Pawhuska News

You have to be brave to jump into White Water Bay in February. But on Saturday, folks with a big heart stripped down, or dressed in costumes, to take the polar plunge to help raise money for the Special Olympics of Oklahoma .

A Seminole County jury convicted 19-year-old Christian James Farris late Thursday of first-degree murder in the death of Alvin Walker, whose body was found near Seminole High School.

A domestic abuse call led to a nearly seven-hour standoff between police and an El Reno man.

The body of a 70-year-old man was found during a house fire Saturday afternoon in northern Osage County.

Communications have been modernized, utility outage response has improved and emergency response officials in north-central Oklahoma are better prepared for natural disasters 10 years after one of the worst ice storms in state history crippled the region.

Emergency officials in north-central Oklahoma have streamlined communications, improved utility outage response and better prepared themselves for natural disasters after 1 of the worst ice storms in state history crippled the region a decade ago.

Memorial services are scheduled at 10 a.m. today at Waldrope-Hatfield-Hawthorne Funeral Home in Kingsland.

Shoppers who are traveling out of town for groceries at Walmart might not be saving as much money as they think, and perhaps even spending more after transportation costs are included, according to a price comparison by the Pawhuska Chamber of Commerce and The Bigheart Times.

The Osage Nation filed notice Thursday that it is appealing a Tulsa federal judge's denial of the tribe's attempt to prevent the construction of a 94-turbine wind farm west of Pawhuska.