Five McCurtain County lawsuits still active

MUSKOGEE — Eight lawsuits against the McCurtain County Board of Commissioners, the county jail trust and/or Sheriff Kevin Clardy and his deputies have been filed in Muskogee’s Eastern District federal court in the past eight years, and five of them are still active.

Judges contend McGirt applies to all 5 Tribes

OKLAHOMA CITY – In criminal cases triggered by the U.S. Supreme Court’s McGirt decision that Congress did not disestablish the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s reservation, state judges have ruled that the tribal reservations of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole nations have not been...