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Shortey sentenced to 15 years in prison - September 17, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A former Republican state senator in Oklahoma was sentenced to 15 years in prison on a child sex trafficking charge, KOCO reports. Ralph Shortey was due in federal court in...
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David Grann to appear at NOC Fall Lectureship - September 17, 2018
TONKAWA -- Best-selling author David Grann will appear at Northern Oklahoma College Tonkawa Oct. 17 as part of the NOC Lectureship Series. The event is sponsored by the Carl and Carolyn Renfro Endo...
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Chamber Chat - September 17, 2018
We will have a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Community National Bank and Trust at 2 p.m. on Tuesday. Please plan to join us. Team Radio and the Chamber have partnered on a workshop. At this workshop y...
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Man pleads guilty in scheme to promote country music career - September 16, 2018
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A Texas man has pleaded guilty in a Tulsa federal courtroom for his role in a scheme that defrauded investors of more than $875,000 that was used to promote his country music caree...
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Oklahoma oil company owner guilty of fraud, money laundering - September 16, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An Oklahoma oil company owner is facing up to 250 years in prison after being convicted of defrauding investors in his company. Federal court records show 52-year-old Wieck Oil C...
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Sentencing for Oklahoma ex-senator for child sex trafficking - September 16, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Sentencing is scheduled for a former Oklahoma state senator on a child sex trafficking conviction. Ralph Shortey is due in federal court in Oklahoma City Monday where he faces a ...
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Oklahoma commission again calls for lawmaker ‘cooling off’ - September 16, 2018
(Information from: The Oklahoman, http://www.newsok.com) OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma Ethics Commission has again adopted a rule to prohibit elected officials and state agency heads from becomin...
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Oklahoma man convicted in hate-crime killing dies in prison - September 15, 2018
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - The Oklahoma Department of Corrections says a man serving a life sentence for the hate-crime killing of his Lebanese neighbor has died. Department spokesman Matt Elliott said ...
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Oklahoma man convicted of murder in drowning of daughter - September 15, 2018
(Information from: McAlester News-Capital, http://www.mcalesternews.com) McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - A jury has convicted a man of first-degree murder in the drowning of his 21-month-old daughter in sout...
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Oklahoma school closes due to low attendance after threat - September 15, 2018
KANSAS, Okla. (AP) - A northeast Oklahoma school district has canceled classes after what school and police officials say was a bogus threat of a school shooting. Kansas Public School Principal Phil ...