Muskogee County News

Having a police department has been a struggle for at least two Muskogee County towns over the last several months.

Two Haskell residents are in the Wagoner County jail charged with the kidnapping and sexual assault of a 13-year-old Broken Arrow teen.

Those cute area rugs or Kitty's catnip toys could pose hazards for people getting around their houses, emergency medical officials say.

A Muskogee man was hospitalized and expected to undergo one or more surgeries after being stabbed Monday, police said.

Michelle Farris said she suffered for three years and went through seven doctors before discovering she had a brain condition.

Erick Wiles, 38, of Owasso was pronounced dead at Muskogee Regional Medical Center Saturday after having been shot in a hunting accident, said Faye Banks, investigator for the Muskogee County Sheriff's Office.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says there will be no disciplinary action against a trooper seen in a television news video punching a man in the back as the man lay face down while being arrested.

MUSKOGEE a ' A Muskogee County jury has convicted a man of first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of his girlfriend.

Boynton did not necessarily follow the Oklahoma Town Meeting Act in holding a special election Tuesday, but a local attorney believes what they did is better than what the act requires.

Right now officers and paramedics in Muskogee County are forced to carry several two-way radios with them, each one representing a different agency.

WHO: Muskogee City-County Enhanced 9-1-1 Trust Authority. WHAT: Special meeting.

A Texas woman has been killed in a collision with a semi in southern Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 69-year-old Carol Louise Wheeler-Liston of Denton, Texas died in the crash about 3 p.m. Monday.

Prosecutors filed an embezzlement charge early Tuesday against former Warner City Clerk/Treasurer Carla Lanette Reed.

Jury selection began and ended Wednesday in the first-degree murder trial of Enrique Pacheco, 20, of Muskogee.

A man facing possible time in prison on a Muskogee County felony conviction died in Tulsa Thursday afternoon when he set himself on fire in a van, said Muskogee County Sheriff Charles Pearson.

Hilldale High School sophomore Brittani Echols spent part of her school day Wednesday getting her eyebrows waxed.

MUSKOGEE a ' A former city clerk and treasurer from the town of Warner has been charged with embezzling funds.

Assistance and instructions for people interested in researching their family history will be available to help library patrons learn to use the computerized microfilm readers, the subscription online databases and the multiple resources available in the Local History and Genealogy rooms at Muskogee Public Library.

Webbers Falls Mayor Jewell Horne was voted a $1,000 monthly salary for being chairman of the town's water trust authority in a 3-2 vote this week.

A Muskogee man facing trial on first-degree rape and released on $100,000 bond is now being held without bond on additional felonies.