The Oklahoma County Jail wins national accreditation, but other challenges remain. BY CLIFTON ADCOCK The Oklahoma County Jail has received national accreditation for jail operation from the American Correctional Association, but the beleaguered facility still faces issues with the U.S. Department of Justice. Sheriff John Whetsel said the jail has been working to win accreditation […]
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The ultimate gentrification
Credit: Brad Gregg Of course, would-be developers will face a few challenges, given the building’s functionality for people who break laws and whatnot. One idea being tossed for the old jail that might be ideal: a doggy day care, of which downtown is desperately in need. We at Chicken-Fried News are thinking more along the […]
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Open-carry calendar girls
Twelve gun-toting gals posing as snipers and sitting on motorcycles (on train tracks, no less) were photographed for the calendar, which was intended to raise money for the Lincoln County Republicans. Calling themselves “Heels Packing Heat” (or the more down-home spelling of “Heels Packin’ Heat” if you squint to read the text screen-printed on their […]
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PR BS
—“Head Oklahoma State Football Coach Mike Gundy and Wife Kristen Announce Endowment Gift for Quarterback Scholarships On Facebook Video” —“CVR Energy Commences Offer to Purchase up to $100 Million Principal Amount of First Lien Senior Secured Notes and Second Lien Senior Secured Notes” —“Integrated Electrical Services Announces Organizational Changes in its Residential Segment” —“Manure-Based Materials […]
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Bob Macy: A look back
Two weeks after he was sworn into office in 1980, Oklahoma County District Attorney got the call to which he’d promised to respond. It was a police detective from the south side of Oklahoma City. “He said, ‘We just had a triple homicide at a south side motel and thought you might want to be […]
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Memory Lane
Former Oklahoma County District Attorney Wes Lane said he set out wanting to write a biography, rather than an autobiography. The subject: God. “This is not meant to be a book about the fascinating subject of me,” Lane writes in the preface of his new book “Amazingly Graced.” Lane was a prosecutor in the Oklahoma […]