Picher News

A theft citation was dismissed against a Commerce woman accused of stealing a cheerleading uniform during last month's Picher school auction.

Picher, the little town at the epicenter of the mine-ravaged Tar Creek Superfund site, is expected to cease operations on Sept.

Globe/Gary Crow Christina Long, a former Picher High School cheerleader, gives David Marlin a hug Tuesday for returning a statue of the former school district's gorilla mascot.

If the world is trying to forget Picher, Oklahoma, it first needs to get by Orval "Hoppy" Ray.

Twenty five years ago I spent a few days in the southeast corner of Kansas working on a story about the former lead and zinc mining towns of Galena, Treece and Picher Oklahoma.

PICHER, Okla. - Bobo, a 3,800-pound concrete gorilla, is coming home. For years, the mascot for the Picher-Cardin Gorillas stood outside of the high school, but with the demise of the school as part of the buyout of the town, many of the artifacts and much of the memorabilia from the district went up for auction earlier this month.

WASTE MANAGEMENT Tom Thomas: The former Picher mayor says he plans to build an outhouse to accommodate his restroom needs after the sewer system is shut off.

Ravaged by decades of lead and zinc mining and a deadly tornado that killed six people last year, the northeastern Oklahoma town of Picher is likely to close Sept.

Ravaged by decades of lead and zinc mining and a deadly tornado that killed six people last year, the northeastern Oklahoma town of Picher is likely to close Sept.

David Marlin of Conway, Mo., and his daughter Amber, 4, pose with the Picher gorilla, which he purchased at the Picher school auction on June 14.

One small Oklahoma town has seen its share of trouble, from toxic dumpsite to a series of destructive tornadoes.

The band with a member from Picher was a winner Tuesday night at the Country Music Television awards in Nashville.

Everyone, in one way or another, showed up to bid. It was, after all, an auction.

Most of the 1,000 people attending Sunday's auction of the Picher School District wanted to see who would buy the 500-pound concrete gorilla.

Thousands of pieces of school memorabilia have been auctioned off in Picher. After serving the town for generations, the Picher-Cardin School District is permanently closed.

Why join? KRMG Local News Thousands of items from the Picjer-Cardin School District were auctioned off Sunday.

The community of Picher, Oklahoma has lost it's school to an annexation and this weekend will auction off school items.

Sentimental students can soon own a piece of Picher schools. The defunct school district is auctioning off thousands of bits of memorabilia.

Willie Ng, who was quarterback of the Picher Gorillas in 1984 when the school won the state championship, poses with the gorilla mascot statue that will be sold at auction on Sunday.

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