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Oklahoman The Biden administration says Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter is wrong to contend the state still has jurisdiction over crimes committed by non-Native Americans against Native Americans on reservations. In a U.S. Supreme Court case involving Oklahoma death row inmate Shaun Michael Bosse, the Justice Department told the court that “no basis exists to reverse the long-held understanding of the division of federal, state, and tribal jurisdiction in Indian country, which genera...

Biden administration opposes Oklahomas efforts to keep Bosse in state custody Chris Casteel, Oklahoman © NATE BILLINGS, NATE BILLINGS Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter waits to speak during a press conference announcing plans for Oklahoma to resume executions by lethal injection, at the Office of the Attorney General, 313 NE 21, in Oklahoma City, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. [Nate Billings/The Oklahoman] The Biden administration says Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter is w...

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Oklahoman A new concert series believed to be the first of its kind is launching next week on downtown Oklahoma Citys Bricktown Canal.  Tickets are on sale today for the Showboat Concert Series, which will offer live concerts by local musicians on one of the Bricktown Water Taxis Thursday nights through the end of August.  Starting next week with OKC singer-songwriter Carter Sampson, the series will offer 7, 8 and 9 p.m. sets on Thursday nights. Concertgoers will check in at the Bricktown Bre...

UWS Announces Commencement Will Be Virtual May 15 The University of Wisconsin Superior has announced that their spring commencement ceremony will be virtual this year. The commencement will happen on May 15, 2021. People can watch the virtual ceremony that takes place at noon on May 15 online through the University of Wisconsin Superiors website. In a press release UWS has said that while there isnt an in person ceremony, they will still hold an event where graduates can walk the stage. They wa...

Oklahoman The Montgomery family, of Skiatook, is eager to get another member of the family vaccinated: 14-year-old Sabrina, who’s nervous but excited at the idea, she said.  Her dad and stepmom are ready for her to get back to “normal teenage life,” and Sabrina is ready to be around her baby niece without a mask between them. Now that the Pfizer vaccine has been approved for kids as young as 12, she is among the more than 200,000 young Oklahomans eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination, acco...

Person Of Interest In Broken Arrow Double Murder In Custody A person of interest in a Broken Arrow double murder is in custody, News On 6 confirms. The FBI, U.S. Marshals and Oklahoma Highway Patrol SWAT team took the man into custody in a Bixby neighborhood Friday afternoon.  The man is a person of interest in the deaths of two men found Thursday in Broken Arrow’s Haikey Creek Park. Friday afternoon, a whole street in the neighborhood near 151st Street and Harvard was blocked off as a prec...

The oldest graduating student is 69; the youngest is 20. Written By: Superior Telegram | × Decorated mortarboards dominate the the headwear of University of Wisconsin-Superior graduates in 2019. (Clint Austin / File / News Tribune) The University of Wisconsin-Superior will conduct its virtual commencement at noon Saturday, May 15, with viewing available at uwsuper.edu/grad2021. Among the 431 candidates for graduation this spring, 134 are first-generation students, 108 are graduate and specia...

Broken Arrow Police Investigate After 2 Found Dead At Haikey Creek Park Broken Arrow police are investigating after two people were found dead at Haikey Creek Park early Thursday morning. According to police, the two individuals were found in the east parking lot of the park with significant injuries around 3:45 a.m. Police are now investigating the case as a homicide. South Garnett road is closed between 121st Street and 111st Street while police investigate the scene.