Raye Dawn Smith, charged with child abuse/permitting child abuse, in the death of Kelsey Smith-Briggs, age 2, was today found guilty of enabling child abuse by a Creek County jury in Bristow.
The jury recommended a 27 year prison sentence.
Formal sentencing is currently set for August 23rd.
News media coverage:
Mother guilty in Kelsey Briggs abuse case
Mother Convicted [...]
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MSNBC in a report titled “Turmoil in Tulsa: The illegal immigration wreck” presents a reasonably balanced report on the current situation regarding illegal immigration in Tulsa.
No one is happy with the current state of affairs and this report does provide at least passing attention to the several “sides” of the issue, including the political battle [...]
The trial of Raye Dawn Smith, accused with child abuse/permitting child abuse, in the death of Kelsey Smith-Briggs, age 2, is set to start today in Creek County District Court in Bristow. The trial was moved to Bristow owing to concerns over finding an impartial jury in Chandler.
The prosecution will be led by Richard [...]
Another flim-flam has hit consumers of electric service from AEP-PSO.
Yesterday the utility raised rates by $8.6 million, supposedly to offset increased costs for meter reading and billing according to the Tulsa World.
Also according to the Tulsa World:
Under state law, AEP-PSO can institute some or all of the requested $47.9 million increase sought in the [...]
