The group has about 30 days remaining to collect at least 5,000 signatures of registered voters to impanel the grand jury. All signatures on the petition must be verified before being counted as official.
Contributor Joshua Kline brings us dispatches from Oklahoma City at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, a conservative pep rally that could forecast frontrunners for the 2016 presidential election.
This week marked another milestone in my life: the graduation of my youngest son, Parker.
When he finishes up school next week I will no longer have a child in Oklahoma’s public school system.
Ziva’s had a busy month: Pulitzer finalist, new job adventure, first U.S. Supreme Court hearing. Oh, yeah… her youngest son is also graduating.
For the past five years, state and federal auditors have repeatedly criticized the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office for lax oversight of inmate trust accounts – but those warnings prompted little change and some of the funds went missing, an investigation by The Frontier found.
State auditors also questioned the sheriff’s office for lack of oversight over federal grant funds used to finance a multi-agency drug task force, records show. Questions remain regarding a lack of documentation for nearly $200,000 in federal grant funds.
Sources say up to $25,000 was discovered missing from the inmate trust funds – money held on behalf of inmates in the jail – in 2012. It is unclear how the Sheriff’s Office made up the shortfall or whether some inmates simply didn’t receive their money after release.
Clark was previously in charge of courthouse operations for TCSO before taking over jail operations in 2014. During Clark’s absence, Chief Deputy Michelle Robinette will assume the administrative responsibilities, according to the statement.
The first black man to become a presiding district judge in Tulsa County is retiring due to health concerns, The Frontier has learned.
Judge Carlos Chappelle will retire at the end of this month as district judge of Tulsa County District Court.
