Tulsa County Democratic Party and candidate Rex Berry were holding a press conference Tuesday to discuss their concerns about questionable donations to Vic Regalado’s campaign for sheriff. Regalado showed up to answer the critics, saying questions about the donations are ‘ridiculous.’
The Republican and Democratic candidates for Tulsa County sheriff say they would make changes in how girls are treated in Tulsa’s jail, following a federal jury verdict against the county.
The plaintiff who won a civil rights lawsuit over sexual assaults in the jail said she’s speaking out in hopes that she can help other girls who wind up there. Despite a history of sexual assault and incidents in the medical unit where they’re held, girls still lack basic protections given to other inmates, an investigation by The Frontier and NewsOn6 has found.
The University of Tulsa and George Kaiser Family Foundation have acquired the ultimate music nerd’s dream: A collection of Bob Dylan’s coveted archives. This week’s Listen Frontier podcast features GKFF’s Ken Levit and inaugural curator Michael Chaiken talking about the magic of the collection and what having it could mean for Tulsa.
In interviews with The Frontier, only one councilor, G.T. Bynum, was steadfast in support of putting the issue to a vote. But even Bynum insisted this is not the time.
In the wake of Vic Regalado’s decisive win, only two candidates he vanquished have committed to running again for the full-term election.
To say that work has continued on the $350 million dollar A Gathering Place for Tulsa would be an understatement. Where months ago handfuls of workers dotted the worksite along with the occasional construction vehicle, they now dominate the landscape.
Jurors found former Sheriff Stanley Glanz and the county guilty of violating a woman’s civil rights when she was held in the jail at age 17. The case is among 22 civil rights lawsuits filed against the former sheriff since 2011, some that could cost taxpayers far more than Wednesday’s $25,000 judgment.
