Fort Towson News

Betty Jean Henson, 68, of Reno passed away Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, at her home while surrounded by family.

Hugo voters turned out in big numbers Tuesday, defeating a highly controversial Hugo school election that could have reduced the size of the Hugo Independent School District by 19 square miles.

A former Choctaw County deputy was found guilty by a federal jury here Thursday of civil rights violations and record falsification.

A former Choctaw County deputy sheriff has been convicted in U.S. District Court in Muskogee of assaulting a man on a traffic stop and beating two county jail inmates, said Sheldon J. Sperling, U.S. Attorney.

WASHINGTON Four Oklahoma entities were among 145 recipients for more than $15.3 million in grants approved to start or expand businesses in rural communities.

WASHINGTON Four Oklahoma entities were among 145 recipients for more than $15.3 million in grants approved to start or expand businesses in rural communities.

Three people have died after their car ran out of gas on state Highway 3 in southeastern Oklahoma and got hit by a tractor-trailer. The Oklahoma Highway patrol says 37-year-old Monique Lanier of Fort Towson and 2 of her grandsons were killed around noon Wednesday after their Nissan sedan stalled out in the westbound lane near Sobol in Pushmataha ...