Norman contractor faces embezzlement charges
By Brianna Bailey, Business WriterAttorney General Scott Pruitt has charged the owner of a Norman construction company with six counts of embezzlement after he allegedly never completed jobs he was...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man shot in northwest Oklahoma City Wednesday
FROM STAFF REPORTS11 a.m. The man who was shot Wednesday morning is undergoing surgery, police said.Read more on NewsOK.com
View ArticleOklahoma County sheriff searches for man charged with manslaughter
FROM STAFF REPORTSThe Oklahoma County sheriff’s department is searching for a man charged with manslaughter in connection with a 2012 crash that killed a man. John Longan, 35, was the driver of a...
View ArticleBallet dancer gets another opportunity to sue Oklahoma City in connection...
BY ROBERT BOCZKIEWICZ, For The OklahomanDENVER — A ballet dancer who was arrested on a disorderly conduct complaint while exercising in an Oklahoma City park in high heels and with a cane is getting...
View ArticleNorman jury recommends life without parole for Oklahoma City man
Jane Glenn Cannon, Staff WriterNORMAN — One of three people charged with killing an Oklahoma City man in a 2012 home invasion in Cleveland County was convicted Tuesday of first-degree murder.Read more...
View ArticleNorman state representative reels after his golf ball mailbox is stolen
By Rick M. Green, Capitol BureauNORMAN — On the curb outside of state Rep. Bobby Cleveland’s business office sat a white mailbox in the shape of a giant golf ball above a post made to look like a golf...
View ArticleFormer American Legion official charged with methamphetamine possession
BY NOLAN CLAY, Staff WriterEL RENO — A former American Legion official has been charged with methamphetamine possession after the illegal drug was found during a search of his home. David Austin...
View ArticleFormer Oklahoma County sheriff's lieutenant charged with manslaughter in...
By Matt Dinger, Staff WriterA former Oklahoma County sheriff’s office lieutenant has been charged in court with second-degree manslaughter in the case of an inmate who died after having his shoulder...
View ArticleShooting reported in northwest Oklahoma City on Wednesday night
FROM STAFF REPORTSA man was shot Wednesday night, and found in the middle of a northwest Oklahoma City street, the Oklahoma City police reported. The shooting reportedly happened before 10 p.m.Read...
View ArticleJury deadlocks in Lawton police shooting trial
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSLAWTON— A Comanche County judge has declared a mistrial for a man charged in a shootout that wounded a Lawton Police Department sergeant. Prosecutors and defense attorneys both...
View ArticleTeen is arrested in connection with northwest Oklahoma City shooting, robbery
FROM STAFF REPORTSAn Oklahoma City teen was arrested early Thursday in connection with the shooting and robbery of another teen Wednesday night. Before 9:30 p.m.Read more on NewsOK.com
View ArticleMan stabbed on dance floor of Oklahoma City nightclub
FROM STAFF REPORTSAn Oklahoma City man was stabbed on the dance floor of an Oklahoma City nightclub early Thursday, according to police. Police Sgt.Read more on NewsOK.com
View ArticleEdmond police seeks help in finding missing teenager
FROM STAFF REPORTSEDMOND — The Edmond police is asking for the public’s help in finding a missing teenager. Tatiyana Amariea French, 15, has been missing since April and is known to visit the Penn...
View ArticleOklahoma news briefs, June 13
In brief Fairland Death ruled accidental The death of a Delaware County man initially investigated as a suspicious incident by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation was accidental, according to...
View ArticleOklahoma City man charged with murder in ex-girlfriend's beating death
By Matt Dinger, Staff WriterAn Oklahoma City man accused of beating his ex-girlfriend to death last month has been charged with first-degree murder. Reginald Arthur Lancaster was arrested May 29 and...
View ArticleOklahoma County judge rules not enough evidence to send former jailers to trial
By Matt Dinger, Staff WriterTwo former Oklahoma County jail officers walked out of a courtroom Thursday after a judge ruled that there wasn’t enough evidence to support proceeding with an assault and...
View ArticleTwo die after accidents on Oklahoma roadways, officials say
FROM STAFF REPORTSOne man is dead and another is in jail after a head-on collision in Oklahoma City early Thursday, and a motorcyclist died after a Tuesday accident in Logan County, authorities...
View ArticleAuthorities report woman who died in May Oklahoma City homicide was pregnant
FROM STAFF REPORTSA woman who died in a May homicide in Oklahoma City was pregnant, which brings to 24 the number of homicides being investigated in the city this year, police said. Maria Esther...
View ArticleOklahoma telephone company Icon Telecom Inc. and owner plead guilty in fraud...
By Jay F. Marks, Business WriterAn Oklahoma telephone company and its owner pleaded guilty Thursday to charges stemming from a scheme to defraud a federal subsidy program out of more than $25 million....
View ArticleMan injured after officer-involved shooting in Oklahoma City
BY LEIGHANNE MANWARREN, Staff WriterA man was shot by police Thursday evening after a store owner told police that the man was waving a knife around a northwest Oklahoma City shopping center, the...
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