Fort Gibson News

Taco Mayo, 2901 W. Okmulgee Ave., was robbed at 2:15 a.m. Tuesday, by men using a gun, said Brad Holt, spokesman for the Muskogee Police Department.

An executive with a concert promoter says Michael Jackson's memorial service will be Tuesday at Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles - if that's what his mother wants.

David Fowler, historical interpreter of the Fort Gibson Historical Site will be speaking at the McAlester Archeological Society's monthly meeting on July 9 at Krebs City Hall at 5 E. Washington in Krebs.

Oklahoma City police have released the names of man shot to death by a police officer and of the officer who fired the shot.

Authorities say three people were killed when their car went out of control and struck a tree in northeast Norman.

A Tulsa County jury has decided on the death sentence for a 35-year-old man convicted of murdering a woman and her baby in June 2007.

Sweet corn, boiled or grilled - it's one of the delicacies of summer, and there's no place to find better corn than in the Fort Gibson river bottom land, locals say.

Haddison Bradley, 6, is headed to her first American Kids National Competition. She qualified in the gospel and specialty categories at the Oklahoma Kids' recent state competition.

Most of Oklahoma's high-profile athletic coaches and OU athletic director Joe Castiglione could receive raises this week.

Cayden Cooper, 6, was eager to show off his grandfather's 1951 Chevrolet at Saturday's car, truck and motorcycle show.

During the regular meeting of the Tahlequah Public Works Authority Friday morning, members approved the $19 million budget for the new fiscal year.

A man and woman in Muskogee County are charged with felony animal abuse for allegedly killing and skinning a puppy.

More than 200 entries are expected for Saturday's car truck and motorcycle show in Fort Gibson.

More than 200 entries are expected for Saturday's car truck and motorcycle show.

A film based on the life of prison reformer Jack Black is to begin filming in Guthrie in July.

A former Edmond firefighter has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography. U.S. Attorney John Richter says 40-year-old Micah Dwight Weaver of Chandler pleaded guilty Wednesday to possession of pornographic photos of children under age 8 on his computer.

Police in Blackwell say a woman who was working with officers in a drug investigation escaped during an attempted drug buy.

A Denton, Texas, man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for an alcohol-related collision on U.S. 177 that killed a Stratford resident three years ago.

Is our successor history different than we thought? *Staff Writer Travina Coleman was on hand this morning for a water aerobics class at NSU.

A federal prosecutor says an Ada woman who pleaded guilty to a murder for hire plot targeting the wife of a U.S. soldier has been sentenced to six years in prison.