Here's the profile I wrote of Logan and her family from 13 months ago.
The Oklahoma agency originally in pursuit of Anthony Giancola called off the chase within minutes because of the grave danger to the public, while two different agencies later picked it back up.
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“I play the event over and over in my head and would give anything to have the ability to switch places with her,” Kim Guthrie-Harrel said. “She had such a bright future ahead of her and would have been such a great teacher.”
A year ago I wrote about Logan — vibrant and witty — and how her family is living in the fallout.
Vinita police called off their chase within minutes because of the grave danger to the public, while Rogers County deputies and a state trooper later picked it back up.
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Anthony Giancola of Rogersville, Missouri, was 17 when charged as an adult in the death of 23-year-old Logan Dawn Harrel. Giancola agreed to a sentence of 30 years in state prison.
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The wife of a motorcyclist hit and killed by a former Skiatook police officer in a chase through Tulsa for a speeding violation will appeal a federal judge's decision to grant qualified immunity to the officer and dismiss her civil rights claims.
A Mannford police officer admitted only briefly reviewing a woman's paperwork before trying to arrest her and engaging in a chase.
An Oklahoma trooper forced her car off the road, killing her and a passenger.
What police said about her isn't backed by evidence.
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A Mannford police officer admitted only briefly reviewing a woman's paperwork before trying to arrest her and engaging in a chase.
An Oklahoma trooper forced her car off the road, killing her and a passenger.
What police said about her isn't backed by evidence.
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Apparent deference or protection for law enforcement can pop up in small but notable ways.
Example: A state's criminal case witness list I just read largely IDs law enforcement by first *initial* and last name.
Non-LEOs generally are ID'd by full first and last names.
Why the special treatment?
via Minneapolis photographer Chris Juhn on Facebook
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
Wow. So likely I won't be able to vote in the 2026-2027 primaries unless I change my independent status. My tax dollars help fund these elections.
Colleague and friend Andrea Eger called me "pretty well-adjusted" today in the newsroom. I'm counting this as a big win and compliment. H/t to public schools and my parents.
How do you file a help ticket about the help ticket website when the help ticket website isn't working #EvergreenTweet
Story 3 of 3 from @ericferk.bsky.social:
Never charged criminally, an Oklahoma county's sheriff’s major resigned after the daughter of another of his alleged victims went public with the sexual abuse accusations upon her father’s death.
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Story 2 of 3 from myself:
A police detective, who failed to stop a girls basketball coach child predator for years, now has allegedly defended a boys basketball coach charged with secretly filming players.
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Story 1 of 3 from @ericferk.bsky.social and I:
A Lee Enterprises Public Service Journalism Team review of court records and interviews with former employees, lawyers, victims and witnesses reveals a concerning pattern.
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Protectors to abusers:
Here is the landing page for @ericferk.bsky.social and I's investigative reporting on a pattern of alleged sex abuse at the Canadian County Sheriff's Office in three stories
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My colleague @ericferk.bsky.social has our latest story arising from the Canadian County Sheriff's Office under Sheriff Chris West.
Police major's sex abuse of boys, men was common knowledge, multiple victims allege
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A police detective in Oklahoma, who failed to stop a girls basketball coach child predator for years, now has allegedly defended a boys basketball coach charged with secretly filming players in the locker room and sharing screenshots, according to my investigation.
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My latest is with @ericferk.bsky.social and out of Canadian County:
Cop raped female inmate, then handed her a stack of napkins. Is it a bigger pattern?
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I wrote a deep dive two years ago with @hayleighcolombo.bsky.social on how closed primaries shut out millions of voters in the U.S. from participation in elections their tax dollars fund: tulsaworld.com/news/nation-...
SQ 836 is a citizen petition effort to open up Oklahoma's primary elections.
In 2023, the American Massage Therapy Association estimated 3,000 to 8,000 massage therapists were practicing in Oklahoma — but only 1,743 were licensed, according to meeting minutes of the Massage Therapy Advisory Board.
The debate comes amid an unsettled future for massage therapy's regulatory board after Gov. Kevin Stitt criticized it and nearly ended its existence in May, suggesting it should be restructured or consolidated elsewhere.
Jane Goodall is probably the coolest person I've met.
I didn't ask her a question. She was there for the students, not me. I listened.
I ended my story with her response to a young child's question about who she would save if the world were ending: people or apes?
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A key fact the judge determined to be in dispute is whether former Skiatook Police Officer Leianne Richards intentionally or accidentally hit Michael McKee's motorcycle.
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A key fact the judge determined to be in dispute is whether former Skiatook Police Officer Leianne Richards intentionally or accidentally hit Michael McKee's motorcycle.
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Two Mannford police officers misled colleagues by falsely alleging a driver had tried to run over them when she fled a traffic stop for a paper tag issue.
And the state trooper who caused the deadly wreck didn’t seem to know two people were in the car.
My latest: tulsaworld.com/news/local/c...
Happy birthday! Just keep an eye out for vultures 👀
Two Mannford police officers misled colleagues by falsely alleging a driver had tried to run over them when she fled a traffic stop for a paper tag issue.
And the state trooper who caused the deadly wreck didn’t seem to know two people were in the car.
My latest: tulsaworld.com/news/local/c...
