Jennifer Palmer
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Oklahoma City, OK, United States
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Oklahoma gun carry permits decline again in 2015
Oklahoma issued fewer licenses to carry weapons for two years in a row after a dramatic increase in 2013, data from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation shows. → Read More
Kind words flow in about slain Eufaula bank president
Randy Peterson, the Bank of Eufaula president who was shot and killed in a robbery Thursday, was remembered as a loving man who loved his family and his eastern Oklahoma community. → Read More
Parole is not likely for violent offenders in Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board considered more than 4,000 eligible inmates in 2015, recommending only 28 violent offenders for parole, while paroling 363 nonviolent offenders, records show. → Read More
Oklahoma governor commutes sentences for two drug-crime inmates
Gov. Mary Fallin signed off on recommendations made by the state Pardon and Parole Board for two drug offenders: Donnie Daniel, whose life without parole sentence will be commuted to life with the possibility of parole, and William Wood Jr., whose 117-year-sentence will be shortened to time served. → Read More
Study of 2013 twister damage in Moore points no blame at builders
Structural engineers analyzed the rubble at Moore Medical Center, Briarwood Elementary School, Highland East Junior High School and AMF Moore Lanes bowling alley. → Read More
Oklahoma to phase out pepper spray in juvenile detention centers
Staff at the Office of Juvenile Affairs formed a transition plan that will actively reduce, and eventually eliminate, use of pepper spray, also known as OC spray for its active ingredient, oleoresin capsicum. → Read More
Drivers stack DUIs without felony consequences; Oklahoma legislator calls for law change
Oklahoma state Rep. Mike Sanders, R-Kingfisher, said the problem is small city courts across the state aren't considered courts of record, so DUI convictions in those jurisdictions can't be used to enhance a subsequent DUI as a felony. → Read More
Norman councilman, store owner charged
NORMAN – A city councilman here is facing a felony drug charge after a pipe shop he managed was raided by police last week. The owner of the business was charged, as well. Stephen Tyler Holman, Ward 7, was charged with a single count of acquiring proceeds from drug activity, a felony, on Thursday. He also was charged with six counts of unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. Holman, 31, is… → Read More
Norman police raid pipe shop, seize items, owner says
Norman police raided Friendly Market, 1100 E Constitution, seizing thousands of dollars worth of merchandise and cash, an owner and an attorney representing the store said. → Read More
Oklahoma's Love County sheriff is under investigation, FBI says
FBI Agent Steve West said the agency is investigating Love County Sheriff Joe Russell, 62, whose son, George "Willie" Russell, 38, was indicted by a federal grand jury Nov. 3 on a count of distribution of methamphetamine. → Read More
Hugo, Oklahoma, resident sues water supplier over quality
A Hugo resident has filed suit over the water quality in the Choctaw County city, alleging that supplier Severn Trent provided customers with water that was unsafe. Resident Tara Lowrimore requested class-action status so thousands of other Hugo Municipal Authority water customers can join the lawsuit. → Read More
Audit uncovers misspending at rural Oklahoma school
The FBI and the U.S. Department of Education's Office of the Inspector General are investigating money missing from the Swink School District, and criminal charges are likely, the Oklahoma Board of Education said. → Read More
Client of innocence project loses appeal over Ada killing
The state Court of Criminal Appeals denied an appeal from a man convicted of the infamous 1984 murder of an Ada store clerk. Karl Fontenot, 51, lost his appeal Oct. 29, but his attorney said she'll take his claims of innocence to federal court. Fontenot was the Oklahoma Innocence Project's first client and former director Tiffany Murphy continues to represent him. Fontenot is serving life… → Read More
Private prisons prove costly in Oklahoma
Private prisons cost Oklahoma $92.2 million last year — a 16 percent increase over the year before, according to the Oklahoma Corrections Department. → Read More
Private prisons prove costly in Oklahoma
Private prisons cost Oklahoma $92.2 million last year — a 16 percent increase over the year before, according to the Oklahoma Corrections Department. → Read More
Private prisons prove costly in Oklahoma
Private prisons cost Oklahoma $92.2 million last year — a 16 percent increase over the year before, according to the Oklahoma Corrections Department. → Read More
Judge issues stay in 2011 manslaughter conviction
Steven Wade Jameson, 25, has served four years of a 24-year sentence for a Christmas Eve 2009 crash that killed three people. Thursday, he was granted bond. → Read More
Parole board rejects sentence reduction for Oklahoma City mother
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board on Wednesday unanimously rejected a bid to reduce the sentence of a woman given 30 years in prison for permitting child abuse, while the actual abuser was jailed for just two years. → Read More
A blueprint for a new start at Oklahoma's juvenile detention centers
Oklahoma Youth Academy opened in July in two facilities: Central Oklahoma Juvenile Center in Tecumseh and Southwest Oklahoma Juvenile Center in Manitou. → Read More
Oklahoma parole board is going to rethink commutation policy changes
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board on Monday withdrew the new policy and said it will now move forward with the rule-making process to establish new eligibility parameters for commutation. → Read More