Stringtown News

STRINGTOWN, OK A Louisiana man has escaped from prison and may be headed to the Grand Lake area.

A manhunt is currently underway in Bryan County. After one of two escaped inmates is captured, authorities search for the other.

One of two escaped inmates from Mack Alford Correctional Center in Stringtown, Oklahoma, is back behind bars.

Two inmates escape from a local town's state prison. Officials with the Mack Alford Correctional Facility in Stringtown, OK say between 6:30 and 8:30 this evening two inmates broke out of the prison's minimum ...

Driver Justin Hall gave Gerald N Sam a perfect trip in the pocket in Saturday night's Open Pace at Scioto Downs.

Inmates wielding homemade weapons battled at three separate state prisons in recent days, sending nine inmates to the hospital in fights that prison officials said were along racial lines.

Stringtowner paced past favored Die Another Day N in the stretch to take Saturday's Open Pace at Scioto Downs in 1:54.4. A final quarter in 28.1 was enough to give Stringtowner his first win in three starts ...

“Under Oklahoma law, once an emergency has been declared, business owners cannot artificially raise the price of necessary goods and services more than 10 percent above the pre-emergency price”

A Tulsa convenience store owner and operator has been accused of violating the Oklahoma Emergency Price Stabilization Act. via NewsOK.com

“A preliminary guideline calculation projects a probationary sentence.”

Sheldon J. Sperling, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that JULIE MARIE LAMBERT, age 29, of Atoka, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Embezzlement by Tribal Employee, in ... via KTEN-TV Denison

“They need money to exist and that's money they didn't have at their disposal”

A Channel 2 investigation into Oklahoma's controversial speed trap law. We receive a lot of emails from viewers claiming they were wrongfully ticketed for going too fast, and in some cases the state of Oklahoma ... via KJRH-TV Tulsa

A double-murderer whose prison record includes escape and participation in a sprawling prison riot is among more than 500 inmates being considered for parole this week. via NewsOK.com

“Government's greatest moral obligation is to ensure the safety and well-being of its citizens, and that includes making certain we are keeping criminals off the streets”

A state lawmaker is proposing a bond issue to help pay for more than 3,800 beds at prisons across the state to address the state's ever-growing prison population. via Examiner-Enterprise

“We have 1,323 inmates in county jails awaiting transfers to state prisons”

District 7 state Sen. Richard Lerblance, D-Hartshorne, says something's got to give - and he hopes it's not the patience of the federal courts. via McAlester News

A state prison inmate was charged today in a 2001 rape after authorities used his DNA to link him to the crime. via NewsOK.com