Crime

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 Green... 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 alleged... 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 armed... 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 Wellness... Read More.

By Patti Weaver     (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A driver accused of running a roadblock and speeding up to116 mph in an attempt to elude a sheriff's deputy before crashing southwest of Cushing at Highway 33... Read More.

By Patti Weaver       (Stillwater, Okla.)  -- A Stillwater man has been given an eight-year prison term for dragging Game Warden Emily Long on the road and drunk driving on the Saturday after Thanksgiving... Read More.

By Patti Weaver     (Stillwater, Okla.) -- An ex-convict from Cushing, who previously lived in Oilton, was charged today with second-degree burglary in Stillwater on Jan. 2.     No other information was immediately available online... Read More.

By Patti Weaver       (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A teenager accused of driving left of center a GMC SUV while under the influence of marijuana compounds has been charged with three counts of first-degree manslaughter... Read More.

By Patti Weaver     (Stillwater, Okla.)  -- A Glencoe man who admitted sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl in his neighborhood has been given a three-year prison term followed by 12 years of probation with an... Read More.

By Patti Weaver     (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A Cushing woman, who pleaded guilty to attempted extortion by threatening to make a false police report of rape unless a man gave her $200, has been placed... Read More.