Sapulpa News

The recent surge in gasoline prices in Oklahoma could curb Memorial Day travel somewhat, but many state residents still are expected to plan trips for the holiday, a new report says.

Crews fighting a house fire in Sapulpa Thursday morning launched a search and rescue effort as the roof to the home threatened to collapse.

Authorities said early Wednesday that they do not expect to find additional survivors of the EF5 tornado that struck Moore and that the task has now turned toward recovery.

It's hard to imagine the tornado from Shawnee doing carrying damage, dozens of miles away and all the way to Sapulpa.

Despite calls by several Oklahoma legislators to address hundreds of millions of dollars in state tax credits and exemptions for businesses and industries, little has been done as another session approaches its end.

A Sapulpa man entered a no contest plea in court Tuesday to a reduced charge of first-degree manslaughter.

Police say Saturday, a Sapulpa mom drove drunk with her two kids and the side door of her van open.

Last year, you may remember Russell Brannan, who leased the long-closed TeePee Drive-In along Route 66 in Sapulpa, Okla., but never reopened it after a Route 66 News report revealed him using several aliases, leaving several theaters after operating them for a short time, and disappointed owners in his wake.

The governor wants a comprehensive study done first that will look at pay raises and benefits paid to Oklahoma workers compared with those in the private sector and other states.

Owasso Deputy Police Chief Scott Chambless has been promoted to the city's top police job.

The Oklahoma House of Representatives voted Wednesday to pass the measure, which now goes to the governor for her approval.

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says it will discuss a lead its agents worked last month in the cold case involving two women and a child who disappeared in 1992.

School testing came to a halt statewide early Monday because the CTB/McGraw-Hill testing company servers in New Jersey crashed around 9 a.m., state education officials said.

Legal action: An Oklahoma man wrongly accused of child rape is suing police after it took them three months to carry out a DNA test that incriminated convicted felon Patrick Edward Misner who is now facing trial over the alleged attack A man was held in prison for three months while wrongly accused of child rape because police refused to carry out ... (more)

A Sapulpa man who was held in jail for 84 days before DNA evidence cleared him in the brutal rape of his then-girlfriend's 4-year-old daughter plans to sue the Creek County Sheriff's Office for wrongful arrest.

Patrick Edward Misner: He lived near a 4-year-old girl who was raped in 2012. He is awaiting a trial date.

A Sapulpa man is in custody after a nearly hour and a half long standoff with several suburban law-enforcement agencies, Sunday Evening.

Officers from several area police departments were called to a standoff in downtown Sapulpa a little before 6:00 Sunday night.

Early Saturday morning, two men left a 40-year-old man in the road severely beaten.

The Oklahoma House resurrected a proposal Thursday to allow specially trained teachers and other district employees to carry firearms into public schools.