Pocola News

Authorities in Le Flore County say a retired Pocola High School teacher was killed when he accidentally shot himself while trying to kill an armadillo.

Oklahoma authorities have assembled a task force to investigate two unsolved death investigations there including that of Roxbury native Jody Rilee Wilson, according to a published report.

David Dewayne Collins was charged with first-degree murder Sept. 30 and additional charges of first-degree arson and possession of a firearm after former felony convictions were added Oct.

No bond was set Wednesday in Sequoyah County District Court in Sallisaw for the man suspected of killing Shannon Bryan Southern, 20, of Muldrow.

An Oklahoma man has been charged in with first-degree murder in Arkansas for the beating death of his girlfriend's 1-year-old daughter.

A man is being held without bond after being arrested for the death of his girlfriend's 1-year-old baby.

David Dewayne Collins, 35, of Pocola was arrested Thursday in Fort Smith, Ark., for the shooting death of a Muldrow man whose body was found in what remained of a burned-out home on Leea s Chapel Road, southeast of Muldrow.

The Pocola Middle School and High School students participated in a "Commit to Graduate" assembly recently at their school.

Jeffery Weeks spoke to members of the Poteau Chamber of Commerce concerning agritourism opportunities in the area.

Thursday, 30 July 2009 Bob Hawley, retiring director of LeFlore County Emergency Medical Services By Jenny Huggins News Reporter Bob Hawley has been the LeFlore County EMS director for nearly 16 years and feels it's time to retire.

A Pocola man was admitted Thursday to a Fort Smith, Ark., hospital in critical condition after a single vehicle crash a mile north of Muldrow.

An Oklahoma school superintendent is charged with a sex crime against a five-year-old relative.

Bruce Lynn Shelley, a former librarian and administrator at several Oklahoma schools including Pocola where he served as the superintendent, was arrested and charged with rape by instrumentation of a minor in the first degree on Monday, July 13, for allegedly sexually assaulting a five-year-old child.

A local school superintendent has been suspended with pay after his arrest for the alleged rape of a 5-year-old girl.

It's been nine weeks since Joe Neff's body was found in a pond in Pocola, even longer since a bloody crime scene was left behind at his bar in Poteau.

Independence Day Parade starts July 4th at 10am. Begins at Central Park and follows down Main Street.

Friday's storm moved quickly through northern LeFlore County before wielding its wrath on Arkansas.

Friday's storm was brief but ferocious. A tree-removal crew is on the spot an hour after a tree fell on a house at 28 E. 52nd St.

New York, NY, June 11, 2009 -- Central National Bank of Poteau has recently deployed Edcomm Bankera s Academya s bank training solution, Bankera s Academy Unlimited.

On Tuesday, a local community came together to pay their final respects to a popular bar owner who was found dead earlier this month.