Chickasha News

A section of Broadway Street in Shawnee, between 10th and Main streets, was blocked by police late Thursday morning following a bomb threat, Police Chief Russell Frantz said.

Danedri Thompson dthompson@gardnernews.com Gardner is again seeking city administrator applicants.

Chief Fire & Safety of Chickasha was the only bidder on a 3,000 gallon vacuum tanker truck for the Hennessey Fire Department.

A Wynnewood man has died after a one-vehicle crash in Grady County. The crash happened Tuesday morning shortly after 11 a.m. on State Highway 19 just southeast of Chickasha.

A town wide "Biggest Loser" competition is about to kick off in Chickasha for the second year in a row.

Award-winning children's author William "Bill" Wallace died Monday in his Chickasha home after a battle with lung cancer.

The mother of Evan Raasch, 15, has filed a lawsuit against the parents and estate of Matthew Hoskins, 17.

Police in Chickasha are investigating a bizarre attack. They say a man attacked a woman with a hammer.

An Oklahoma City federal judge this week sentenced Sergio Contreras-Sanchez, 32 to 30 more months on top of the 235 months he has to do for dealing heroin.

According to Deputy Ryan Lake, he was fired for being a whistleblower. He claims the sheriff knew murder suspect George Rouse was on the run for killing his friend and was suicidal.

Legislation filed today by would require mobile home parks and mobile home landlords to properly tie-down units rented out in mobile home parks of 10 or more residents.

The State Medical Examiner's Office said Monday a murder suspect died Saturday when he hanged himself in the Grady County Jail.

When officers arrived on the scene they found one person dead. Police said the victim was a Hispanic male in his twenties.

George Bruce Rouse Jr., 31, was found unresponsive in his Grady County jail cell about 6 p.m., Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Jessica Brown said.

There is new information involving the violent death of a Chickasha man. Danny Franklin was shot to death earlier this week.