Tillman County News

Rodney Don Hefner, 38, of Frederick, appeared in Tillman County District Court this week on charges of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old relative.

Gov. Brad Henry has ordered all flags on state property to be flown at half-staff through Tuesday to honor the victims of Thursday's deadly shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas.

Army Specialist Jason Dean Hunt was killed during Thursday's massacre at Fort Hood, and now family and friends are remembering Jason as a hero.

With a national healthcare debate raging and the state continuing to cut its budget, a group of Oklahoma Senators met at the Capitol this week, hoping to ensure senior citizen nutrition is not forgotten.

An audit of the small southwest town of Davidson revealed tens of thousands of missing dollars and State Auditor Steve Burrage is blaming the town clerk Keri Sparks.

Clyde Morgan from SWODA addressed the Jackson County Commissioners Monday about Community Development Block Grants during their regular meeting at the commissioners' office in the Jackson County Courthouse.

Southwestern Oklahoma farmers interested in an alternate crop for winter wheat are invited to attend one or all winter canola field meetngs Thursday, Oct.

The 4th annual Quiltera s Day Quilt Show will take place in Frederick from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct.

Twelve bales of cotton were ginned last week at the Tillman Producers Cooperative Gin southwest of Frederick.

ZEKE CAMPFIELD FREDERICK, Okla. a ' The stories of Frances Goodknight and of the Pioneer Townsite Museum go hand in hand.

Ricky Don Adams, 54, of Altus, who had been accused of embezzling from the Grandfield Co-op, was sentenced this week in Tillman County District Court to 10 years in prison.

Tuesdaya s early-morning storm that moved through the area knocked out power to Frederick and Tipton, as well as to much of Tillman County and parts of Jackson County.

When Brek, a canine partner in the Grandfield, Olka., Police Department, was found shot to death nearly a year ago, a grieving community rallied around the budget-stretched department and a replacement for Brek was donated.