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updated: Tue Jul 01, 2008 09:04 pm

Okfuskee County News

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Tuesday Jul 1 | Tulsa World

ATF dog scours scene of killings no new evidence

A bomb-sniffing dog that specializes in finding bullet casings scoured the scene Wednesday where two young girls were shot to death this month but did not find any additional evidence.

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Tuesday Jul 1 | The Shawnee News-Star

Former prison secretary accused in latest inmate assault involving sex

A former prison secretary accused of having sex with an inmate has been charged with first-degree rape in the latest in a series of Oklahoma cases involving allegations of sexual activity between inmates and ...

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Related Topix: Custer County, OK

Mon Jun 30, 2008

KWTX

Search For Suspect In Double-Slaying Goes Nationwide

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is distributing information nationwide in the search for a suspect in the murders of two girls whose bullet-riddled bodies were found on a rural road after they failed ...

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Sun Jun 29, 2008

KOCO

Dog Finds Nothing At Scene Of Girls' Killings

Agents with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation confirmed Wednesday that a specially trained dog looking for gunpowder and bullet casings found nothing at the scene where two girls were killed on June 8. ...

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Related Topix: Weleetka, OK

Fri Jun 27, 2008

KTUL

Agents To Return To Weleetka Murder Scene This Morning

Investigators are looking into new leads and returning to the scene where two girls were murdered less than two weeks ago.

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Related Topix: Weleetka, OK

Wed Jun 25, 2008

KAUZ

OK Authorities Search for Killer

Authorities are still searching for a suspect in the killings of two young girls on rural Okfuskee County, Oklahoma.

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Mon Jun 23, 2008

KOKI

Double Murder Investigation Near Weleetka

June 17 - Troopers have arrested a man armed with a shotgun at Weleetka High School.

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Related Topix: Weleetka, OK, Tulsa Metro, Tulsa, OK

Sat Jun 21, 2008

AdaEveningNews.com - Ada, Oklahoma

Officials continue search for suspect in Weleetka murders

Investigators with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation are still searching for a suspect or suspects in the brutal murders of 11-year-old Skyla Whitiker and Taylor Paschal-Placker, 13.

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Related Topix: Weleetka, OK

Thu Jun 19, 2008

KWTV Oklahoma City

Area near Weleetka where slain girls were found searched again [21 mins ago]

Investigators have blocked off the dirt road this afternoon where two girls were found shot to death Sunday evening.

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Related Topix: Weleetka, OK, Okemah, OK

Wed Jun 18, 2008

KNBC Los Angeles Channel 4

Witness Says He Saw Okla. Girls Before Killing

Investigators talked with a witness who said he saw two girls moments before they were killed along a county road in east-central Oklahoma , a state agent said.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma City Metro, Okemah, OK, Weleetka, OK, Henryetta, OK

Tue Jun 17, 2008

ABC News

Search for Man in Best Friends' Murder

He was standing in the middle of the dirt road: a tall Native American with a long ponytail tucked beneath a baseball cap.

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Related Topix: Weleetka, OK

Wed Jun 11, 2008

KOKI

No Suspects In Murder Of Weleetka Girls

' The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is now offering a $14,000 reward to find the killer of two girls in Okfuskee County.

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Related Topix: Weleetka, OK

Tue Jun 10, 2008

KWTV Oklahoma City

Seeking answers in Weleetka deaths

THE INVESTIGATION, A MYSTERY: Weleetka girls Taylor Dawn Paschal-Placker, 13, left, and Skyla Jade Whitaker, 11, were best friends.

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Related Topix: Weleetka, OK

Mon Jun 09, 2008

NewsOK.com

Two girls, 11 and 13, found dead near Weleetka [20 mins ago]

Two girls were found dead last night north of Weleetka in Okfuskee County, authorities said.

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Related Topix: Weleetka, OK

Sun Jun 08, 2008

TulsaWorld.com - Lifestyle

At The Library

All-black Oklahoma town tour set for Saturday Take a trip back to a time when segregation forced African-Americans to establish their own towns to maintain a peaceful existence in early Oklahoma.

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Related Topix: African-American, Boley, OK, Fort Smith, AR Metro

Sat May 24, 2008

The Shawnee News-Star

Alumni banquet set

The annual Paden High School and Okfuskee County High School alumni banquet will be held today in the fellowship hall of Freewill Baptist Church, two miles west of Paden.

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Related Topix: Paden, OK

Wed May 07, 2008

NewsOK.com

Severe weather chances continue today

Thunderstorms are moving from southwest to northeast across Oklahoma this morning and will continue through the day. via NewsOK.com

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Related Topix: McAlester, OK, Guymon, OK, Muskogee, OK, Delaware, OK, Okmulgee County, OK

Sun Apr 06, 2008

The Shawnee News-Star

Unemployment rate down

The state's unemployment numbers improved from January to February, according to figures released recently by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. via The Shawnee News-Star

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Related Topix: Cleveland County, OK, Oklahoma, Ringold, OK, Fay, OK, Eagletown, OK

Mon Mar 17, 2008

TulsaWorld.com - Legal

In some cold cases OSBI still hot on the trail

“I don't want to know who did it; I don't want to know how it happened. I just want to be able to find him and put him to rest.”

Twenty years ago, Dwayne McCorkendale was shot to death as he called his wife from a pay phone. via TulsaWorld.com - Legal

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Related Topix: Lincoln County, OK, Oklahoma City, OK, Oklahoma

Fri Feb 29, 2008

NewsOK.com

How Oklahoma almost became a black state [9 mins ago]

“Unfortunately, at statehood, the first piece of legislation was to segregate rail cars and waiting facilities”

In the late 1800s, the red-dirt territory that was to become Oklahoma was the land of exile and hope. via NewsOK.com

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Related Topix: Oklahoma, Leonard, OK, Boley, OK

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