Vinita News

Every year about this time, the city of Pryor lets down its hair and jacks up the volume.

A Vinita man was killed Saturday when he lost control of his motorcycle and ran into a fence.

First responders to receive free legal services Saturday Oklahoma Bar Association's Young Lawyer's division will provide free will and probate services to Enid's first responders through its Wills for Heroes program.

By Jean Hayworth Jon and Cindy Clemens, of Longview announce the engagement of their daughter, Lauren Elise, to Aaron Michael Gentry, son of J.J. and Jan Gentry of Tulsa, Okla.

In his day job, Wade Alexander flies jets for Cessna Aircraft. But in his free time, he loves to fly his 1960 Piper Comanche, which he affectionately calls his "Junkyard Dog." The aircraft has an interesting history.

For Joe and Cayden Nowlin, the May 27 trip from Oklahoma to Ames, Iowa, was an odyssey to watch an odyssey.Cayden, 14, got to spend hours alone with his devoted dad and they both were looking forward to sister, Alyssa's, performance with her Haileyville, Okla., fifth- and sixth-grade drama group's performance of 'Odyssey of the Mind' in a world ...

Three of four accused cattle thieves will have their initial appearance in Craig County District Court today.

Craig County's recent cattle thieves were rounded up over the weekend, after investigators located the 32 head.

A Vinita, Oklahoma man is killed and his son badly injured when a police chase on Highway 71 near Kansas City ends in a head on collision.

A couple living on a small farm near Big Cabin was honored recently when they were chosen as Foster Parents of the Year for Mayes County.

A local watchdog group is questioning the transparency of a roughly $1.6 million municipal contract involving an automated water meter system.

A short foot pursuit resulted in the arrest of Byron Michael Jacobsen, 22, Salina, early Sunday morning in Locust Grove.

Federal investigators are looking into letters containing powder that were sent to three northeast Oklahoma hospitals.

Authorities say three hospitals in northeast Oklahoma have been locked down after receiving envelopes containing a powdery substance.

Lowell and Shirley Butcher received the Joe Hinton Memorial Award for Outstanding Senior Volunteerism during Grand Gateway's 42nd Annual Banquet which took place at the Cowboy Junction Facility in Vinita April 16.

A Vinita, Okla., teenager was killed and another was injured in a single-vehicle crash at 2:27 a.m. Thursday on Highway 125, two miles south and two miles east of Bernice in Delaware County, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

A murder suspect from Hughes County put up a fight after kicking out the window of the patrol vehicle transporting him to Vinita through Pryor Monday.

Three vehicles were involved in an accident just after noon on Saturday. Claremore firefighters and the Oklahoma HIghway Patrol responded to the crash that stopped the flow of traffic at Road 4120 and Hwy.

At least six tornadoes were reported in eastern Oklahoma, and officials said four people in Le Flore County suffered minor injuries.

An Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper involved in a shooting and potential hostage situation near Peggs last December was honored Thursday.