Frontier Reads: Beyond the Hills: The Journey of Waite Phillips
Waite Phillips looms large as one of the greatest benefactors in Tulsa history not just because of his philanthropic contributions but because of the expectation he set.
Sheriff bought stock, then bought company’s cleaning product for jail
However records show Glanz may have reaped a healthy profit, depending on when he bought and sold the stock in Pure Bioscience, the California-based company that created Staph Attack.
Clemency denied for man facing death penalty for killing infant daughter
Benjamin Cole was sentenced to death for the 2002 murder of his infant daughter in Rogers County. Police said he broke the child’s spine when she was crying and interrupting him playing a video game.
Prosecutor: Brinkley ‘abused trust’ in theft from BBB
Brinkley could face 20 years on each of the five wire fraud counts and three years on a tax evasion count. However, prosecutors said because he struck a plea deal, it is unlikely he will serve that amount of time.
Murder charge dropped against former deputy who once supervised Robert Bates
Warren Crittenden, 44, a former jailer and supervisor over TCSO’s reserve deputy program, found himself embroiled in two high-profile cases this year.
Attorney: Reserve deputy charged in shooting should be immune from civil suit
Bates’ attorney, Clark Brewster, argues in a motion to dismiss that Bates, as a state official, is “entitled to qualified immunity” from liability for civil damages.
TCSO battle against grand jury investigation costs county nearly $13,000
The law firm retained by the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office in June to stop a grand jury from being impaneled billed the county $12,839 between June 11-24, records show.
Library employees told to sign non-disclosure form
The form was sent in an email to employees last week with the subject line “All Staff Must Sign Form.” It is titled “Proprietary Information and Works for Hire Acknowledgement.”
