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Man sentenced in 2011 designer drug deaths of two Oklahoma college students
BY SHEILA STOGSDILLADA — A Pontotoc County man was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for giving a lethal designer drug cocktail to two college students. Cody Weddle, 22, was sentenced in Pontotoc...
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UPDATE: Police say unattended suitcase found near ATF building in downtown...
FROM STAFF REPORTSAn unattended suitcase on a downtown sidewalk prompted police to close streets and a parking garage and to evacuate workers from nearby buildings Monday morning. The suitcase was...
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Former Oklahoma substitute teacher arrested on rape complaint
BY JULIANA KEEPING Staff Writer jkeeping@opubco.comA former substitute teacher is accused of raping a woman after a bachelorette party in Bricktown, police said. Oklahoma City police arrested Terry...
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Oklahoma City man accused of raping 11-month-old girl, 5-year-old boy
BY JULIANA KEEPING jkeeping@opubco.comA man is accused of raping two children, including an 11-month-old girl. Police arrested Nathan Dewayne McKinney, 30, of Oklahoma City, after the baby girl and her...
View ArticleOklahoma man arrested on accusation that he cut brother in argument
By Zack Stoycoff, Tulsa WorldA man was arrested early Tuesday on an accusation that he cut his brother during an argument at a house, Tulsa police said.Read more on NewsOK.com
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Oklahoma inmate's execution stay request denied
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an Oklahoma death row inmate's request for a stay of execution. The request by Michael Hooper was turned down in a two-sentence ruling issued...
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Oklahoma man accused of ramming man with truck badly beaten, arrested after...
By Zack Stoycoff, Tulsa WorldOWASSO - A man was arrested Monday on allegations that he rammed a man with a pickup truck during a weekend bar fight that left him swollen and unconscious with two...
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Oklahoma City police 'dropped the ball' in death notification, police chief says
BY ANDREW KNITTLE aknittle@opubco.comOklahoma City Police Chief Bill Citty said the department “dropped the ball” in notifying the family of Robin Leander Howard, who died in June after a physical...
View ArticleAuthorities investigate suspicious death, homicide in McIntosh County
FROM STAFF REPORTSTwo suspicious deaths are under investigation in McIntosh County, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation announced Tuesday. Robert Hall, 55, was found dead Monday night near...
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Purcell man accused of injecting sister with meth is charged with murder
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comA Purcell man who admitted injecting his teenage sister with methamphetamine twice before she died last month was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder, records...
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Contents of Jesus House warehouse charred in suspicious fires
BY MATT DINGER mdinger@opubco.comFour fires broke out at the same time inside the Jesus House warehouse Tuesday night, and authorities are calling them suspicious. Just before 9 p.m., a fire was...
View ArticleOklahoma man executed for killing ex-girlfriend, kids
By TIM TALLEYOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma death row inmate who tried to delay his execution by challenging the state's lethal injection method was executed Tuesday evening just hours after the U.S....
View ArticleGunshots hit two women in north Oklahoma City early Wednesday
FROM STAFF REPORTSTwo women were shot in north Oklahoma City early Wednesday, police report. Both women are being treated at OU Medical Center.Read more on NewsOK.com
View ArticleUPDATE: House hit with firebomb in northwest Oklahoma City early Wednesday,...
FROM STAFF REPORTS7:25 a.m. Police say a firebomb was used to start a fire at a house at 3729 NW 26 in northwest Oklahoma City early Wednesday.Read more on NewsOK.com
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Jury: Tulsa courthouse suspect mentally competent
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A man accused of opening fire outside a Tulsa courthouse is mentally competent to stand trial, a jury found Wednesday, despite pleas from his father that his son is a paranoid...
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Homeless woman arrested on child endangerment, assault and battery,...
BY LEIGHANNE MANWARREN lmanwarren@opubco.comOklahoma City police say they arrested a homeless woman Tuesday at a Walmart store when she became belligerent. Police responded to a shoplifting call about...
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Fire official: Del City man admits setting fire so wife wouldn't find out...
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comDEL CITY — A Del City man who admitted setting fire to a house so his wife wouldn't know they were being evicted, was charged Wednesday with second-degree arson,...
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Law officers from Oklahoma, three other states cracking down on drunken drivers
BY SHEILA STOGSDILLJOPLIN, Mo. — Nearly 100 law enforcement officers from four states turned out Wednesday morning to kick off a program to crack down on drunken drivers. Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and...
View ArticleFederal agents seize 66 pounds of meth, $323,000 in cash from house in...
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comFederal agents seized more than 66 pounds of methamphetamine and $323,000 in cash from a “stash” house in northwest Oklahoma City where drugs and money were kept,...
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Carina Saunders' autopsy report released months after Oklahoma woman's body...
BY ANDREW KNITTLE aknittle@opubco.comThe state medical examiner released an autopsy report Wednesday on Carina Saunders, the 19-year-old Mustang woman whose remains were found behind a Bethany grocery...
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