A southeast Oklahoma town hired a temporary acting police chief Thursday during a special meeting after placing its police chief on paid administrative leave and seeing its assistant chief resign
Oklahoma Watch sues Epic Charter Schools, seeking emails
A sign outside of 50 Penn Place in Oklahoma City, where Epic Charter Schools leases 40,000 square feet for administrative use. (Photo by Whitney Bryen/Oklahoma Watch)
Oklahoma Watch and reporter Jennifer Palmer have filed a lawsuit against Epic Charter Schools, asking the court to order the release of emails under the Oklahoma Open Records Act. The news organization first requested the documents on July 26.
Specifically, the lawsuit named Epic Blended Learning Centers, Epic One-on-One Charter School, and Superintendent Bart Banfield as defendants. Epic is a public charter school funded by taxpayers.
Palmer requested the emails to and from Epic co-founder Ben Harris dated Jan. 1, 2019 through July 25, 2020 that used his Epic Charter Schools address. Email, like traditional written correspondence, is treated as a document under the state’s Open Records Act.
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A group of people gathered in front of the Pottawatomie County District Attorneys office in Shawnee, asking the district attorney to file criminal charges and release information on Ronald Givenâs death June 6.
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Ronald Given
On a morning in Shawnee in January 2019, Ronald Gene Given was in a panicked frenzy.
A member of the Kiowa Tribe who friends nicknamed âHappy,â Given had walked into a Tractor Supply Co. and told employees someone was trying to kill him. He grabbed a shopping cart and started to ram it into the shopâs windows and pulled clothing off racks.
Tuesday, February 2nd 2021, 6:34 am
By: Caleb Califano
Oklahoma City -
The legal team for a 15-year-old that was killed by police back in November is pushing to get bodycam video of the shooting.
Stavian Rodriguez s team will be holding a news conference in regard to it OKC City Hall at 10 a.m. Tuesday. It will include Stavian Rodriguez s mother, Cameo Holland, her legal team, and a number of community leaders.
Police confronted Rodriguez on the scene of an alleged gas station robbery. Officers say they shot the 15-year-old after he failed to follow commands.
Rodriguez s legal team says they submitted an Outstanding Records request for the bodycam footage in December, but they say so far they have no video and no explanation on why it hasn t been released.