WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: The Internal Revenue Service announced today that almost 940,000 people across the nation have unclaimed refunds for tax year 2020 but face a May 17 deadline to submit their tax returns. The IRS estimates more than $1 billion in refunds remain unclaimed because people haven't filed their 2020 tax returns yet. The average median refund is $932 for 2020, and  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, March 26 -- The Oklahoma State Senate issued the following statement on March 25, 2024, by State Sen. Bill Coleman, R-Ponca City: * * * Sen. Bill Coleman, R-Ponca City, released the following statement on Monday after the passing of his friend and mentor, Marlin "Ike" Glass Jr. A member of the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, Glass, of Newkirk, was a veteran and savvy businessman who served 18 years on the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education after being appointed to his   more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, March 26 -- The Oklahoma State Senate issued the following news release: Recently, Sen. Micheal Bergstrom, R-Adair, attended a presentation ceremony to celebrate the grant awarded to the city of Ketchum for the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) Healthy Incentive grant. The grant aims to promote healthier lifestyles and combat tobacco use within the community. The grant presentation highlighted the collaborative efforts between state and local organizat  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, March 26 -- The Oklahoma City government issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: A special permit application for the proposed Oklahoma County jail facility was filed with the City of Oklahoma City on Thursday, March 14. City staff met noticing deadlines to have the item considered at the April 11 Planning Commission meeting. The meeting will be held at 1:30 p.m. in the City Council Chamber, 200 N Walker Ave. and will be streamed to the City's YouTube Chan  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The FBI issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: Director Christopher Wray has named Rebecca A. Day as the special agent in charge of the Anchorage Field Office in Alaska. Ms. Day most recently served as a section chief in the Critical Incident Response Group at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Ms. Day joined the FBI as a special agent in 2006 and was assigned to the Las Vegas Field Office, where she investigated organized crime and drug matters and serv  more

TULSA, Oklahoma, March 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: Today, U.S. District Judge J. Phillip Calabrese sentenced Josiah Gammill, 21, to 604 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release for Murder in the Second Degree. According to court documents, in March 2021, Gammill was driving with Hunter Majors. They pulled off the side of a back road to use the restroom. Gammill retrieved a  more

TULSA, Oklahoma, March 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: Today, U.S. District Judge Terence C. Kern sentenced Phillip Barry Albert, 64, of Tulsa, to 30 months imprisonment, followed by 1 year of supervised release, for Tax Evasion. Judge Kern further ordered Albert to pay more than $3.6 million in restitution. According to court documents, from 2004 through 2021, Phillip Barry Albert was the Presiden  more

TULSA, Oklahoma, March 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: Today, U.S. District Judge J. Phillip Calabrese sentenced Martin Andrew Breshears, 56, Tulsa to 120 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release for Assault with Intent to Commit Murder in Indian Country. In June 2022, Breshears assaulted the wheelchair-confined victim on two separate occasions. The first assault was with a br  more