The plaintiffs’ assert, among other things, that TPFA does not own the land in question and had no right to sell it for commercial purposes, nor did it follow proper procedures in attempting to do so.
The Tulsa Police Department chose more than a month ago to not renew its contract with a controversial “live” police show on the A&E Network, TPD Chief Chuck Jordan told The Frontier on Monday.
Former Wagoner County Sheriff Bob Colbert has filed a slander lawsuit against Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, alleging Pruitt falsely claimed on a national podcast that Colbert pocketed seized drug money.
Tulsa almost became a testing ground for the use of unmanned aircraft systems in urban settings. But the idea crashed last summer along with former Mayor Dewey Bartlett’s political fortunes.
We spent about 30 minutes on Friday talking politics with Tulsa Voice columnist Barry Friedman and Laura Belmonte, head of OSU’s history department.
He was a Navy vet who did 30 years in prison for murdering his girlfriend. He paid his debt to society and was released. Then he died alone.
The request to disqualify U.S. District Judge John Dowdell occurred just hours before a pre-trial hearing began Thursday. The motion argued Dowdell should be disqualified because the judge was a partner in a law firm that litigated a case against Tulsa County almost a decade ago.
The former sheriff, current sheriff, and former medical provider face multiple civil rights lawsuits, with one of the highest-profile cases begins soon.
