Seminole sixth-grader could face charges in connection with gun incident
BY SILAS ALLEN sallen@opubco.comSEMINOLE — A sixth-grader could face juvenile charges after Seminole school district officials say he brought a gun to school. Teachers found an unloaded .38-caliber...
View ArticleA federal judge has blocked a Tulsa compounding pharmacy from furnishing a...
By TIM TALLEYA federal judge late Wednesday temporarily blocked an Oklahoma compounding pharmacy from selling a drug to the Missouri Department of Corrections for use in an upcoming execution. The...
View ArticleThree Disney World employees nabbed in child sex sting
A valet attendant at an Orlando strip club is accused of bringing a McDonald's Happy Meal and condoms to what he thought was a sexual encounter with a 13-year-old in a vacant Clermont home, reports the...
View ArticleKy. high court to hear death penalty appeal of Oklahoma prison escapee
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSThe Kentucky Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in the case of a death row inmate who has twice won a new trial. The justices on Thursday will take up the case of 57-year-old...
View ArticleMan arrested after standoff in Oklahoma City had multiple arrest warrants
FROM STAFF REPORTSA man who was arrested Wednesday after a standoff with police in northwest Oklahoma City is named in multiple arrest warrants, including attempted burglary. James Jones, 31, was...
View ArticleA Mustang car wash employee is accused of stabbing manager
FROM STAFF REPORTSA Mustang car wash employee who allegedly stabbed his manager at work with a knife late Thursday afternoon has been located by police. Authorities said Jonathan Tran, 20, stabbed his...
View ArticleMan convicted of first-degree murder in Oklahoma City brawl stabbing
BY MATT DINGER mdinger@opubco.comA man who testified that he was defending his nephew during a brawl in southwest Oklahoma City was convicted of first-degree murder Thursday. Harry Garcia, 30, was...
View ArticleMan is convicted of killing Oklahoma City bar manager in 2011
BY MATT DINGER mdinger@opubco.comA jury on Thursday afternoon convicted an Oklahoma City man of shooting and killing a bar manager. Jerael Burton, 24, was sentenced to life in prison without the...
View ArticlePrisoners' use of smuggled cell phones on the rise nationwide, says Time,...
Juliana Keeping[img]2350883[/img] Time Magazine points out what reporters Andrew Knittle and Nolan Clay discovered a few months back — prisoners’ cell phone access is on the rise, and inmates are using...
View ArticleMan shot in northwest Oklahoma City
A man was shot in the 6500 block of W Wilshire late Monday morning, Oklahoma City police said. Kevin Johnson, 34, told police an unidentified man walked up to him and asked to borrow a lighter before...
View ArticleUPDATE: All clear given at school following bomb threat.
5:30 p.m.: A school spokesman said all school buildings at Western Oaks were cleared and no bomb was found.Read more on NewsOK.com
View ArticleNeighbor said man was acting drunk and disorderly before Norman shooting
BY JANE GLENN CANNONNORMAN — A man jailed in the shooting death of another man Saturday night was acting drunk and disorderly before the shooting occurred and may have become angry when a woman asked...
View ArticleMan arrested, accused of robbing Oklahoma City hotel
A man accused of robbing an Oklahoma City hotel early Monday was taken down by a police dog before being arrested, police said The Plaza Inn, 3200 S Prospect Ave., was robbed about 5:40 a.m.Read more...
View ArticleDuncan murder suspects may have shot up vehicles first
BY NOLAN CLAYDUNCAN — Two of the murder defendants accused of fatally shooting an Australian baseball player Aug.Read more on NewsOK.com
View ArticleMcClain County dispatch affected by vandalism
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSDIBBLE — Workers are repairing McClain County’s emergency communication equipment after someone vandalized a station near Dibble. McClain County deputies say someone cut a fence...
View ArticleArrest reported in Tecumseh homicide
FROM STAFF REPORTSTECUMSEH — One of two suspects wanted in a fatal shooting in Tecumseh is in custody, a local TV station reports. Authorities say Justin Moore was taken into custody Monday night.Read...
View ArticleOklahoma pharmacy won’t give drug for Missouri execution
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSTULSA — An Oklahoma pharmacy will not provide a drug for a scheduled execution next week in Missouri as part of a settlement with the death row inmate’s attorneys.Read more on...
View ArticleArizona father arrested on child abduction complaint in Oklahoma
An Arizona man wanted on a child abduction complaint in Missouri was arrested in Oklahoma City Monday with his 11-year-old daughter, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported. Andrew Smith, 46, was...
View ArticleOklahoma City police release video of larceny suspects
Oklahoma City police released a surveillance video of three women suspected of stealing more than $2,200 worth of merchandise from a store in the Penn Square Mall. Police were called about 2 p.m.Read...
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