The money is collected from fees, court costs and other similar items and then goes to the state, which later disperses it to other agencies, like Oklahoma Highway Patrol. This adds to an already tight budget for the Stephens County courthouse and the county as a whole. Graham said they had already been acting on a less than full budget. “We are entitled to have three court reporters,” he said. “I have one full time court reporter and another court reporter that I got on contract throughout the state for 10 days a month. We are jiggling and jangling constantly to make it work.” The Courthouse budget has to be sent into the state by May 1. The board will do the county budget later, closer to June and....MORE
