Welling News

An eastern Oklahoma man has been arrested and transported to federal court in connection with an investigation of a brutal dog-fighting conspiracy.

Brandy Evans reported to the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office that the father of her children will not return her children to her.

A convicted robber was scheduled to appear in court Thursday on an application to revoke his nine-year suspended sentence, after being arrested with marijuana in his pocket on Monday.

Cherokee County sheriff's deputies arrested an area man early Tuesday after responding to a dispute that occurred at the Welling Bridge.

* Special Writer Betty Ridge was on hand this morning for WhiteBison's Tahlequah leg of a 40-day, 6,800-mile cross-country journey to present and former Indian school sites on a "Journey For Forgiveness." * Staff Writer Teddye Snell has an update on summer skin care.

A man and woman charged with knowingly concealing stolen property face a July court appearance after being arraigned Tuesday afternoon.

A Welling man who fired a gun at a longtime Tahlequah police officer last October was ordered held for trial Monday.

A dispute simmers in the hills and hollers of rural Cherokee County. Not a shooting war, mind you.

Cherokee County commissioners approved a series of documents Wednesday morning concerning an application for a $350,000 Community Development Block Grant.

The 911 call goes out. In minutes the fire engine or police cruiser tears into the parking lot.

Alcohol played a role in a crash early Tuesday morning that sent a Peck, Kan., man to the hospital.

WELLING, Okla. - A visitor to the home of Don and Joyce Varner, seeing the feeders by the side of the house and the owl carved from a tree trunk, is served notice that serious birders live here.

For at least the past 50 years, motorists driving on the Tenkiller end of Welling Road have crossed the old wooden floor bridge over Caney Creek.

Firefighters from three departments and he Forestry Service battled brisk winds Tuesday afternoon after a brush fire apparently got out of control in the Briggs area.

The Cherokee Nation is now taking applications for its 2009 Camp Cherokee. Camp Cherokee is open to any Cherokee Nation citizen entering sixth through 12th grade, and will be held at Heart O' Hills Camp and ...

The Jan. 26 ice storm may quickly become a fleeting memory for most Cherokee County residents, now that their electricity has been restored and life has returned to normal.

Today, the Red Cross is expanding mobile feeding in Emergency Response Vehicles and vans.

Employees set to work Thursday morning chipping away the ice covering and spreading salt along sidewalks at the Cherokee County Health Department.

The ice storm turned much of Cherokee County into a world of white, where magnolia trees were reduced to debris, along with post oaks and pines that once contributed to the area's scenic beauty.

About 30 residents were displaced by a fire Sunday, but fortunately, plenty of help was available to victims.