier this week, including three for the Sheriff’s Office, and no one made a peep.
That’s usually how these things come down.
The following letter from Arkansas River Infrastructure Task Force Chairman G.T. Bynum outlines suggested changes to a proposal to build low-water dams in the Arkansas River.
