Word has gotten around the Web in the past month or so that what astronomers thought might be another planet might actually be a black hole.

ENID, Okla. — Enid Police Department Street Crimes Unit arrested nine suspected car burglars and recovered a large amount of stolen property Saturday night and early Sunday morning, police said.

WEBBERS FALLS — Johnny Pollard said things are almost back to normal in this small town in southern Muskogee County.

The discovery of a children's book about World War II veteran Jack C. Montgomery brought Kathy Hamilton back home for a little while, she said.

Autopsy photographs of a toddler stomped to death shows his liver and pancreas were split into pieces and that he suffered for several minutes before dying, a former state medical examiner testified Friday.

A Tahlequah lawyer who once served as an assistant district attorney in Cherokee County has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of methamphetamine possession and firearm possession after a former felony conviction.

Tahlequah Police Chief Nate King has confirmed that two people are dead after a shooting Wednesday night, and the man involved in the domestic dispute was killed by Cherokee Nation marshals.

The identity of the person who killed Hilo Patty was discovered at the annual Oklahoma Home and Community Education Mystery Tea on Thursday morning.

TAHLEQUAH — Tahlequah Police Chief Nate King has confirmed that two people are dead after a shooting Wednesday night, and the man involved in the domestic dispute was killed by Cherokee Nation marshals.

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Area students have found an overabundance of generosity through October donation drives for military personnel, foster families, homeless teens and other needy.

Defense attorneys in a child abuse murder trial tried Thursday to discredit the mother of a 20-month-old victim who was stomped to death.

SALT PLAINS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Okla. — Salt Plains is once again under review by Army Corps of Engineers to ensure the area, a part of which was a former military bombing range during World War II, is safe for the public.

A third person has been charged with child neglect following the service of a search warrant in September at a residence in relation to a murder investigation.

ENID, Okla. — Volunteers are needed to help with a community project to build a new home for a wounded veteran.

Reina Owens, longtime McAlester News-Capital advertising executive, has been promoted to general manager. Her appointment is effective immediately. 

EDMOND, Okla. — Words can have consequences this Veterans Day as the nation pays tribute to its service members. That’s the message Congresswoman Kendra Horn (D-Fifth District) gave this week.

A man who was purportedly on drugs was arrested after he threw a rock at officers and refused to comply with their commands.

Area residents who have past criminal convictions or have civil judgments will have an opportunity this month to learn how those likely barriers to housing and employment might be removed from public records. 

WARNER — Wyatt Jordan makes skeet shooting look easy.

NORMAN — Deena Parsons and her mother caught a glimpse of an unusual sight during a recent stop at Lake Thunderbird — 10 endangered whooping cranes.

NORMAN — Cleveland County prosecutors laid the groundwork Wednesday for proving their case in a first-degree murder trial against a 38-year-old Noble man charged with stomping a toddler.

The free concert and ceremony, organized by Woodring Wall of Honor and Veterans Park, is free to the public in the Grand Ballroom at Stride Bank Center, 301 S. Independence.

Despite feigned attempts of mental instability, Earl Oswalt Jr. would be competent to participate in his defense according to a court-ordered evaluation provided to Payne County District Court by a psychologist from the Oklahoma Forensic Center.

Recently released campaign finance reports show the 93 Republicans in the Legislature who are up for re-election next year have built a total campaign war chest of over $2 million, or an average of about $22,800 each, as of Sept. 30.  

Virgil Wander owns the town’s historic movie theater on a floundering Main Street in small Greenstone, Minnesota, on Lake Superior. In Leif Enger’s new novel of the same name (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2019), Virgil also serves as the city clerk, bringing his steady presence to town hall. But, even in a sleepy Midwestern town where mostly the mundane occurs, chance plays a major role. When Virgil’s car goes off the highway into the lake during an unusually early winter snowstorm, his life is changed in unexpected ways.

The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department's decision to charge state park visitors admission fees beginning this spring has drawn mixed reactions in Cherokee County, with a number of tribal citizens saying access should still be free to Natives.

WAGONER — A former Muskogee man has been charged in the 1995 slaying of Donald Hawley following the reopening of Hawley's case in November of last year, said District 27 District Attorney Jack Thorp.

City commissioners heard an update on the Kaw Lake water pipeline project during a Tuesday evening study session, delivered by a representative from Garver, the company tasked with engineering the water supply effort.

ENID, Okla. — A Garfield County jury deliberated for about 8 hours Tuesday before finding a 29-year-old woman accused of shaking a boy in her care last summer guilty.

A former Covington-Douglas Public Schools teacher's aide pleaded guilty Tuesday to a felony charge of sodomy and a misdemeanor count of furnishing an alcoholic beverage to a minor.

As Oklahoma's winter days creep in, a local committee to address homelessness is tackling a warming shelter first.

More than 60 guests "from around the United States and beyond" are expected this year for the 53rd annual Grand National Quail Hunt, running from Nov. 11 through Nov. 14.

Only one kitten was among the 125 animals that came to Tahlepaws for free vaccinations on Saturday at Leoser Pavilion in downtown Tahlequah.

Tahlequah Public Schools is listening to parents of the children it teaches, and Heritage Elementary invited families to campus Monday evening to offer resources to help improve the chances of student success.