Idabel News

Too good to die or too dumb to quit? With "hair metal mania" as it is these days, it's hard to tell into which category so many of these old-school "reunion" acts fit.

Sixty years after enrolling in law school and stepping into history, Silas Hunt has finally received his degree.

Jack and Idabel Johnson of Kiowa spot a painted bunting enjoying sunflower seeds.

The Oklahoma Education Oversight Board has set up new benchmarks for public schools, a change reflected in the newest version of the School Report Cards released by the Office of Accountability.

DENVER - Erin Houtsma was the only player to break par Wednesday as she took the opening-round lead in the HealthOne Colorado Women's Open.

Eight death row inmates in Oklahoma have walked out of prison as free men after their convictions were overturned.

Just in passing, and in the light of conversations re the Manchester Museum mummy discussions, I though that the issue of moving this mummy from one museum to another showing the appropriate respect for her as ...

This Egyptian mummy, part of the permanent collection at the Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art in Shawnee, was loaded into a specially made box and transported to Idabel Tuesday where it will be part of a temporary ...

“This is something that would be very unusual to have at home. I used to have some in my lab, but I had it taken away. ... I didn't need it.”

The difference between possessing cyanide and being able to use it effectively to kill people is vast, a local expert says. via NewsOK.com

The FBI says a Texan told an informant he had a 25-gallon drum with enough cyanide inside to kill a city. via KDBC

A Texan has been arrested in southeastern Oklahoma for allegedly trying to sell a 25-gallon drum of cyanide to an FBI informant. via KSWO

An Inola man was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer when he stumbled onto a highway, and an Idabel woman died in a single-vehicle accident, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported Tuesday. via NewsOK.com

“With a big structure like that, anytime you have things propped up and nailed together in that fashion, with a wind like that, bad things are going to happen”

Tornadoes and high winds that struck the region Thursday night and early Friday killed a 15-year-old girl in Siloam Springs, Ark., toppled a hotel under construction in Owasso and destroyed several homes in ... via TulsaWorld.com - News

Ken and Carla Miller of Broken Bow, OK, announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashli Lyndon Miller, to Joshua Cully Warren, son of Ken and Ramona Hauser of ... via Hattiesburg American

An early morning accident Wednesday on Highway 70 in Millerton has left one man hospitalized. via KXII-TV Sherman

“Well, when sign making computers came about, they replaced my sign painting business, a business that while it was not a luxury living, was able to keep me going at the time”

His trek began in 1992 from Northern California. Since then, when his sign painting business grinded to a near halt, Marc Charlebois, 55, has hoofed it more than 22,000 miles and crossed 21 states. via Woodward News

Clouds gradually will dissipate this morning and northerly winds will decrease across Oklahoma, leading to a sunny and pleasant afternoon, forecasters say. via NewsOK.com

Two girls and a 20-year-old man are in custody after an 81-year-old man was found beaten to death and robbed in his home Monday evening. via NewsOK.com

A large upper-level storm system moving through Oklahoma this morning will continue to spread mainly light rain across parts of southeast and south-central parts of the state. via NewsOK.com

Forecasters now believe Oklahoma could be in line for a significant winter storm on Thursday. via NewsOK.com