Crime

By Patti Weaver       (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A Payne County jury composed of seven men and five women deliberated for three and one-half hours Thursday before convicting a Stillwater man of first-degree manslaughter in... Read More.

By Patti Weaver     (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A 28-year-old Stillwater man avoided a jury trial in September by pleading guilty this week through an interpreter to sexually abusing & exploiting the 14-year-old daughter of a... Read More.

By Patti Weaver       (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A 60-year-old Cushing man has been given a jury-recommended 25-year prison term for sexually abusing a pre-teen relative during a five-year period and a concurrent five-year term... Read More.

By Patti Weaver     (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A 48-year-old Cushing man, who allegedly admitted setting fires in both of his brother's trucks, has been ordered to appear in court with an attorney on Aug. 20... Read More.

By Patti Weaver       (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A special prosecutor is seeking to postpone the jury trial from November to next spring of former Payne and Logan County First Assistant District Attorney Kevin Etherington... Read More.

By Patti Weaver     (Stillwater, Okla.) -- An ex-convict, who admitted kicking two Yale police officers, has been given two concurrent one-year jail terms as part of a plea agreement with the prosecution that was... Read More.

By Patti Weaver     (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A Payne County judge denied to temporarily release murder defendant Michael Warren Ritter from custody for 11 hours to attend the funeral in Stillwater and burial of his... Read More.

By Patti Weaver     (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A Cushing man, who pleaded no contest to breaking into the Cushing Sports Complex and Cushman Cannabis dispensary, has been given two concurrent six-year prison terms as part... Read More.

By Patti Weaver     (Stillwater, Okla.)  -- A teenager alleged to be part of a criminal group operating in multiple counties has been jailed on $25,000 bail pending his arraignment this week on a Payne... Read More.