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2 months ago | 
mcalesternews.com | Brianna Bailey |Sierra Pfeifer
Vickie Mann Hair wept and thanked the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board after they voted to recommend release for her brother Wayne Thompson on Tuesday. Thompson, 57, has been in prison for more than four decades for killing Mann Hair’s abusive ex-husband. Thompson was 15 at the time of the crime in 1983.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
oklahoman.com | Brianna Bailey |Sierra Pfeifer
Vickie Mann Hair wept and thanked the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board after they voted to recommend release for her brother Wayne Thompson on Tuesday. Thompson, 57, has been in prison for more than four decades for killing Mann Hair’s abusive ex-husband. Thompson was 15 at the time of the crime in 1983.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
tahlequahdailypress.com | Brianna Bailey |Sierra Pfeifer
Vickie Mann Hair wept and thanked the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board after they voted to recommend release for her brother Wayne Thompson on Tuesday. Thompson, 57, has been in prison for more than four decades for killing Mann Hair’s abusive ex-husband. Thompson was 15 at the time of the crime in 1983.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
kosu.org | Sierra Pfeifer
"You are important."That’s the message of 100 new harm reduction kits being distributed by the Tulsa Health Department and a local anti-substance abuse coalition. Elementary school students, who were tasked with designing handmade postcards for the kits, helped contribute to the effort.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
kosu.org | Sierra Pfeifer
Vickie Mann Hair wept and thanked the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board after they voted to recommend release for her brother Wayne Thompson on Tuesday. Thompson, 57, has been in prison for more than four decades for killing Mann Hair’s abusive ex-husband. Thompson was 15 at the time of the crime in 1983.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
kgou.org | Sierra Pfeifer
Oklahoma’s first elections of 2025 are coming up on Tuesday. The fate of school expansions, fire stations, hospitals and more will be on the ballot in two dozen counties across the state. Voters can learn more about this election by visiting their local election board or seeing a sample ballot on their voter portal on the State Election Board website.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
kgou.org | Sierra Pfeifer
Brandi Garner, CEO of the Oklahoma County Detention Center, is stepping down. Garner announced her resignation on Friday, just days after the State Department of Health issued an extremely critical inspection report of the jail. Her last day will be February 7, 2025.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
kosu.org | Sierra Pfeifer
Brandi Garner, CEO of the Oklahoma County Detention Center, is stepping down. Garner announced her resignation on Friday, just days after the State Department of Health issued an extremely critical inspection report of the jail. Her last day will be February 7, 2025.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
kosu.org | Abigail Siatkowski |Sierra Pfeifer
Oklahoma’s first elections of 2025 are coming up on Tuesday. The fate of school expansions, fire stations, hospitals and more will be on the ballot in two dozen counties across the state. Voters can learn more about this election by visiting their local election board or seeing a sample ballot on their voter portal on the State Election Board website.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
hppr.org | Sierra Pfeifer
Rep. John Waldron, D-Tulsa, said his bill would require school districts to report uses of corporal punishment, and metrics about each instance, to the State Department of Education — a process not currently mandated by law. In Oklahoma statute, corporal punishment is described as the deliberate infliction of physical pain by hitting, paddling, spanking, slapping or any other physical force used as a means of discipline.
