Oklahoma
Okla. lawmakers near passage of DNA testing bill
Convicted criminals who maintain their innocence would have a way to seek DNA testing to help prove their cases under a bill that is nearing final passage in the Legislature and would eliminate Oklahoma's dubious distinction as the only state in the nation without such a program. The Oklahoma House ...
Sallisaw man bound over for trial on murder charge
An eastern Oklahoma man has been bound over for trial in connection with a 1997 killing. Sequoyah County Special Judge Larry Langley ruled Friday that Rex Robbins III should be bound over for trial in the beating death of 28-year-old Mitchell Nixon. The Southwest Times Record reports (http://bit.ly/10ybQ5j ) that ...
Tulsa man says machete attack was self-defense
A police report says a Tulsa man arrested in the death of a 20-year-old woman told authorities he was acting in self-defense when he struck her with a machete. Joshua Andrew Reynolds was arrested on a first-degree murder complaint in Thursday's death of Melissa Lemery. Police found Lemery's body in ...
Okla. Senate unveils $80M plan for 2 new museums
The Oklahoma Senate unveiled a new plan on Thursday to divert $80 million in state sales and use taxes over a four-year period to pay for the completion of an American Indian museum in Oklahoma City and build a new popular culture museum in Tulsa. A Senate budget committee approved ...
Interior issues new drilling rule on public land
Companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands will be required to disclose publicly the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, the Obama administration said Thursday. The new "fracking" rule replaces a draft proposed last year that was withdrawn amid industry complaints that federal regulation could hinder ...
Police arrest 2 in Lawton shooting death
Lawton police say they've arrested two suspects in the shooting death of a man outside a home on the city's northwest side. Police Chief James Smith told reporters that an 18-year-old man was arrested following a traffic stop late Tuesday and a 31-year-old man was arrested early Wednesday at a ...
Okla. man sentenced to life in deaths of parents
A Muldrow man has been sentenced to two life in prison terms for the shooting deaths of his parents. The Times Record reports (http://bit.ly/12y3Q4c ) that 51-year-old Kevin Paul Statham was sentenced Thursday to life without parole for the July 2011 deaths of 69-year-old Helen Ruth Statham and 70-year-old Paul ...
Bartlesville police investigating fatal shooting
Authorities in Bartlesville are investigating after a man was shot to death while working on a car in his front yard. Bartlesville Police Capt. Jay Hastings says 46-year-old Douglas Wayne Diaz was pronounced dead shortly after the shooting was reported at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. Hastings tells the Examiner-Enterprise (http://bit.ly/10SIT5M ) ...
Man in custody after woman found dead in Tulsa
Police are investigating after a woman was found dead at a west Tulsa home. Officers responded to a call of a possible domestic disturbance at the home Thursday morning. Police tell Tulsa television station KJRH (http://bit.ly/10tALXL ) that once there, officers discovered a woman's body wrapped in a sheet in ...
Oklahoma woman arrested in sister's death
Authorities in Wagoner County have arrested an Okay woman on a second-degree murder complaint for the death of her sister. Sara Davis was arrested Wednesday in the death of Kristi Rider, who was also known as Kristi Stamps. Sheriff's Maj. Gary Handley tells the Muskogee Phoenix (http://bit.ly/YLONn6 ) that investigators ...
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