Cleveland County News

The Cleveland County Sheriff's Department is sporting a new look these days. Undersheriff Rhett Burnett said the department has decided to do away with the traditional gray shirt and black pants uniform for deputies.

Gov. Brad Henry has appointed Judge William C. Hetherington, Jr., to the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals.

Property tax bills will be in the mail soon, Cleveland County Treasurer Saundra DeSelms said this week.

The Cleveland County Bar Association will pick up a prestigious honor this week.

A Norman man has been accused of burglarizing a Moore residence and assaulting a woman with a knife, according to court documents.

Health officials in Cleveland County have a busy week ahead of them with several H1N1 vaccinations scheduled.

The cities of Norman and Noble will observe Trick or Treat night on tonight instead of Saturday due to the night OU football home game.

Information in this column is gathered from police incident reports and any related documents.

Just a reminder, the cities of Norman and Noble will observe Trick or Treat night on Friday instead of Saturday due to the night OU football home game.

A man charged in connection with a shooting south of Noble last week was being held on a $50,000 bond today.

Norman police are looking for vandals of the Cleveland County Democratic Party headquarters.

With the H1N1 vaccine's arrival in Oklahoma, many school-aged children will be receiving the vaccine soon.

Calling it "desperately needed," Cleveland County Commissioner Rusty Sullivan led a brief, wind-blown groundbreaking ceremony Monday afternoon for the $26 million county jail on Franklin Road just east of U.S. 77.

Officials in Cleveland County have broken ground on a new $26 million county jail that will be built in far north Norman.

It's taken 12 years, but Cleveland County has finally broken ground on a new jail.

Due to a national disruption in supply of seasonal flu vaccine, Norman Regional Health System has had to cancel its annual Drive-Thru Flu Clinics in Moore and Norman.

NORMAN, Oklahoma A man has been charged in the shooting death of two 18-year-olds in Noble.

Two felony counts of shooting with intent to kill were filed today against a 31-year-old man in connection with an early-morning shooting Tuesday that left two teen-agers hospitalized.

The Cleveland County District Attorney's office has filed felony charges against a man suspected of shooting two teens early Tuesday morning in southern Cleveland County.

A former University of Oklahoma police officer was arrested and booked into the Cleveland County Jail on possession of child pornography.