Purcell News

A scheduling error forces the families of five people killed in a drunken driving crash to wait another two weeks to find out how long the suspect in the case may spend behind bars.

Oklahoma authorities arrested Russell Lee Blackwood, 40, of Purcell, in the Easter Sunday shooting death of Gary Norton Sr., 55, of Lexington.

For nine years, the name Alex Oblein has been synonymous to public safety here. In June, the veteran lawman who has been chief of police since 2003, will leave West Burlington to become the next chief of police in Piedmont, Okla., a city of 5,000 people in the northwest corner of Oklahoma City.

PURCELL, Okla. -- Lt. James Harryman never imagined flying rocks would lead to multiple drug busts in McClain County.

An Oklahoma Highway Patrol cruiser took the brunt of the impact when convicted arsonist David Hammock escaped from the Lexington A&R Center in a stolen Department of Corrections van.