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Separate trials being sought
The lawyer for a man accused in the fatal shooting of a 6-year-old boy has asked a Comanche County judge that is client be tried separately from his co-defendant.
Ousted leader discourages donations
The fired president of Feed The Children said Friday that donors should not give to the charity until 'all of this mess is cleaned up.'
Corrections, clarifications
A Friday story in the Business section listed an incorrect business name for the winner of a Tulsey Award.
Locust Grove man is charged in OKC deaths
A cage fighter from Locust Grove was charged Friday with six counts of first- degree murder in the Nov. 9 deaths of four people and two fetuses.
Tulsa man charged with murder in companion's slaying
A man was charged Friday with first-degree murder in a shooting death that followed a night of partying with the victim, court records show.
Felon given life term for arson
A frequent felon incurred stiff sentences at a Tulsa County trial Friday and picked up three new counts tied to an escape after Thursday's court session.
ME's ex-investigator due trial on sex-battery count
OKLAHOMA CITY — The former chief investigator for the state Medical Examiner's Office was ordered Friday to stand trial on a sexual battery charge.
Former coach handed probation in sex case
A former East Central High School girls softball coach who had been charged with molesting a teenager received a two-year probation Friday.
Religion: This week
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Religion Briefs
The Rev. M.C. Potter, pastor of Antioch Baptist Church, has been named national president of One Church, One Child, an organization that finds adoptive homes and foster homes for children in the child ...
Learning from each other
As a college freshman at Brandeis University, an essentially Jewish school, Dvora Weisberg was shocked when her new Catholic roommate asked her, 'Why did you kill Jesus?'
Founder to speak about home culture
American teenagers are being kidnapped and brainwashed by an electronic culture with values their parents would never accept, says a man who has probably preached to more teens than anyone else in Ame ...
Faiths cooperating: A vision
Eboo Patel has a dream.
Community Briefs
The Oklahoma State School Boards Association will host a candidate workshop for people who are interested in running for their local school boards.
Allow parents to return adopted kids, panel urged
Relief should be provided to parents who adopt from the state a child who eventually develops violent or severe mental-health tendencies, an attorney told a legislative panel Friday.
NSU, Connors to combine efforts at Muskogee campus
Connors State College and Northeastern State University will combine their operations at NSU's Muskogee campus, the institutions have announced.
TPS adds swine-flu vaccine clinics
Tulsa Public Schools announced Friday the dates of added H1N1 vaccine clinics for students and employees at 10 schools.
Young victim remembered for his big dreams, sense of humor
With hundreds of people gathered Friday to remember the life of 9-year-old Tommy Wolf, the Rev. Rick Stansberry addressed the question likely on everyone's mind. Why?
Partially disabled man is killed in house fire
A partially disabled man apparently died from smoke inhalation while trying to escape from his home after his bed caught fire Friday morning.
Ethics panel facing furloughs during election year
The state agency that is charged with policing political campaigns will be furloughing staff members right in the middle of the 2010 election cycle if current budget projections hold up, an official said ...
Woman charged in son's drowning
Police arrested a woman Friday evening on a second-degree manslaughter charge in the drowning death of her infant son.
Board's meeting is under scrutiny
Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater has been asked to determine whether the state Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services violated the Open Meeting Act when it recently slashed its ...
Officer must face trial on drug count
A Tulsa police officer was bound over for trial Friday on an upgraded charge of possessing cocaine with an intent to distribute it.
Keeping them warm, fed
With all of the good that's happened in Hannah Kinnison's life, she's spreading the love this Thanksgiving.
Fundraising efforts up at charter sites
Tough economic times in public education have local charter schools trying new fundraising efforts and pinching pennies.
Senators near vote on health-care bill
The U.S. Senate on Friday talked itself toward a crucial showdown vote over the weekend to begin formal consideration of a historic but highly controversial health-care reform bill.
City history
Six former Tulsa mayors and Mayor Kathy Taylor gathered Friday at the BOK Center to tape group and individual video interviews that will be part of the new Tulsa Mayors Library.
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Temporarily escaped inmate convicted upon return to court Friday
Jurors found Antonio C. Myrie Jr. guilty Friday of seven felonies ? five counts of concealing or receiving stolen property and single counts of first-degree arson and second-degree burglary.
Horse sensitivity: Show at OSU pushes preserve for mustangs
The wild mustangs Freedom, El Compadre and Felio were featured during the halftime show at Oklahoma State University's football game Thursday in an effort to raise awareness of the plight of wild hors ...
Tulsa woman charged, arrested in baby's death
She is accused of leaving him unattended in a bathtub last week, and his death has been classified a homicide.
Judge rules Tulsa police officer bound over for trial
Police said cocaine was discovered in the officer's police car during an unrelated administrative investigation.
Current and former Tulsa mayors announce library
Six former Tulsa mayors and Mayor Kathy Taylor gathered Friday at the BOK Center to tape group and individual video interviews that will be part of the new Tulsa Mayors Library.
Police catch two suspects after chase
Police have captured the two people they were for following a chase near U.S. 169 and Interstate 44.
Tulsa schools announce H1N1 vaccine dates
The district is receiving shipments of vaccine from the state, as well as some from the Tulsa City-County Health Department.
City officials repairing Tulsa waterline break
City workers are attempting to repair a large waterline break along 41st Street between Yale Avenue and Sheridan Road.
City is hiring — in certain departments
While three police officers and 16 other city workers remain laid off, the city is actively seeking to fill 26 positions, including one that has a six-figure salary.
OCU receives $1 million from late wife of local jeweler
Oklahoma City University says it will create an endowed chair that will be funded with a $1 million bequest from the late wife of a local jeweler.
Students pass out shots of reality
Walking through a simulated high school party wasn't an ideal Wednesday night for Delise Thomlinson.
State Chamber exec rips health bills
Federal health-care reform plans are a 'monumental mistake' that will increase health-care costs to unacceptable levels, the president of the State Chamber said Thursday afternoon.
Student jailed in drug-deal killing
A high school student who is accused of shooting a man to death during a drug deal was arrested Wednesday evening in connection with the slaying.
5 people escape 2 house fires; dog dies in 3rd blaze
Five people safely escaped two house fires Thursday in Tulsa, and a third house burned while its residents weren't at home.
Tulsa conference to link the survivors of suicide
People affected by suicide can attend the National Survivors of Suicide Day on Saturday at Oklahoma State University at Tulsa.
Board is updated on library CEO hunt
A new CEO for the Tulsa City-County Library system is expected to be hired by May 1 and will be paid $130,000 to $150,000 a year, according to an update given to commissioners Thursday.
New security measures coming to county courthouse
New security measures will be in place starting next week at the Cleveland County courthouse.
Lahoma man killed in accident
Authorities say a Lahoma man was killed when his pickup truck collided with another truck on an Alfalfa County road.
Senate OKs bill to help veterans
The U.S. Senate approved a bill Thursday to provide benefits to disabled veterans and their caregivers after rejecting an amendment by Sen. Tom Coburn, who had blocked action on the measure.
Revamp planned at Union
The structure of Union Public Schools may look quite different in three to five years, with several big changes possible in the meantime.
Republicans in Senate seek session
Senate Republicans on Thursday urged Gov. Brad Henry to call a December special session to deal with declining state revenues.
Santa safety
Before 4-year-old Jayden Perry climbed up into Santa's lap to ask for a motorcycle, St. Nick sprayed his gloved hands with disinfectant.
