Senate study reveals sheriff’s departments unable to retain deputies due to low wages and competition OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Darrell Weaver, R-Moore, held an interim study Monday to evaluate current sheriff’s deputy salaries across the state. Presenters shared that they’re unable to retain deputies due to budget constraints and competition from municipal, tribal and state agencies that offer higher compensation to law enforcement officers.

of to the point Leaves aren’t the only thing beginning to drop in Washington, D.C. Whistle-blowers giving up dirt on most of the federal alphabet agencies (DOJ, FBI, IRS, DOD) to name a few, are pouring out those dirty-little facts about how backs were turned to criminal acts, and how illegal surveillance was directed to political foes.

Democracy/Criminal Justice Reporter For the third consecutive year, Oklahoma lawmakers will return to the Capitol for a fall special session. Gov.

the point While Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt and members of the legislature and tribal governments battle back and forth over who gets to drive the train, down here in Southeast Oklahoma, we just keep beating our drum like the Energizer bunny. We can’t help but take note of a number of building projects around Hugo at present, something that goes cold for months on end from time to time.

the point Publisher Public schools are routinely considered to be the anchor of the success of any community. You can’t have a successful community… without good public schools.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced on Tuesday the House will open an impeachment inquiry to investigate the possible involvement of President Joe Biden in the business dealings of his son Hunter Biden.

In a series of non sequiturs and tangents that grew increasingly bizarre toward the tail end of a global press conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, which had been scheduled to cap off the G20 summit in New Delhi, President Joe Biden made the pronouncement that he’s “going to go to bed.” Moments later, press aides called an end to the conference, seemingly in an effort to usher him off stage.

International scientists have jointly signed a declaration dismissing the existence of a climate crisis and insisting that carbon dioxide is beneficial to Earth. “There is no climate emergency,” the Global Climate Intelligence Group (CLINTEL) said in its World Climate Declaration, made public in August.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Justin Humphrey, R-Lane, submitted a letter last week to the state’s Attorney General, to the sheriff of Pushmataha County, to the governor and to other judicial and law enforcement agencies asking for an investigation into an alleged raid by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) on a Pushmataha County resident and business owner that resulted in the forfeiture of the man’s federal firearms license.

the point The last 50 days have been pretty big bummers for most of Southeast Oklahoma’s ag-producers as the lack of rainfall has brought dry-parched fields and scant second hay cuttings. As area schools spool back up, the amount of family hustle and bustle ratchets up as well.