Tulsa County | featured news

John Klein: Wayman Tisdale's large legacy

Tisdale, a former basketball star and internationally-known musician, continues to be remembered through a large number of projects of the Wayman Tisdale Foundation.

 

Broken Arrow police arrest one in connection to QuikTrip robbery, seek second suspect

Anyone with information about the second person may call the Broken Arrow Police Department at 918-451-8200, Ext. 8820.

 

Jurors find man not guilty of murder in 2017 fatal shooting in Bixby

Earnest Liggins, 39, acknowledged that he fatally shot Kevin Phelps. Brian Boeheim, Liggins' attorney, said the shooting was in self-defense.

 

Tulsa man set for resentencing in 2015 strangulation death of ex-girlfriend after appellate court rebukes prosecutors' comments

Jurors in September 2016 found 47-year-old Renese Bramlett guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Michelle Lynn Spence, whose young sons found her body inside her Mercedes SUV at an east Tulsa apartment complex on March 20, 2015.

 

'Healing' replica of Vietnam Veterans Memorial on display at Rogers State through Sunday

"The Wall That Heals," a ¾-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, has been installed on the Rogers State University campus through Sunday.

 

Appellate court reverses nearly 300-year sentence in east Tulsa shooting, citing misstatements of law to jurors

Glendell Lee was convicted of shooting two people during a robbery in east Tulsa in March 2015.

 

Murder suspect dies in hospital after reported suicide attempt at Tulsa County jail

Darius Lee Hatfield, 56, was pronounced dead at a local hospital Tuesday night from injuries suffered during a suicide attempt that occurred at the jail last week, according to an incident report.

 

Convicted murderer pleads guilty to running meth ring from prison with smuggled cell phones

A plea agreement with federal prosecutors calls for Slint Kenneth Tate, 35, to serve a 20-year prison sentence after he completes his state sentence.Related: Crime ringleaders are using cellphones in prison. Officials know it, but no one is stopping it.

 

Oklahoma now leads nation with highest incarceration rate, study finds

The state of Oklahoma's incarceration rate is 1,079 per 100,000 people, according to the Prison Policy Initiative.

 

Subscribe to this RSS topic: Syndicate content