Johnf Heil News Today

Read these updates on Muscogee Nation litigation pending in federal court and before the tribe's supreme court in late May 2024.

A federal judge sentences Jimcy McGirt to 30 years in prison for one count of aggravated sexual abuse on tribal land.The ruling took place on Thursday, May 2, w

A Houston man was sentenced to prison after he pleaded guilty to traveling to Oklahoma to perform sexual acts with a minor for nearly two years after he began abusing her when she was 12.

A federal grand jury indicted Bradley Wade Wofford in 2022 on a charge of second-degree murder while under the influence of methamphetamine.

TULSA, Okla.  – A former Nowata Middle School teacher was sentenced today for Coercion and Enticement of a Minor in Indian Country and Abusive Sexual Contact wi

Federal prosecutors say the former teacher — Kenneth Colby Martinez, 26, of Bartlesville — had sexual contact with a middle schooler, including in the classroom.

Farms in DuPage County received $14,198,080 in taxpayer-funded subsidies in 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announces that Kalup Allen Born, age 25, of Ada, Oklahoma, was sentenced to a total of 608 months imprisonment related to three separate cases. For crimes related to a murder committed in January 2017, Born was sentenced to

Oklahoma legal news has been robust in 2024, with the ClassWallet suit dismissed and a settlement reached on a Cushing-area oil spill.

Oklahoma's legal system is busy, with District Attorney Jason Hicks sued by two legislators and Phil Albert's sentencing still lingering.