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1 month ago | 
nondoc.com | Tristan Loveless |Michael Mcnutt
Ahead of the presidential administration change in January, a last-minute solicitor general memo from the U.S. Department of Interior recognized the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians “has an ownership interest in the Cherokee Reservation as a successor in interest to the tribal signatory of the Treaty of 1846.”The memo could have extensive implications for the UKB’s criminal jurisdiction, casino compacts and, as the UKB argues, even health care for UKB members.
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2 months ago | 
nondoc.com | Andrea Hancock |Tristan Loveless |Michael Mcnutt |Bennett Brinkman
The Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld the death sentence of Daniel Raul Santiago Vasquez, convicted for murdering a woman in 2018 while she was seven months pregnant. The same day the court upheld Vasquez’s death penalty, it also held that refusing a breathalyzer test during a DUI traffic stop is admissible evidence and issued an order barring felons from owning airsoft guns.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
nondoc.com | Michael Mcnutt |Tristan Loveless |Matt Patterson |Andrea Hancock
It has been a fraught few weeks for Oklahoma’s relationship with the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
nondoc.com | Michael Mcnutt
(Editor’s note: The following article includes reference to racial slurs.)Two weeks ahead of a special meeting with her agency’s governing board to discuss “performance” concerns, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation executive director Aungela Spurlock announced today she is retiring from the agency amid continued rumors about OSBI employee unrest.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
nondoc.com | Michael Mcnutt
Bob Anthony had never been to an Oklahoma Corporation Commission meeting until he was encouraged in 1988 to run for a seat on the three-member utility-regulating panel. Devoid of a political background and lacking ties to the oil and gas industry or utility companies, Anthony — like many Oklahomans — didn’t really know what the agency did. But today, 36 years after taking his first oath as an elected state officeholder, his tenure as a corporation commissioner ends.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
elrenotribune.com | Michael Mcnutt |Tres Savage
Posted in: Gov. Kevin Stitt has a simple solution to deal with statewide elected officials who fall out of favor with voters while in office: Let the governor appoint them in the first place....
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Dec 30, 2024 | 
nondoc.com | Michael Mcnutt
NINNEKAH — Acting on a tip alleging an illegal marijuana growing operation, Grady County deputies instead discovered indications of cockfighting, hundreds of malnourished animals and children living in filth. On Oct. 7, deputies discovered chained dogs, more than 20 fighting roosters — most without water — and a suspected “fighting pit,” as well as ornamental fish living in murky water and more than 200 exotic birds kept in stacked cages. Returning Dec.
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Dec 23, 2024 | 
nondoc.com | Bennett Brinkman |Tres Savage |Michael Mcnutt |Sasha Ndisabiye
B.C. Clark’s anniversary jingle is back on airwaves for the 68th year, and people on Twitter are complaining about the Thunder’s absence from the NBA’s coveted Dec. 25 schedule, which can only mean one thing: Christmastime is here.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
nondoc.com | Bennett Brinkman |Tristan Loveless |Andrea Hancock |Michael Mcnutt
Despite a stay in the civil case against Swadley’s Foggy Bottom Kitchen that had been set to begin this week, several other high-profile legal happenings in the state deserve your attention. The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department’s civil case against Swadley’s was stayed in October pending the outcome of the criminal fraud case against its officers, which alleges the restaurant overcharged the state for construction costs and other services. The civil trial was supposed to begin Monday.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
nondoc.com | Michael Mcnutt
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt fired Ken McQueen as his secretary of energy and environment and as director of the Department of Energy today, replacing him with Jeff Starling and criticizing McQueen in a public statement. “I’m disappointed that Ken McQueen would join AG Drummond, former AG Drew Edmondson and environmentalists in opposition to Oklahoma farmers and landowners by appearing at a court hearing today in his capacity as secretary,” Stitt said on Twitter.
