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COUNTY SALES AND USE TAX RECEIPTS

COUNTY SALES AND USE TAX RECEIPTS

Sales, use tax payments begin to drop in May

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, May 21, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – This month’s distribution of sales and use tax collections by the Oklahoma Tax Commission showed the first indications of the slowdown in the economy from the energy industry slump and the coronavirus pandemic.
Coronavirus causing resident to throw away more than usual amount of trash.

Coronavirus causing resident to throw away more than usual amount of trash.

COVID causes trash outpouring across Southwest Oklahoma

Ledger Staff
Thursday, May 21, 2020
There’s nothing good to say or report about the coronavirus pandemic sweeping across the state or the nation. But in the southwestern part of the Sooner State there appears to be a new phenomenon afflicting hundreds, perhaps thousands of Oklahomans at the same time.
Seat-back cushions are lined up on bleachers at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium at the University of Oklahoma in Norman.

Seat-back cushions are lined up on bleachers at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium at the University of Oklahoma in Norman.

College sports mulling over return to play in light of COVID crisis

Michael Kinney
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Since mid-March, the sports world has been at a standstill. Whether it is professional leagues, the college ranks or even youth athletics, the overwhelming majority of athletes have been in a wait-and-see mode as the country deals with the COVID-19 crisis.
Southwest Ledger photo by Curtis Awbrey About a dozen Oklahoma Department of Corrections vehicles were staged Wednesday in Lawton’s Central Mall parking lot adjacent to the Comanche County Detention Center. DOC transferred 70+ male inmates from the Comanche County jail to a state prison in Sayre to relieve some of the crowding in the CCDC, which has been ravaged by the coronavirus.

Southwest Ledger photo by Curtis Awbrey About a dozen Oklahoma Department of Corrections vehicles were staged Wednesday in Lawton’s Central Mall parking lot adjacent to the Comanche County Detention Center. DOC transferred 70+ male inmates from the Comanche County jail to a state prison in Sayre to relieve some of the crowding in the CCDC, which has been ravaged by the coronavirus.

Corrections Department Takes 70+ Inmates From Comanche County Detention Center

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY (20 May 2020) – The Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) transferred “70+” inmates from the Comanche County Detention Center (CCDC) to a state prison Wednesday, Comanche County Commissioner Johnny Owens reported.
State agencies are devising a plan to remove healthy inmates from the Comanche County Detention Center and placing them at another facility.

State agencies are devising a plan to remove healthy inmates from the Comanche County Detention Center and placing them at another facility.

Efforts Under Way to Relieve Crowding in Detention Center

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – Two state agencies are taking steps to remove as many inmates as possible from the Comanche County Detention Center until the coronavirus that has ravaged the jail is brought under control.
The Department of Corrections, Comanche County Commissioner and Facilities Authority Chairman Johnny Owens said that the Comanche County Detention Center was not equipped to deal with the pandemic.

The Department of Corrections, Comanche County Commissioner and Facilities Authority Chairman Johnny Owens said that the Comanche County Detention Center was not equipped to deal with the pandemic.

Comanche County Detention Center cited numerous times for overcrowding

From The Ledger Staff
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
LAWTON – The jail at ground zero of one of the largest Covid-19 outbreak in Oklahoma has been cited numerous times for overcrowding and was found not to be in substantial compliance with established state health standards any of the three times it was inspected last year, documents obtained by the...
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