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County sheriffs wield lethal power, face little accountability
Watch the CBS Reports documentary "King of the County: The Power of Sheriffs" in the video player above.County sheriff's officers are three times more lethal than city police, a CBS News investigation has found.More people were killed by U.S. law enforcement in 2023 than any other year in the past decade, outpacing population growth eightfold. But despite a focus on urban areas, fatal police violence is increasingly happening in small town America at the hands of sheriffs, the top law enforcement officials in counties nationwide.The revelation is part of the findings of a yearlong reporting effort that documented chronic misconduct...
McCurtain County commissioners cancel meeting scheduled 240 miles away in Oklahoma City
McCurtain County's Board of County Commissioners planned to meet in Oklahoma City Friday — about 240 miles away from where it normally meets — as part of a mediation effort to settle a long-running lawsuit. But the commission abruptly canceled that meeting late Wednesday, after being informed by...
First Watch: Stuff You Should Know
Why would McCurtain County commissioners be meeting in Edmond?. They shouldn’t, the attorney general’s office said. So the special meeting planned for Friday was cancelled. The state Open Meeting Act says public meetings should be convenient and accessible to the public. It also says one purpose of the...
Oklahoma hospital CEO defends rural health clinic closure
The decision to close McCurtain Memorial Urgent Care - Hochatown near Broken Bow, Okla., on April 28 has sparked confusion and controversy between local political and healthcare leaders. The clinic, which was one of three owned by McCurtain Memorial Hospital in Idabel, Okla., shuttered after it had "struggled since its...
McCurtain Memorial Hospital closes Hochatown clinic amid controversy
HOCHATOWN, Okla. (KTAL/KSHV) – At the end of April, officials announced the closure of the Hochatown Rural Health Clinic due to traffic concerns and hospital maintenance costs. McCurtain Memorial Hospital CEO Brian Whitfield said in a now deleted Facebook post that local residents avoid the clinic, which is primarily used by tourists, due to traffic […]
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