Bills would bring 14% prison growth
Oklahoma's prison population will continue to grow in the years ahead the only question is how much.
Oklahoma's prison population will continue to grow in the years ahead the only question is how much.
About 100 seniors received relaxing massages, medication education and financial advice all free of charge during the second annual Senior Health and Wellness Expo on Friday at Great Plains Techn
APACHE The town of Apache was packed to its scales Friday for the first full day of the annual Apache Rattlesnake Festival.
STERLING Mountain men are alive and well outside of Sterling this weekend.
A longtime assistant pastor in Duncan and former teacher and principal in Elgin and Ninnekah pleaded no contest to sexually abusing a child.
ELGIN The Elgin High School band proved, once again, it's the best in the state with its second Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association State Sweepstakes Award in two years.
DUNCAN It takes a village.
These days, that could be a phrase that's become somewhat passÈ in characterizing a collective effort and focus.
An arrest warrant was issued for a 36-year-old Duncan man accused of selling methamphetamines and heroin after a trio of prior convictions related to drugs.
ALTUS Tuesday offered a queasy reprieve for over-stressed firefighters in Jackson County, but the day's forecast of historic fire danger hung heavy overhead.
A 46-year-old Marlow man is in jail after he kept a woman and teen girl hostage at gunpoint while making threats, according to the charges.
ALTUS A Fletcher man is free on $15,000 bond after being charged with embezzling livestock funds.
A northern Comanche County home fell victim to Sunday's extreme fire danger when wind fueled a quick-burning chimney fire that would endanger those battling its blaze.
Despite being part of a burn ban, Jackson County caught the brunt of what were forecast to be "historic" red-flag fire conditions Saturday.
STERLING Take a step back into the shoes of an 1830s mountain man on the western frontier this weekend in rural Comanche County.
CACHE Cache students will return to the classroom Monday after a 10-day vacation.
Members of the Comanche Nation are readying to gather for their annual spring general council meeting.
The end of the widespread teacher walkout doesn't mean questions surrounding Oklahoma's education funding are settled.
A 29-year-old Duncan mother is in jail for $50,000 bond after she was charged with driving while intoxicated while her three children were riding unrestrained.
State Sen. Randy Bass is among the candidates who threw their hats into the ring this week for the Comanche County Commissioner District 3 seat.
The Wichita Mountains Area Senior Citizens will hold a fish fry from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. today at the Legion Building, 6738 N. Wildhorse Road.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The number of deaths due to flu in Oklahoma this season has now surpassed 270.
CACHE A tribal art show and market will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at 423 West C in Cache.
ELGIN A veil of unease hung over Elgin Public Schools Wednesday on what would otherwise be a normal spring school day.
Bond was set at $5 million for an 18-year-old Duncan man who told investigators he'd shot and killed his child's mother.
Duncan Christians Concerned will hold it's annual Dinner Theater at 6:30 p.m. April 20 at Duncan's First Baptist Church.
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