Archive for April, 2006

A Travesty of Justice

On March 10, Pawnee County Judge Jefferson Sellers sentenced former Pawnee, OK Water Department Superintendent Gregory Lynn Bryant, 38, to thirty years in prison. Bryant had been convicted in November, 2005 of the anal rape of a thirteen year old girl he befriended at a small Creek County church. At the time of sentencing, Judge [...]

Thou Shall Not Pray

One of the most fascinating aspects of the current Oklahoma Legislature played out this week in the House chamber when two Representatives had to be physically separated as tempers flared. Such scenes are common in legislative bodies in some foreign countries, especially those just learning to deal with democracy and the various freedoms involved. They [...]

Monsters Among Us

Yes, there are monsters among us. Unlike fictional monsters in books and movies, real-life monsters for the most part look pretty much like normal people. They may work with us, they may live near us and for the most part they keep their monsterous nature to themselves. Then one day the evil inside them overcomes [...]

The Biting Truth

Publication Date: 4/14/06 Last Update: 4/14/06 Sometimes things happen for which there is no explanation. Sometimes weird behavior seems to run in cycles. Such is the case with an outlandish outbreak of biting in Oklahoma. The first such case surfaced in early December, 2005 when an unidentified 16 year old Chickasha, Oklahoma boy got into [...]

A Big Whoopsy In Enid, Oklahoma

Publication Date: 4/13/06 Last Update: 4/13/06 Saturday, March 11, 2006, was a very bad day for Johnny Ray Miller, 48, and Robert Allen Patterson, 24, of Enid, OK.  Before it was over they were both locked up in the Garfield County Jail on charges of conspiracy, manufacturing/transporting an incendiary device and arson. This dynamic duo came [...]