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Randolf Dial Dies in Prison

Posted on November 21, 2007
Once of the earliest posts to this blog concerned escaped oklahoma killer randolph dial. Dial's story involves a series of events too strange for fiction. In 1986, Dial, a gifted artist, confesses to the 1981 murder of Kelly Hogan. Dial is convicted in Tulsa County Case CRF-1986-1657 of First Degree Murder...

First Degree Manslaughter Charges Filed in Tulsa "Road Rage" Case

Posted on September 27, 2007
Tulsa County District Attorney Tim Harris filed a first-degree manslaughter charge Wednesday against Kenneth Ray Gumm, 67, in the shooting death of Dale Turney, 47.Gumm, a retired security guard, is accused of killing Turney in a River Parks parking lot on June 10...

Governor signs ATV helmet law

Posted on July 18, 2007
A state law requiring persons under 18 to wear a crash helmet while riding an all-terrain vehicle on public lands was signed into law Tuesday and takes effect Nov. 1.State Rep. Bill Nations, D-Norman, House author of the legislation, said the measure was two years in the making and could not have passed without bipartisan support...

Chesapeake to Court: Stop Plant Hearings

Posted on July 10, 2007
An attorney for Chesapeake Energy Corp. said Tuesday the Oklahoma Corporation Commission is using judicial powers it does not have to hold hearings on a proposed coal-fired power plant the natural gas producer opposes.Chesapeake, the third largest independent gas producer in the U...

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Ruling blocks direct sales of wine from producers to stores and restaurants

Posted on July 10, 2007
Gene Clifton, owner of Canadian River Winery & Vineyard near Norman, has more on his mind than this year's grape harvest.He's worried his business will go belly-up because of a recent court ruling prohibiting wineries from selling directly to retailers and restaurants...

Principal chief retains leadership in Cherokee Nation elections

Posted on July 03, 2007
Source: www.indiancountry.comTAHLEQUAH, Okla. - Citizens of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma went to the polls June 23 and reaffirmed their confidence in the leadership of Principal Chief Chad ''Corntassel'' Smith and Deputy Chief Joe Grayson Jr. Smith was re-elected with 59 percent of the vote for a third four-year term as principal chief, beating out his opponent, former Cherokee Nation Supreme Court Justice Stacy Leeds...

Legislator Wants to Talk About Water Sale

Posted on July 03, 2007
Source: star-telegram.comAn Oklahoma state senator is taking a politically unpopular stance by saying his state should consider selling what he describes as "excess runoff water" to Texas if it will help raise money to pay for new roads, bridges and other projects in his district...

2006 Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Decisions 1-11

Posted on January 04, 2007
RICARDO VIRGO BLONNER, Appellant -vs- STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Appellee; THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Plaintiff vs. JOHN DOE, Defendant.Case Number: O-2004-1175COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF OKLAHOMA2006 OK CR 1; 127 P.3d 1135; 2006 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 1 January 5, 2006, DecidedCASE SUMMARYPROCEDURAL POSTURE: Defendant sought review of the decision of the Oklahoma County District Court, which concluded that he had not met his burden of proving that he was mentally retarded and denied his motion to quash the bill of particulars on grounds of mental retardation...

Oklahoma Candidates for U.S. Congress - District 5 Independent

Posted on November 07, 2006
Matthew Horton Woodson

Oklahoma Candidates for U.S. Congress - District 5 Republican

Posted on November 07, 2006
Mary Fallin for Congress

Oklahoma Candidates for U.S. Congress - District 5 Democrat

Posted on November 07, 2006
Dr. Hunter for U.S. Congress :: A Lifetime of Caring for Oklahomans

Oklahoma Candidates for U.S. Congress - District 4 Republican

Posted on November 07, 2006
Cole for U.S. Congress

Oklahoma Candidates for U.S. Congress - District 4 Democrat

Posted on November 07, 2006
Hal Spake for Congress

Oklahoma Candidates for U.S. Congress - District 3 Republican

Posted on November 07, 2006
Frank Lucas for Congress

Oklahoma Candidates for U.S. Congress - District 3 Democrat

Posted on November 07, 2006
Barton for Congress - Oklahoma's Third District

Oklahoma Candidates for U.S. Congress - District 2 Republican

Posted on November 07, 2006
Patrick K. Miller (not an official website)

Oklahoma Candidates for U.S. Congress - District 2 Democrat

Posted on November 07, 2006
Boren for Congress

Oklahoma Candidates for U.S. Congress - District 1 Independent

Posted on November 07, 2006
Bill Wortman for U.S. Congress

Oklahoma Candidates for U.S. Congress - District 1 Republican

Posted on November 07, 2006
Congressman John Sullivan - Oklahoma's First District

Oklahoma Candidates for U.S. Congress - District 1 Democrat

Posted on November 07, 2006
Alan Gentges for U.S. Congress

Oklahoma Election Information November 7, 2006

Posted on November 07, 2006
All of the following websites and more can be found at the Oklahoma State Election Board website.See unofficial results for all elections at General Election ? November 7, 2006.See complete ballot text of all State Questions at State Questions for General Election ? November 7, 2006 (PDF)...

State PERB rules in union?s favor

Posted on July 14, 2006
The bid by city of Enid employees to form a union, ongoing since 2003, came closer to fruition Thursday.After an hour-and-a-half hearing Thursday morning, the three-member Oklahoma Public Employees Relations Board (PERB) voted unanimously to allow union membership cards submitted in 2004 by non-uniformed city employees to stand, rejecting a request by Enid city officials that new membership cards be filled out this year...

Judge Thompson Convicted

Posted on July 11, 2006
A former Oklahoma judge was convicted late Thursday of exposing himself by using a sexual device while he presided over court cases. A Creek County jury found Donald Thompson, 59, guilty on four counts of indecent exposure and recommended one year in prison and a $10,000 fine on each count...

Civil rights groups oppose 10th Circuit nominee

Posted on June 20, 2006
Several civil rights organizations are opposing the nomination of an Oklahoma City attorney to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.In a letter this month to the Senate Judiciary Committee, the groups called Jerome Holmes a "longstanding and outspoken critic of affirmative action...

Thompson trial once again faces a delay

Posted on June 14, 2006
By BOB SHERRILLHerald Staff WriterBRISTOW ?? The trial of former judge Donald Thompson has once again been delayed.Shortly after 9 a.m. this morning, Comanche County District Judge C. Allen McCall dismissed jurors until 1:30 p.m. Monday while a judge appointed by the Oklahoma Supreme Court decides whether McCall will hear arguments on the fifth count against Thompson, misuse of a state computer...

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