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The sheriff’s office questioned the authenticity of the audio, which was recorded and released by the McCurtain Gazette. The Oklahoma attorney general’s office investigated Clardy for possible ...
The Oklahoma Sheriffs’ Association suspended the McCurtain County sheriff and two other staffers Tuesday after they were secretly recorded talking about killing reporters and lynching Black ...
McCurtain County is one of Oklahoma's most racially diverse counties, but remains highly economically and racially segregated. [3] On March 6, the McCurtain Gazette-News brought suit against the McCurtain County Board of County Commissioners, the county Sheriff's Office, Sheriff Kevin Clardy, and county investigator Alicia Manning in federal ...
Bruce Willingham, the longtime publisher of the McCurtain Gazette-News, said the recording was made March 6 when he left a voice-activated recorder inside the room after a county commissioner’s ...
The McCurtain Gazette-News is a local newspaper published in McCurtain County, Oklahoma. Founded in Idabel, Oklahoma, in 1905, the paper gained national attention for recording and publishing audio of county officials leading to the 2023 McCurtain County, Oklahoma audio recording scandal.
A Tulsa woman filed a wrongful death lawsuit against officials in McCurtain County — the Oklahoma county where local leaders were caught on audio wishing they could still lynch Black people.
The next day, July 7, 1920, McCurtain County Sheriff John William DeWitt (1872–1933) of Valliant told the news media that Lamar County Sheriff William Everett "Eb" Clarkson (1875–1945) had confided in him—while in Idabel the night before searching for those who he thought were the actual killers—that he was sure that one, if not both ...
The Willingham family has lived in the county for 120 years and has operated The McCurtain County Gazette-News for 40 years. Founded in 1905, it is a print-only publication, a rarity in the ...