Author: Molly Payne

By Patti Weaver     (Stillwater, Okla.)  -- An accused arsonist told a city jailer he used medical marijuana about 90 minutes before setting a fire at the Mission of... Read More.

By Patti Weaver     (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A Cushing man was sentenced Tuesday to seven and one-half years in prison for shooting two children with a BB gun -- an 11-year-old hit in the... Read More.

By Patti Weaver   (Stillwater, Okla.) -- In an unusually quick verdict in a trial last week, a Payne County jury deliberated only 47 minutes before convicting a man of sexually battering three female clients... Read More.

By Patti Weaver     (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A Cushing man, who reportedly has mental health issues, has been jailed on $15,000 bail pending a March 7 court appearance on a charge of breaking into... Read More.

By Patti Weaver   (Tryon, Okla.) -- Former Tryon Police Chief Jered Prickett received $70,987.69 in unauthorized payroll between July 2016 and May 2019, a misappropriation of public funds, State Auditor & Inspector Cindy Byrd... Read More.

By Patti Weaver   (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A 26-year-old Stillwater man avoided a jury trial this week by accepting a plea bargain with the prosecution for a five-year prison term in a home invasion and... Read More.

By Patti Weaver     (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A 21-year-old Cushing man was arraigned by video from the Payne County Jail on Tuesday on a felony charge of breaking into a truck parked at Raw... Read More.