Watonga News

Staff reports Many northwest Okla-homa towns are losing population or staying fairly steady, except for three notable exceptions.

It took a Garfield County jury less than an hour Monday to return a sentence of life without the possibility of parole for Jessie Floyd Johns, who was convicted of the first-degree murder of Amber Matthews in ...

A Garfield County jury has been ordered to return on Monday to decide whether a man it convicted of the 2005 death of a Kingfisher woman should pay for the crime with his life.

A former Hulbert police officer will spend the next two years on probation for having sex with a woman in the police department's break room Dec.

While many who end up in prison get out with more problems than they had, Prison is where Dream went to leave her problems behind.

A dozen witnesses testified Wednesday in the capital murder trial of Jessie Floyd Johns.

A Watonga man has pleaded guilty to embezzling money from two casinos owned by the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribe of Oklahoma.

An Okeene man was hospitalized Monday after an accident in Blaine County. Brandon Wayne Laubach, 28, was taken to the University of Oklahoma Medical Center in Oklahoma City with head and trunk injuries, ...

A jury is in place for the trial of a man charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a Kingfisher woman.

Prosecutors and defense attorney will try to seat a jury on Thursday in the trial of a man accused in the fatal shooting of a Kingfisher woman nearly three years ago.

OKLAHOMA CITY Three years ago the Oklahoma City Astronomy Club, founded in 1958, qualified to become a nonprofit 501 scientific and educational organization.

Jury selection is under way in the first-degree murder trial of a man accused of killing a woman during a 2005 home-invasion robbery near Watonga.

Covington-Douglas Public Schools Booster Club's seventh annual golf tournament is Saturday at Rolling Meadows Golf Course.

Roman Nose could be the next state park to get a major upgrade. Earlier this month, the state Tourism Commission approved $1 million in funds for repairs at the park near Watonga.

Danny Salladay had only been a volunteer for the Red Cross a few days when he got his feet wet.

After a comprehensive process that included town meetings and hundreds of meetings with landowners, Oklahoma Gas and Electric announced this week they have reached a final decision on the route for a new high ...

An Evansville, Ind., truck driver was injured Thursday in a one-vehicle accident in Blaine County.

Major County Retired Educators will offer a scholarship to help further the education of a Major County student who plans to become an educator.

The Oklahoma City metro area won't see severe weather today or tonight, but there's a slight risk of severe thunderstorms in western Oklahoma and the panhandle after 5 p.m., according to the National Weather ...

A jury recommended a 15-year prison sentence for a man convicted of first-degree manslaughter Thurs-day in Blaine County District Court.