Owasso News

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 Friday.

In just its first year of operations, the beautification group Pride In McAlester won three of 18 statewide Awards of Environmental Excellence from Keep Oklahoma Beautiful on Tuesday night.

Julie Christian, a junior political science major from Owasso, will advance to the Miss Oklahoma pageant after being crowned Miss University of Central Oklahoma 2010 on Nov.

OWASSO a ' A Rogers County sheriffa TMs deputy was all ears Tuesday morning when he intercepted a phone call from a man who threatened to blow up a mental facility.

The City Council authorized a settlement Tuesday in a federal lawsuit filed by a former police officer against three other officers, including the police chief.

An Owasso man is in jail after threatening to blow up a Rogers County health center if they didn't give him drugs.

A search warrant for a drug suspect yesterday turned up a pipe bomb along with the alleged marijuana.

Garold McMillian, 42, and his wife, 42-year-old Sherry, were arrested on two complaints of child abuse.

OWASSO a ' Portions of an apartment complex were evacuated Monday after police serving a search warrant discovered a pipe bomb in the facility, Owasso Deputy Police Chief Scott Chambless said.

An Owasso couple was arrested early Sunday morning after allegedly leaving two foster children locked out of their house in cold and rainy weather for about five hours.

Substitute teacher Ann Maslanka helps student C.J. charles, 5, with his shoelaces outside Disney Elementary School in Tulsa on Friday while students wait to be picked up.

A handful of local businesses are included on the top 100 Tax Delinquencies report published on the Oklahoma Tax Commission web site Nov.

An eye-catching building that blends classic and modern looks is officially open for business as the new headquarters of First Bank of Owasso.

The City of Norman had 360 names engraved onto the Cleveland County Veterans' Memorial tablets Friday afternoon.

More than 1,100 Oklahomans have unclaimed Internal Revenue Service refund checks waiting to be delivered, 65 of those in Cleveland County.

COMBAT VETERAN Maj. Dan Rooney: The F-16 pilot in the Air National Guard has served three combat tours in Iraq, and as a professional golfer he started Patriot Golf Day as a fundraiser to support the Folds of Honor Foundation.

While Oklahoma is without a five-star prospect in the Class of 2010 and boasts only a trio of four-star athletes, it's loaded with quality, underrated depth.

A $7.4-million dollar cut from the Oklahoma Department of Human Services is felt here in Green Country.

The family of a man who was injured in an accident caused by escaping horses along Highway 169 is reaching out for help.

A hunting accident over the weekend claims the life of Owasso Community Development Director Eric Wiles.