A Logan County judge recently ordered Jack Aaron Logsdon to pay almost $1.2 million restitution and sentenced him to 29 years incarceration for swindling his friends in a land and cattle scheme, Attorney General Drew Edmondson said.

A jury Sept. 14 found Logsdon guilty on 16 counts including racketeering, fraudulent sale of a security, obtaining money by false pretenses and forgery.[more]

Tulsa businessman Chris Ohman has filed a counterclaim to the suit filed against him by the Lance Armstrong Foundation.

Armstrong’s lawsuit, filed in federal court in Austin,Texas, said that pet collars being marketed by Ohman bearing the words “BARKSTRONG” and “PURRSTRONG” infringes on its trademark for “LIVESTRONG.”

Ohman’s countersuit dismisses the foundation’s claims as frivolous and is seeking a stay on the Armstrong suit pending a…[more]

The Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture is again soliciting grant proposals from agricultural producers across Oklahoma interested in conducting research or demonstration projects.

Grants can be funded for up to $3,500 for a two-year project and up to $7,500 for a three-year project.

This is the tenth year of the successful and popular program.

“Agriculture has changed and will continue to change,” said Alan…[more]

According to the Oklahoma Main Street Center’s most recent reinvestment figures, there has been a total of over $593 million reinvested into Main Street districts across the state, $400 million of which came from private funding sources.

These figures include reinvestment from over 60 communities that have participated in the project since 1986 when the Oklahoma Main Street Center was established to assist communities in preserving and revitalizing…[more]

A man walking in front of the Tulsa County Courthouse last Friday drew more than a few stares from passersby. At least one called the police to report him.

It seems that the man was wearing one end of a pair of handcuffs, the other end dangling free and it appeared he may have escaped custody. The “goth” clothing he wore also made observers suspicious.

According…[more]

Despite the fact that America boasts of one of the most effective judicial and criminal systems in the world, we still struggle mightily with the problem of dealing with sex offenders who prey on innocent victims. American society has yet to find an ideal approach to dealing with this social problem.

This concern has resurfaced in recent weeks due to various high-profile sex crimes in media. With the…[more]

The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation’s third annual Oklahoma Wildlife Expo drew about 40,000 people to the Lazy E Arena Sept. 28-30.

“This was our most successful Expo yet,” said Greg Duffy, director of the Wildlife Department. “But the success of this year’s Expo was huge on many levels. The people of Oklahoma came together for three days of enjoying our state’s outdoor heritage, and we did that…[more]

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that a $600,000 grant for land conservation efforts along Spavinaw Creek in northeastern Oklahoma will be awarded to the Tulsa Metropolitan Utility Authority (TMUA) and the Land Legacy organization.

“The City of Tulsa is proud to partner with Land Legacy in this important effort,” said Mayor Kathy Taylor.  “This combined program will preserve water quality for the City by compensating cooperating…[more]