Almost $75 Million in Tobacco Settlement Funds Received
OKLAHOMA CITY ? State Treasurer Ken Miller today announced the receipt of Oklahoma?s annual tobacco settlement payment. Miller said $74.6 million has been received from the tobacco industry, 75 percent of which went directly into the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust...
Clemency Denied for Michael Bascum Selsor
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board today voted 4 to1 to deny clemency for Tulsa County death row inmate Michael Bascum Selsor, Attorney General Scott Pruitt said.
Michael Bascum Selsor, 57, is scheduled to be executed May 1, for the...
Doak Tours Tornado Damage in Woodward
WOODWARD ? Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak joined Governor Mary Fallin, Senator Bryce Marlatt and Albert Ashwood, Director of Emergency Management, in a press conference Sunday afternoon following a tour of Woodward County?s tornado damaged areas.
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Governor Fallin Declares State of Emergency Due to Tornadoes
OKLAHOMA CITY ? Governor Mary Fallin today declared a State of Emergency for 12 Oklahoma counties due to tornadoes, severe storms, straight line winds and flooding that began Friday.
The counties included in the declaration are: Alfalfa, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland,...
04/15/2012
Oklahoma Insurance Department offers guidance for consumers affected by storms
Tips for filing claims, preventing further damage, avoiding repair fraud
The Oklahoma Insurance Department recommends individuals and businesses with damage from the storms in Norman, Mustang and Woodward contact their insurance companies as soon as possible....
04/13/2012
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Stay of Execution for Garry Thomas Allen
OKLAHOMA CITY – The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals voted 6-4 Thursday night to uphold a decision by an Oklahoma federal judge to stay the execution of convicted killer Garry Thomas Allen. Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s Criminal Appeals Unit has appealled...
04/11/2012
AG Plans Appeal of Federal Stay in Execution of Garry Thomas Allen
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s Criminal Appeals Unit is planning to appeal a stay of execution order issued Wednesday by an Oklahoma federal court. The order stays the execution of killer Garry Thomas Allen.
The state will appeal...
04/09/2012
Governor Fallin Announces Judicial Appointments
OKLAHOMA CITY ? Governor Mary Fallin today announced two judicial appointments. Thomas E. Prince has been appointed to the position of District Judge of the 7th Judicial District (Oklahoma County), while A. Clark Jett has been appointed to the position of Associate...
04/06/2012
Caregiver Charged with Financial Exploitation
OKLAHOMA CITY – A Beggs caregiver, who investigators said coerced money from her developmentally disabled patients, was charged Thursday in Okmulgee County District Court following an investigation by the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit....
OKC Counselor Indicted for Medicaid Fraud
OKLAHOMA CITY – An Oklahoma City counselor has been named in a multicounty grand jury indictment unsealed Thursday in Oklahoma County District Court.
Vickie Rhea Yearwood, 53, a licensed professional counselor through Beacon Pointe LLC and Specialized...