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Crime/Courts
  • Norman dispatcher reflects on career after ACOG award

    Dispatchers could be heard in the background answering calls Sunday evening as Emergency Communications Supervisor Cindy Howard sat in her office for an interview before she started her shift. Howard was recently awarded 2014 Dispatcher ...

    June 30, 2014

  • Keystone protester’s case dismissed

    A Norman woman’s case was recently dismissed after she chained herself to construction equipment last year in protest to the Keystone XL Pipeline, resulting in a trespassing charge. Elisabeth Leja, 75, said her case in Okmulgee County was ...

    June 30, 2014

  • Hume declared danger to public

    A Cleveland County man who was found not guilty by reason of insanity on charges for shooting and killing his mother in 2012 is now in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health....

    June 28, 2014

  • Bomb threats deemed to be hoaxes at two correctional centers

    LEXINGTON — Officials made the all clear at 3:45 p.m. Friday on two confirmed bomb threats at the Lexington and Joseph Harp correctional center. Oklahoma Department of Corrections spokesperson Jerry Massie said a bomb threat for the ...

    June 28, 2014

  • Lawsuit filed against DA

    A former assistant district attorney recently filed a federal lawsuit against Cleveland County District Attorney Greg Mashburn and political advisor Chad Alexander. The lawsuit comes two years after the employee’s termination. Former ...

    June 27, 2014

  • Police log

    Police responded to the following incidents on Wednesday: · 2:49 a.m. burglary in progress, 600 block of Chautauqua Avenue · 4:13 a.m. assault with EMS needed, 1300 block of Glen Oaks Court · 8:22 a.m. larceny report, ...

    June 27, 2014

  • Donation_3 Norman police receive donation for training facility

    Shots rang out Tuesday morning as a Norman Police officer moved from target to target at the Lt. Royce O. Weddle Firing Range, showcasing new interactive targets the department recently received. A ceremony at the firing range Tuesday ...

    June 25, 2014 1 Photo

  • Woman on trial for chaining herself to construction equipment

    Nearly a year and a half after a Norman woman chained herself to construction equipment to protest the Keystone XL Pipeline, her day in court for a trespassing charge is set for Wednesday. Elisabeth Leja, 75, stayed chained to the ...

    June 23, 2014

  • CCSO warns public of person impersonating deputy

    The Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office received three phone calls Friday afternoon of a male who is impersonating a sheriff’s deputy and asking citizens for money. The caller identifies himself as either Sgt. Joseph Kelly or Officer Hall. ...

    June 21, 2014

  • Police log

    Police responded to the following incidents Wednesday: · 12:17 a.m. burglary in progress, 900 block of East Lindsey Street · 12:40 a.m. larceny report, 1000 East Alameda Street · 8:59 a.m. fraud, 100 block of East Main ...

    June 20, 2014