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The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned a lower court’s decision that opened the door for a lawsuit against two Tahlequah Police Department officers who five years ago shot and killed

A Northeastern Oklahoma physician arrested on a first-degree murder charged in Arkansas earlier this week was charged with domestic assault and battery in January before the case was dismissed due

By: Grant Stephens Several district attorneys in Green Country are speaking up after Tuesday nights forum on the impact of the Supreme Courts tribal sovereignty ruling turned chaotic when protesters interrupted. A lot of the DAs at the event feel the protesters anger was misdirected. They said theyre there to work with laws under the Supreme Court ruling, not against them. “Last night was very emotional, but that’s okay," Orvil Loge, the Muskogee County District Attorney said. "We need to ...

topical featured urgent By Grant D. Crawford and Keri Thornton gcrawford@tahlequahdailypress.com Jul 14, 2021 District 27 District Attorney Jack Thorp called Tuesdays McGirt forum a waste of time. District Attorney Jack Thorp said a forum with Gov. Kevin Stitt and a group of prosecutors to discuss the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s McGirt ruling was a waste of time, although conceptually, the idea was solid. The forum, held Tuesday evening in the Cox Busine...

District Attorneys Seek To Help Oklahomans Navigate Changes After Tribal Sovereignty Ruling Several district attorneys in Green Country are speaking up after Tuesday nights forum on the impact of the Supreme Courts tribal sovereignty ruling turned chaotic when protesters interrupted. A lot of the DAs at the event feel the protesters anger was misdirected. They said theyre there to work with laws under the Supreme Court ruling, not against them. “Last night was very emotional, but that’s o...

Oklahoman As eastern Oklahoma’s transformation to Indian reservations took a leap forward last week, some state and tribal leaders renewed their call for Congress to allow them to forge agreements for prosecuting criminal cases. Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter said recent discussions with members of Oklahoma’s congressional delegation “give me optimism and confidence that they’re going to move as quickly as this situation requires” to introduce legislation. “The Cherokee and ...

Tribal, Federal Prosecutors Ready To Handle Influx Of Criminal Cases Tribal and federal prosecutors said they are ready to handle the thousands of criminal cases that will be coming their way, after a decision from the Oklahoma Court of Appeals that declared the Cherokee and Chickasaw nations are sovereign. They now join the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in last summer’s Supreme Court decision on tribal jurisdiction. Tulsas acting U.S. Attorney Clinton Johnson said this weeks decision by the app...

A Wisconsin woman has been charged with first-degree murder and desecration of a corpse in connection with her alleged killing of her roommate.

Missing Wagoner Co. Woman’s Body Found, Identified In Arkansas The Wagoner County Sheriff’s Office has been searching for missing Talina Galloway since April and now her body has been found and identified in Arkansas. The Wagoner County Sheriff Chris Elliot said Galloway’s body was found inside a freezer in Polk County, Arkansas in December. Wagoner County District Attorney Jack Thorp got an arrest warrant Thursday for Galloway’s former roommate, Kory Bommeli, who has been a prime susp...

Roommate charged with murder after body of missing Oklahoma woman found in freezer Andrea Cavallier © Provided by NBC News A woman has been arrested and charged with the murder of her missing roommate Talina Galloway after the 53-year-old’s dismembered remains were found in a freezer in Arkansas last week, the Wagoner County Sheriff’s Office in Oklahoma announced Friday. Authorities had been searching for Talina since April 17, 2020, when her roommate, Kore Bommeli, report...