Wainwright News

Authorities in Muskogee County are on the hunt for a man who escaped from a private halfway house in Oklahoma City with a long history of drug, firearms and larceny crimes in multiple counties.

A 63-year-old Wainwright man will be spending the next 25-years in prison following his sentencing Monday in Muskogee County District Court.

A 63-year-old Wainwright man, accused of raping an 18-year-old woman witnesses called "mentally retarded and autistic," has been found guilty on three of five felony charges.

Wainwright area residents could get improved water service if Rural Water District 6 secures a federal grant to replace a water line.

The possibility that a 345,000-volt power line might go across the site where her new home is to be built hasn't upset Sandy Strickland - yet.