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Black Chronicle
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LeSures Told to Repay Re:  Adoption Fraud
Judge Says He Finds ‘Offensive’ Their Efforts at Hearing Not to Make Restitution $70 Grand, Plus Interest To Be Paid

The former judge who resigned prior to her and her husband’s arraignment on felony adoption fraud charges was ordered Thursday to repay the state. Former Oklahoma County District Judge Tammy Bass LeSure and Karlos LeSure, her husband, were told to repay nearly $70,000 plus interest they received from the state for adopting twin children. ..............READ MORE

 

The Tulsa Slayings
Gun Used in Rampage Possibly Weapon of Self-Defense Shooter
Suspect’s Father Killed in 2010 by Another Man

It may be that a gun used in a shooting rampage of last month is a weapon that was brandished by the man who prosecutors said acted in self-defense in 2010. That is the year the father of one of the suspects in the April 6 shooting was killed. The shooting rampage ended with the deaths of three men and the wounding of two others...............READ MORE

 

On Saturday
Perry Is Set to Be Commencement Speaker at LU

The publisher of The Black Chronicle and president of the Perry Publishing & Broadcasting Corp. will be the commencement speaker this weekend at Langston University.
Russell M. Perry will speak during commencement ceremonies that are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 12, at the W. E. Anderson Stadium.He will address the university’s 482 graduates...............READ MORE

 

Shumate Commends Curriculum
Action Makes a Bill He And McIntyre Authored Unnecessary, He Says

A Tulsa lawmaker is applauding the Oklahoma Board of Education for including a focus on the Tulsa race riot in new curriculum standards for public schools. State Rep. Jabar Shumate (Dem., Tulsa) issued a statement last week. “The new standards make clear that all Oklahoma public schools are to teach about the 1921 riot,” he said.  “It is important that Oklahoma children learn about the tragedy of the riot to ..............READ MORE

Doctor Says
Plenty of Blame in a Health System ‘Designed to Fail’

 

Just how broken is our health care system? 
Dr. Otis Webb Brawley, chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society, paints a grim picture in his new book “How We Do Harm:  a Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick In America.”
If the title alone doesn’t clue you in, the reader quickly discovers that Dr. Brawley is determined to make everyone as uncomfortable..............READ MORE

 

 

 

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