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Oklahoma DHS plans to hire search firm to help find new director Published: Tue, May 22, 2012 The Oklahoma Department of Human Services will hire a professional executive personnel search firm to identify qualified candidates for the director's job. Read More
$6.8 billion Oklahoma budget deal reached Updated: Mon, May 21, 2012 Oklahoma lawmakers and the governor agree on a $6.8 billion budget deal. Read More
Welfare drug-screening bill is signed into Oklahoma law Updated: Wed, May 16, 2012 Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed a measure Wednesday that requires the Department of Human Services to screen welfare recipients for drug use. DHS reports this practice is already used. Read More
Former Thunder announcer charged with lewd acts in front of a child Updated: Wed, May 16, 2012 James Alan Miller, 41, of Harrah, was charged Tuesday in Oklahoma County District Court. He was the Thunder's public address announcer until he was suspended May 10. Read More
Oklahoma lawmakers propose overhaul of Department of Human Services Published: Mon, May 14, 2012 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — State lawmakers are proposing a major overhaul of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services that includes abolishing the agency's current governing board and replacing it with four separate advisory panels, each charged with overseeing a different agency division. House Speaker Kris Steele... Read More
Charlotte Lankard: Speaking out against child abuse Updated: Sat, May 12, 2012 Combating child abuse is not just the task of the Department of Human Services. Too often we look the other way when we sense threatening situations because we don't want to believe people are capable of such evil. It is immoral for us do so. Read More
Lawsuit blames Oklahoma officials for 'Precious Doe' murder Published: Mon, May 14, 2012 A murdered girl's father says she would still be alive if Oklahoma corrections officials had contacted DHS when she was born while her mother was in prison. The mother gave the girl, Erica Green, to an acquaintance but then got Erica back after being released. The mother's then-boyfriend later killed the girl in... Read More
Oklahoma threatened with loss of federal funding Published: Sun, May 13, 2012 Federal officials are threatening Oklahoma with a loss of federal funding if the state continues to make public the child abuse histories of children who are killed or nearly killed by child abuse or neglect. Read More
Jury finds Del City father guilty in child neglect case Updated: Fri, May 11, 2012 At the Oklahoma County Courthouse, Christopher Dunham, 26, was found guilty of child neglect and drug charges in a motor home fire that killed his three young children. Read More
Thunder announcer accused in child sex crimes posts bail Updated: Fri, May 11, 2012 James Allan Miller, 41, of Harrah, was arrested Thursday on three complaints of lewd or indecent acts with a child under 16. He has not been charged in Oklahoma County. Miller also is under investigation in Pontotoc County, police say. Read More
Oklahoma County jury begins deliberations in deadly RV fire Updated: Thu, May 10, 2012 Jury deliberations begin in child neglect trial of Del City father Christopher Dunham, whose three children died Jan. 4, 2011, in a recreational vehicle fire. Read More
Monitors in child-welfare settlement won't approve Oklahoma DHS plan as-is Updated: Wed, May 9, 2012 The monitors overseeing the child-welfare improvement plan for the Oklahoma Department of Human Services will not give their approval to the latest version, according to a statement Wednesday morning. The improvement plan -- referred as the Pinnacle Plan -- is the agreement made to settle a federal... Read More
DHS worker testifies in Del City child neglect case Updated: Tue, May 8, 2012 Del City fire inspector, Department of Human Services worker testified at the trial of Christopher Lee Dunham, 26, about drug use of defendant and wife, whose young children died in motor home fire. Read More
Top candidates emerge for DHS director's post Published: Sun, May 6, 2012 A former U.S. ambassador to South Africa and a retired Tennessee DHS deputy commissioner have emerged as the top two candidates to serve as the new director of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services. Read More
Oklahoma DHS officials tweak reform plan Updated: Wed, May 2, 2012 Babies would no longer be housed in state shelters by the end of the year and actions would be taken to improve DHS customer service under a revised state child welfare reform plan submitted this week. Read More
Man found tethered inside Edmond home Updated: Wed, May 2, 2012 A woman who found a dog wandering free in an Edmond neighborhood discovered a man with a cable padlocked around his ankle Wednesday evening, police said. Read More
Patience important as DHS works to ease foster care backlog Published: Sun, Apr 29, 2012 CHILD welfare advocates have been begging for years for wholesale changes at the state Department of Human Services. Some of those changes are coming fast. Others will take time. Balancing patience with a righteous sense of urgency to get help for our state's most vulnerable children will be a continuing challenge.... Read More
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DHS Investigative Team

Nolan Clay


Sr. Reporter- Courts/ Investigative

Nolan Clay was born in Oklahoma and has worked as a reporter for The Oklahoman since 1985. He covered the Oklahoma City bombing trials and witnessed bomber Tim McVeigh's execution. His investigative reports have brought down public officials, exposed shysters and resulted in reforms in such areas as day care oversight and workers' compensation court. He is a proud father and longtime fan of University of Oklahoma football. His wedding in 2001 was on the 50-yard line of OU's football field.

Randy Ellis


Investigative Reporter

For the past 30 years, staff writer Randy Ellis has exposed public corruption and government mismanagement in news articles. Ellis has investigated problems in Oklahoma's higher education institutions and wrote stories that ultimately led to two college presidents being sentenced to prison and a former chancellor being forced to resign. He has written about abuses of Oklahoma's workers' compensation system, corruption in the state's municipal bond industry, bid-rigging by county officials, self-dealing by state housing officials, misconduct involving state legislators and a variety of other topics. Ellis has won more than 80 state, regional and national awards for journalistic excellence. Prior to joining The Oklahoman in 1982, Ellis worked at Arkansas newspapers. He is a 1977 graduate of Kansas State University.



Oklahoma DHS: Child Welfare timeline 2005 — 2011


Timeline compiled by Nick Tankersley, web editor