Afton News

Nine people died Friday when a tractor-trailer slammed into a line of cars stopped by an earlier accident on a northeast Oklahoma turnpike, leaving twisted metal and debris strewn on the highway and stranding miles of traffic in the scorching heat.

Enrollment at Northeast Technology Center has increased because of the economy. The number of students in the nursing program has doubled over the past three years.

The GRDA Lake Patrol has released the name of the man found floating in the Grand Lake Wednesday afternoon.

Darkwood Film Arts Institute presents a summer film camp experience for youth ages 10-17. This is a hands-on experience for youth interested in writing, acting, shooting, directing, cinematography and editing as it relates to the art and business of moviemaking.

There is nothing like planning ahead. Nearly five years ago officials at Northeast Technology Center saw a need and began working on meeting it.

Regina Hercules, 43, of Ada, was sentenced Friday in federal court in Muskogee to 48 months imprisonment, followed by 36 months of supervised release for her part in a plot to kill her nephew's wife.

Sam Radoff is out of the closet. The internationally respected sculptor and painter admits to the fine art world that his beginnings came at age 12 when he was pinstriping and flaming custom cars and hot rods in Detroit.

Laurel Kane of Afton Station and other roadies are trying to raise money to buy and erect a monument at the south end of the fabled Sidewalk Highway of Route 66 north of Afton, Okla.

Sam Radoff is out of the closet. 263973a.jpg not found! Artist Sam Radoff, who is both a sculptor and internationally acclaimed custom car and hot rod flame painter, stands in front of his sculpture to commemorate the Kiwanis Memorial Bandshell in Victoria Park.

An Afton man showed up drunk in Rogers County Court Tuesday morning. UPDATE - Man pleading in DUI shows up drunk Krystal J. Carman Claremore Daily Progress April 22, 2009 - An Afton man showed up drunk in Rogers County Court Tuesday morning.

An Afton, Okla., man died of injuries he suffered in a single-vehicle accident at 7:25 p.m. Tuesday on a county road less than a mile south of Afton in Ottawa County, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

While numerous studies revealed the major role of environmental changes of the Quaternary on the evolution of biodiversity, research on the influence of that period on current South-American fauna is scarce and have usually focused on lowland regions.

Authorities say alcohol may have played a role in a fatal accident on U.S. 69 near Miami.

Authorities say alcohol may have played a role in a fatal accident on U.S. 69 near Miami.

MIAMI a ' A Langley man was pronounced dead at the scene of a one-vehicle accident in Ottawa County Saturday night.

AFTON, Okla. - It'll take six days for the contents to disappear and then Shangri-La, like the mythical paradise for which it is named, will vanish from the shores of Grand Lake of the Cherokees.

AFTON, Okla. - Jim and Becky Poe will have to sell their house the traditional way.

The Miami News Record has a story about the imminent closing of Bassett's Grocery on Route 66 in nearby Afton, Okla.

MIAMI, Okla. - Severe storms Tuesday night may have kept voters away from the polls throughout Ottawa County.

A Tulsa man died when he was thrown from his sport utility vehicle after it slid on an icy highway and into the path of a tractor-trailer about 3:30 p.m. Monday, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.