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  • Man goes on trial for murder

    PAULS VALLEY — A man accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend’s ex-husband, cutting up the body and stuffing the remains into cement-filled buckets goes on trial for murder this week under tighter-than-usual security....

    June 30, 2014

  • White House to honor Cherokee Nation citizen Mon.

    TAHLEQUAH — The White House today will honor a Cherokee Nation citizen for turning his life around. Forty-three-year-old Daryl Legg along with 14 other people will receive the “Champions of Change” award during a ceremony today. The award ...

    June 30, 2014

  • Boat draining for zebra mussels goes Texas-wide

    ATHENS, Texas — Holiday boating over Fourth of July weekend in Texas will include more regulations meant to stop the spread of invasive zebra mussels. Updated rules that take effect Tuesday require all boaters to drain their vessels and ...

    June 30, 2014

  • Records: Taxes used for Tahlequah tourism director

    TAHLEQUAH — Records show more than half of hotel-motel tax collections sent to the Tahlequah Chamber of Commerce by the city in the past year were used to pay the salary and benefits of the tourism director....

    June 28, 2014

  • Judge postpones monument decision

    OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma County judge Friday postponed deciding whether to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of the state Capitol and ordered attorneys to submit new legal arguments on ...

    June 28, 2014

  • Suits threaten to nullify 2014 state tax legislation

    OKLAHOMA CITY — Legal challenges that threaten to nullify two tax laws that were among the 2014 Oklahoma Legislature’s major accomplishments will have little impact on the state budget that goes into effect Tuesday, state fiscal analysts ...

    June 28, 2014

  • Suspect arrested in fatal OKC hit-and-run

    OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City police say a suspect has been arrested in a hit-and-run accident that killed the creator of a pain relief ointment....

    June 27, 2014

  • Choctaw Nation planning to take full operation of clinic

    DURANT — The Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations are taking steps to transfer full operation of a tribal health clinic in Durant to the Choctaw Nation....

    June 27, 2014

  • Girl killed when hit by vehicle

    COLEMAN — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a 6-year-old girl was killed when she was struck by a vehicle on State Highway 48 in the town of Coleman in Johnston County....

    June 27, 2014

  • Oil boom fuels drop in age in Great Plains states

    WASHINGTON — Want to reduce the effects of aging? Try oil. The United States’ population is still getting older, but that’s changing in the Great Plains because of the attraction of working in the booming oil and gas industries....

    June 27, 2014