TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A Tulsa woman's 9-year-old daughter told investigators her mother held her and her two sisters hostage in their home for a week before the woman allegedly stabbed her 11-year-old daughter 50 to 70 times, struck her head with a pickaxe and set the home on fire. The woman, 39-year-old Taheerah Ahmad, is accused of attacking her eldest daughter Monday night and fleeing with her 8-year-old daughter, who was found safe with her mother Tuesday.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma's director of child services says she's resigning because of the stress of her job and the pressure of implementing a 2012 legal agreement. The Oklahoman reports that Jami Ledoux announced her resignation Tuesday as the director of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services' child welfare division. Her resignation is effective May 31. Ledoux specifically mentioned "the added stress and pressure" of a 2012 settlement agreement the department entered into following a civil rights lawsuit.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An Oklahoma City trust has approved $1.7 million worth of incentives for Amazon in exchange for job creation and capital investment at the company's new order-fulfillment center. The Journal Record reports that the Oklahoma City Economic Development Trust approved the incentives Tuesday. The money would come from general obligation limited tax bond debt if approved by City Council. The retail giant promises to hire more than 1,700 people at its new Oklahoma City fulfillment center.
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) - One of the largest Native American tribes is being praised as a model for its aggressive program to test for and treat hepatitis C. The Oklahoma-based Cherokee Nation has screened more than half of its target of 80,000 citizens for the potentially fatal liver disease. The tribe says it is seeing a 90 percent cure rate. The Cherokees operate the largest tribal health care system in the U.S.
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