Fairland News

FAIRLAND a ' The former owners of an Ottawa County residential home have been found to be operating four unlicensed residential homes, the state Health Department confirmed today.

I'm not sure how to accurately measure the "loudness" of American discontent, are you? Were we louder in 2005 when the Iraq war was headed south, torture became publicized, and whatever else was perceived by some as drastically wrong with the country? Or is it now louder in 2009 with deficits, tea parties, health care and nuclear disarmament? If we ...

A number of unsolved violent crimes in rural areas is an indication that times are changing and the country doesn't seem as safe as it once did, law enforcement officials say.

Three people escaped unhurt from a fire that scorched part of a west Tulsa apartment complex Wednesday afternoon.

FAIRLAND, Okla. - An autopsy has determined that home-invasion victim Sam Sanders died of a single gunshot wound to the chest.

An Ottawa County businessman was shot and killed Tuesday at his rural home, where his wife and grandson were tied up by the assailants, authorities said.

Ottawa County authorities say a man was shot and killed in an apparent break-in at his home in a rural area outside of Fairland in far northeast Oklahoma.

A free genealogy workshop will be presented from 1-4 p.m. Saturday in the Grant Foreman Room of the Muskogee Public Library.

An Ottawa County man has been identified as a person of interest after a woman he was living with died after reportedly being held hostage and going several days without food or water, Fairland Police Chief ...

A Fairland, Okla., woman who claimed she was held hostage without food and water just before she expired earlier this week died of pneumonia, authorities said today.

The man who took Amber Barr to a Joplin hospital suffering from severe dehydration says he did not have anything to do with her death.

A 29-year-old woman's dying claim that she was held hostage without food and water remains under investigation by Oklahoma and Missouri authorities.

An Oklahoma woman brought to a southwest Missouri hospital suffering from serious dehydration claims she was held hostage.

A former acting Fairland police chief has been charged with passing four counterfeit $100 bills, according to an indictment released in Tulsa federal court Thursday.

An Ottawa County residential care home has agreed to close after violating several policies that might have resulted in the death of one man.

Voters in Northeast Oklahoma school districts went to the polls Tuesday, despite the threat of severe storms, to elect new school board members.

A resident of Fairland since 1948, George Weaver takes intense pride in its public schools.

Lane Thomas Handrich was born October 15, 2008 at 8:51 a.m. in the Freeman Hospital in Joplin, MO.

JAY A former Fairland police chief accused of passing counterfeit money while in uniform was charged Friday with trying to pawn two guns which belonged to two Ottawa County police departments.

Delaware County authorities say a former Fairland police chief was booked into their jail on Friday.