Shady Point News

Kelbie Kennedy and Trevor Mintz were recently crowned Eastern Oklahoma State College's 2009 Homecoming King and Queen.

The use of Tasers has been a hot topic since an Ozark police officer used his like a stun gun on a 10-year-old girl.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol Bomb Squad was one of many agencies that assisted in the negotiation attempts with a Spiro man who had himself barricaded in his home near Sunset Corner Saturday afternoon.

By Laura Young Managing Editor By this time next week the skies above Poteau will be heavy with hot air.

Caught In The Act Panama and Shady Point police officers caught this ghoul making an early stop at the Bad Dreams Haunted House in Panama.

Hillary Noelle Forrester of Glenpool, Okla. and formerly of Stigler, Okla. and Ryan Andrew Mottern of Glenpool, Okla.

Residents in eastern Oklahoma are still dealing with flood waters that have covered local roads and farm lands.

Shady Point Fire Chief, Bob Hawley, helps Danessa Teague with the basics of using the fire equipment.

Law enforcement officials handcuffed Lloyd Brown outside his home in Gilmore. PDN photo by Jenny Huggins By Jenny Huggins News Reporter Gilmore was busy with drug busts Friday afternoon when officers with the Poteau Police Department, Shady Point Police Department, LeFlore County Sheriff's Office and the District 16 Task Force served narcotic ...

Two area men pleaded guilty Wednesday to being illegal aliens in possession of firearms.

"We would like to express our gratitude to AES, Days Inn and the Poteau Chamber of Commerce for sponsoring and helping organize such a helpful event" stated Dan Boren's Liaison Betty Ford.

An annual regional meeting for all military veterans and their surviving spouses will be held on Thursday at the Days Inn and Suites in Poteau.

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission today approved the compromise settlement agreement reached by the parties in the Oklahoma Gas and Electric rate case.

OKLAHOMA CITY Members of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission officially signed off Friday on an annual rate increase of $48.3 million for Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co., although a reduction in fuel costs makes the rate change essentially a wash for average customers.

By Jenny Huggins News Reporter Nightmare neighborhood. On May 21 LeFlore County Deputy John Farmer was called a domestic dispute along with Panama Police Officer Eddie Seaton, Shady Point Police Officer Chris Ford and Bokoshe Police Officer Richard Cooper.

The first death came early on New Year's Day. Police tape remains near a makeshift memorial outside Joe Neff's popular Long Branch Saloon.

Le Flore County investigators have had to deal with six homicide cases this year, a baffling number considering the county has about 50,000 residents.

This crash happened Thursday afternoon on US Highway 59 at Smith Street in Shady Point when the pickup hit the parked tractor trailer on the southbound side at about 3:45 p.m. The driver was pinned for about 15 minutes until freed by the Panama Rescue Unit.

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Donnie Long and Crime Scene Agent Jenny Virden display their ultraviolet light to Hodgen eighth-graders Tasha Janway, Sarah Shaffer and Sarai Terry during career day at Pansy Kidd Middle School in Poteau.