Toluwani Osibamowo
Law and Justice ReporterToluwani Osibamowo covers law and justice for KERA News. She joined the newsroom in 2022 as a general assignments reporter. She previously worked as a news intern for Texas Tech Public Media and copy editor for Texas Tech University’s student newspaper, The Daily Toreador, before graduating with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. She was named one of Current's public media Rising Stars in 2024. She is originally from Plano.
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The Texas Funeral Service Commission on Wednesday nonsuited its lawsuit accusing two ex-staff attorneys of violating attorney-client privilege in the midst of an ongoing feud between fired staff and commission heads. -
Texas funeral commission sues ex-staffers over public accusations, allegedly recording conversationsAfter interviews with KERA News about their firings from the Texas Funeral Service Commission, the regulatory agency is suing two ex-staff attorneys for allegedly violating their continuing obligation to keep details about the commission confidential. -
Just because uninvolved drivers and bystanders who become victims in high-speed police chases are often innocent doesn't mean they can easily pursue legal action for injuries or deaths. -
Two attorneys recently fired from the state's funeral regulation agency say the Attorney General's office sent them cease-and-desist letters shortly after they spoke about their experiences with KERA News. -
The Texas Funeral Service Commission fired staffers July 21 who are the latest to accuse the agency's presiding officer of unethical behavior and retaliation in connection with the firing of the commission's former executive director last month. -
The Texas Funeral Service Commission told the East Plano Islamic Center in March it was unlawfully operating as a funeral home. After EPIC responded with a lawsuit, the commission says the mosque can proceed with funeral and burial rites as before. -
After a roughly 20-minute hearing, Judge Austin Reeve Jackson rejected arguments by Roberson's attorney that his execution should be further delayed because of a pending appeal to the state's highest criminal court. -
Two of 11 people arrested in connection with the shooting of an Alvarado police officer at Prairieland Detention Center July 4 were previously arrested at protests. -
A KERA News analysis of disciplinary records for nearly 200 North Texas police officers found that while the state requires the same police driving training from all licensed peace officers and police departments have similar vehicle pursuit policies, discipline for violating those policies differ greatly from department to department. -
The East Plano Islamic Center alleges 11 congregants have died without proper funeral rites according to the Muslim faith since the Texas Funeral Service Commission ordered those services to stop in March. -
An Arlington resident of Palestinian descent told reporters and community members Thursday about the five months she spent in ICE detention centers under threat of deportation upon returning from her honeymoon. -
Ward Sakeik, an Arlington resident of Palestinian descent, had been in Texas immigration detention centers for 140 days after ICE agents detained her as she and her husband returned from their honeymoon to the U.S. Virgin Islands. It's unclear why she's been released.
