Ottawa County News

PICHER, Okla. - A lawsuit filed by more than 100 residents of the Picher-Cardin area against the panel that was in charge of the Tar Creek buyout apparently is headed for appeal after a recent rejection in Ottawa County District Court.

Budget cuts are proving particularly troubling for prosecutors and others who enforce state laws.

A pedestrian was critically injured early Monday when he was hit by a pickup truck on a rainy Ottawa County highway, according to the Tulsa World.

A former Wyandotte band director is being held on $650,000 bail on charges alleging that he molested two former students.

A former area band instructor has been charged in connection with multiple counts of sexual abuse in Ottawa County, Okla., according to court records.

A former Wyandotte band teacher is being held on $650,000 bail in connection the alleged molestation of former students, the Ottawa County Sheriffa s office said Tuesday.

" A three-time convicted drug trafficker was arrested early Friday after using a fake court document to hoodwink the Lawton Correction Facility into releasing him from prison.

PICHER, Okla. - As spooky as it sounds, one of the nation's most toxic sites has been used as the cinematic backdrop for a hard-core horror flick by two independent film producers.

Meal services for some seniors in Commerce are being eliminated at the end of the month after the Oklahoma Department of Human Services recently cut its budget by 30 percent.

As much as 6 inches of rain on parts of Northeast Oklahoma was too much for the municipal offices of one Ottawa County town.

The State Department of Transportation is advising motorists of road closings because of high water.

The town of Picher, epicenter of one of the largest environmental disasters in the nation, technically ceased to exist last month.

Faith-based programs are the key to turning around the drug problems in northeast Oklahoma, a state official said Wednesday.

Family members of the 10 people who were killed when a tractor-trailer rig slammed into a line of stopped cars on a turnpike have sued the truck's driver and his employer.

About 75 people turned out for a town meeting Thursday evening to hear city and school leaders discuss "sexting" and the abuse of prescription drugs in Fairland.

MIAMI, Okla., - - Maybe this weekend will be different. Maybe not. Last weekend, two unrelated emergency calls left local law enforcement officers investigating a couple of strange cases.

MIAMI, Okla. a ' A Wyandotte man charged with assaulting a police officer after he tried to run over him with a horse is free on bail, the sheriffa TMs office confirmed Wednesday.

The Delaware County jail, despite a threat of fines by the state for overcrowding, was able to handle the influx of 35 inmates after a state drug raid, according to the sheriff's office.

MIAMI, Okla. - Drug agents served 70 search warrants Monday morning before dawn in what the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics calls the largest operation in the state.

The driver of a tractor-trailer that slammed into a line of stopped cars on a turnpike in northeastern Oklahoma, killing 10 people, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to 10 misdemeanor counts of negligent homicide.