Author: Molly Payne

By Patti Weaver   STILLWATER -- A 32-year-old ex-convict from Cushing has been given five concurrent 15-year prison terms for committing multiple property crimes while he was on parole, court records show.   Thomas... Read More.

Stillwater PD Media Release (STILLWATER, OK) – At approximately 1:14 a.m. on Monday, July 28, 2025, Stillwater Police Department officers responded to reports of shots fired in the 200 block of W. Elm Avenue. Upon arrival,... Read More.

By Patti Weaver   CHANDLER -- An 83-year-old man charged with 408 counts of animal cruelty at a business he operated in Stroud has been ordered by a Lincoln County judge to undergo a mental... Read More.

By Patti Weaver    STILLWATER -- A 67-year-old Stillwater man, who reportedly told police that "he does not use methamphetamine; however, he gives it to females in exchange for sex," has been ordered to appear... Read More.

By Patti Weaver    STILLWATER -- A 35-year-old Stillwater man, who remains jailed on $50,000 bond, avoided a jury trial this week on charges of strangling his girlfriend and resisting arrest by pleading guilty to... Read More.

By Patti Weaver  STILLWATER -- A Perkins man, who admitted he maintained a house were drugs were kept in 2023, 2024 and 2025, has been released from the Payne County Jail where he was... Read More.

By Patti Weaver     STILLWATER -- An investigation is continuing into a fatal shooting at 1:45 am Monday in the 200 block of W. Elm, Stillwater Police Lt. Terry Low reported in a news... Read More.

By Patti Weaver    STILLWATER -- A 42-year-old Cushing man has avoided a July 28 jury trial by accepting a plea bargain for a 10-year prison term followed by five years of probation for trafficking... Read More.

By Patti Weaver    STILLWATER -- An ex-convict has been accused of setting fire on two different occasions to the unoccupied leasing office of a Stillwater apartment complex, which his girlfriend reportedly had been told... Read More.

By Patti Weaver    STILLWATER -- A 27-year-old ex-convict, who reportedly told police he needed help with rehab, has been accused of burglarized four cars and stealing a truck in the Teal Ridge neighborhood of... Read More.