Victim's parents frustrated after former Sand Springs teacher gets probation...
By AMANDA BLAND Tulsa WorldThe life of Shasta and Adam Belty’s son was turned upside down when he got mired in a sex scandal with a Sand Springs teacher. But two years later the teacher “got a slap on...
View ArticleWashington state investigators seek help identifying body of man with...
FROM STAFF REPORTSInvestigators in Washington state are asking for help identifying the body of a man they think may be from Oklahoma. The body was found March 6, 1998, in Tumwater, Wash., Oklahoma...
View ArticleIRS warns of email scam
FROM STAFF REPORTS In brief IRS warns of email scam The Internal Revenue Service is warning taxpayers of a scam involving fake emails from a legitimate organization inside the agency. The emails appear...
View ArticleOklahoma woman arrested, charged in 1992 deaths
BY NOLAN CLAY, Staff WriterBRISTOW — After being “saved” at church, Beverly Sue Noe said last year she had confessed all her sins except one, a state agent reported. She said she would take that one to...
View ArticleFamily of missing Oklahoma teenager desperate for clues
By Jennifer Palmer, Staff WriterWILSON — The family of a missing Wilson teen hopes answers to her whereabouts are revealed in a court case against the man last seen with her. Charges of endangering...
View ArticleMuskogee man shoots, kills alleged robber of neighbor’s home
STAFF REPORTSMUSKOGEE — A Muskogee man who shot and killed a man during an alleged home robbery Saturday night told police he acted in self-defense. About 9:45 p.m., Muskogee police responded to a call...
View ArticleInmate killed at Oklahoma state prison by another inmate
By Graham Lee Brewer, Staff WriterHELENA — An offender at a state prison in Helena was killed by a fellow inmate, a state Corrections Department spokesman said Sunday. About 7:30 a.m.Read more on...
View ArticleOklahoma woman hospitalized, reports assault
FROM STAFF REPORTSWESTVILLE — Two Adair County men are persons of interest in connection with a Saturday assault in Westville, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation reported Sunday. OSBI agents...
View ArticleShooting reported on Oklahoma City's Martin Luther King Avenue
FROM STAFF REPORTSA woman was shot Sunday night in northeast Oklahoma City, police reported. Officers were called shortly before 9 p.m.Read more on NewsOK.com
View ArticleHeir's sentence raises questions in child rape case
WILMINGTON, Del. -- A judge who sentenced a wealthy du Pont heir to probation for raping his 3-year-old daughter noted in her order that he "will not fare well" in prison and needed treatment instead...
View ArticleUPDATE: Woman shot and killed in northeast Oklahoma City was pregnant
FROM STAFF REPORTSA woman shot and killed in northeast Oklahoma City on Sunday night was pregnant, police reported Monday afternoon. The deaths of Latisha Shaw, 18, and her unborn child will be treated...
View ArticleBest-selling Oklahoma writer gets to keep his law license despite...
By Nolan Clay, Staff WriterAn Oklahoma attorney who writes best-selling legal thrillers is being allowed to keep his law license despite four arrests for drunken driving and one for public...
View ArticleMan gets 23 years for Tulsa courthouse shooting
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A 25-year-old man has been formally sentenced to more than 23 years in prison for shooting into a crowded Tulsa plaza in 2012 and wounding a sheriff’s deputy and a bystander. Andrew...
View ArticleOklahoma court upholds conviction in boy’s death
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A man convicted of first-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son has lost an appeal of his life prison sentence. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals on...
View ArticleOSBI investigates homicide in Choctaw County in Oklahoma
FROM STAFF REPORTSBOSWELL — Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agents have been asked to help investigate a homicide in Choctaw County. Angel Ramirez Huerta, 22, of the Choctaw County area, was...
View ArticleMurdered inmate's name released
By Graham Lee Brewer, Staff WriterHELENA — Sex offender Timothy Dunivan has been identified as the inmate who was killed Saturday at the James Crabtree Correctional Center. Dunivan, 61, was assaulted...
View ArticleCourt charges Oklahoma City attorney with six counts, including sex acts with...
By Matt Dinger, Staff WriterAn Oklahoma City attorney arrested earlier this month on complaints of engaging in lewd acts with an inmate is now charged with trying to prevent the inmate from testifying...
View ArticleOklahoma City police seek three men in connection with fatal shooting
FROM STAFF REPORTSPolice are seeking three men in connection with the fatal shooting of a woman and her unborn child Sunday. Latisha Shaw, 18, was found shot in a parking lot in the 2600 block of...
View ArticleFormer Canadian County CASA official accused of embezzling more than $70,000
By Jonathan Sutton, Staff WriterEL RENO - The former director of an organization that advocates for abused and neglected children was arrested Monday on 72 complaints of embezzlement. Traci Owens, 45,...
View ArticleNorth Carolina grandmother accused of stealing grandson's inheritance
By Sheila Stogsdill, For The OklahomanMIAMI, OK — A North Carolina grandmother was being held in the Ottawa County jail Tuesday after she was charged with stealing her grandson’s inheritance. Francis...
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