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Thursday, September 24, 2026 • Rain returns to the forecast. 86-89. 🌧️
🔎 Story I’m following closely: This rural Oklahoma town doesn’t want a data center. It may not be able to stop the project (The Frontier)
🎙️ Oklahoma Memo Podcast: Jeremy and I break down OSU’s game at West Virginia and give our final predictions. You can watch the full conversation here, or listen to it below:
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Can Oklahoma State Stop Michael Hawkins Jr. in Morgantown?
Poll results:
We received 238 votes on the Wednesday poll, “Should Oklahoma cities do more to prevent evictions before they happen?”
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Yes. prevention is better than displacement. (111)
🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ No, landlords and tenants should handle it. (65)
🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ Depends on how the program works (50)
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Not sure (12)
New poll question at the bottom of today’s newsletter. (You can also suggest a poll question by emailing me at [email protected].)
Rural Oklahoma sheriff's office facing several lawsuits for keeping residents' seized, stolen items
Grady County Sheriff’s Office in Chickasha, Oklahoma, with one of its now-retired Ford Victoria police cars parked in front of the entrance.
By Lionel Ramos, KOSU
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The Grady County Sheriff’s Office is being accused of keeping seized or stolen property. Several people have sued the sheriff, hoping to get their stuff back.
The latest case, filed in the Grady County District Court last month, alleges the Grady County sheriff’s office claimed an ATV reported stolen in Payne County in 2020, after the item turned up in their jurisdiction a year later.
Stillwater resident Stacey McCurry is the plaintiff. He told KOCO he only found out the sheriff’s office a few counties over had his quad bike when the vehicle was flagged in the National Crime Information Center’s (NCIC) system this year, and the Payne County sheriff’s office called him about it.
But when McCurry called the office in Grady County, run by Sheriff Gary Boggess, deputies refused to return the vehicle. On June 9 last year, Boggess filed a petition claiming ownership of the ATV and asking the district court judge to grant him a title for it. The judge granted the title the same day.
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The Oklahoma Rundown 📰
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Here’s what’s happening in Oklahoma today:
National Dems enter House race for Oklahoma's 5th District (The Oklahoman)*
Armstrong, Hern clash over Oklahoma U.S. Senate transition (News 9)
Edmond girl, 11, admits to fatally shooting her 15-year-old brother, police say (KOCO)
“Delay usually favors the defense”: What’s really taking so long in the Epic Charter case (Oklahoma Watch)
Remains exhumed in Ada ‘Innocent Man’ murder case (KXII)
Inola smelter developers release economic impact study (Tulsa World)*
Fatal 2025 Choctaw Nation Capitol fireworks explosion draws charges (NonDoc)
Ascension St. John Nowata lost inpatient care. What happens next? (StateImpact Oklahoma)
Divided Tulsa council punts on decision for independent police monitor (Tulsa Flyer)
Two ethical oddities part of Rep. Danny Williams probe (NonDoc)
Public intoxication charge dismissed against Oklahoma secretary of state (Oklahoma Voice)
Naked man rides electric scooter through Midwest City neighborhood (KFOR)
Blame it all on his roots! Garth Brooks announces 3 hometown shows (KJRH)
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