Crime

By Patti Weaver     (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A Payne County jury composed of eight men and four women deliberated for two and one-half hours before convicting a Perkins man of repeatedly sexually abusing a female... Read More.

By Patti Weaver       (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A 33-year-old Tulsa man has been given a 10-year prison term by Payne County District Judge Phillip Corley for providing heroin to his 29-year-old girlfriend, who died... Read More.

By Patti Weaver     (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A Cushing man and his teen-aged son, who were both arrested Friday, have been charged as co-defendants with breaking into Cushman Cannabis dispensary located eight blocks from their... Read More.

By Patti Weaver     (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A 63-year-old Cushing man has been charged with repeatedly sexually abusing a 16-year-old female relative at his residence.     Thomas Wayne Spencer has been ordered jailed on $150,000... Read More.

By Patti Weaver       (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A 19-year-old Stillwater woman accused of sexually abusing a 3-year-old girl, exploiting her, possessing child pornography, using a computer illegally, and having marijuana has been jailed on... Read More.

By Patti Weaver       (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A 21-year-old Stillwater man, who admitted drunk driving in a fatal head-on collision on Highway 177 three miles north of Stillwater at 3:19 am on Feb. 20,... Read More.

By Patti Weaver     (Stillwater, Okla.) -- An arrest warrant has been issued for a convicted sex offender charged with beating a dog in the Cushing Walmart and punching two women, who reportedly confronted him,... Read More.

By Patti Weaver       (Stillwater, Okla.) -- Third-grade teacher Kimberly Simmons Coates, who was arrested on Aug. 17 for suspected intoxication at the Perkins-Tryon Intermediate School, failed to appear in Payne County District Court... Read More.

By Patti Weaver     (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A Payne County jury composed of seven women and five men has convicted a Perkins mother of first-degree manslaughter in a fatal crash on Highway 33 at Fairgrounds... Read More.

By Patti Weaver     (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A 40-year-old Cushing man has been jailed on $50,000 bail pending a Sept. 11 court appearance at which he can seek a preliminary hearing on a charge of... Read More.