Wister News

How much would you pay to be able to wear a hat in school? These Wister students paid $5 a head for the honors.

An autopsy on the body of a woman found dead in a state park in May was unable to determine her cause of death.

Five months after Jody Rilee-Wilson's body was found on an Oklahoma mountaintop, a medical examiner determined she was dragged into the woods after she died, but has been unable to determine cause of death.

Congressman Dan Boren is being asked to help find out why autopsy results on a woman found dead in May at an Oklahoma state park haven't been released.

By Jenny Huggins News Reporter Poteau Main Street is gearing up for the Kiamichi Outdoor Sportsman's Festival this weekend.

By Jenny Huggins News Reporter This school year in addition to the mountain of paperwork required to enroll a student in classes a new form will be added to the stack for students in some LeFlore County schools.

The public is invited to the first of four nights of auditions for Oklahoma Star! Poteau.

Jim and Stacey Riley drove up a rocky dirt road to an Oklahoma mountaintop to see where their daughter's body was found.

Poteau's Good Times Community Theatre League will present "Godspell" Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Poteau High School Choir Room.

POTEAU/HEAVENER - The parents of a slain wister woman are defending their daughter and dispelling rumors, all while trying to keep the public focused on finding her killer.

Prosecutors have filed a murder charge against a man in a homicide probe that began more than a year ago.

An medical examiner soon will sign off on the cause of death of Jody Rilee-Wilson, a Roxbury native whose body was found under suspicious circumstances near an Oklahoma state Park in early May.

WISTER a ' Authorities are seeking help from the public in their investigation of a Wister womana TMs unsolved death.

Officials in Oklahoma and New Jersey are asking for help in finding the person or persons responsible for the death of a woman whose body was found in LeFlore County last month.

By JAMES BEATY SENIOR EDITOR Attorneys at Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson's office were checking state statutes early today to determine whether the state has laws on the books allowing for civil confinement of sex offenders.

The 4-year-old child victim of convicted rapist David Earls did not have an independent representative from CASA, or Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children, looking out for her interests as the case made its way through the court system.

By KANDRA WELLS STAFF WRITER A second woman has come forward as a former victim of convicted child rapist David Earls, joining his daughter to speak out about his sentence last month in the rape of a young girl.

Authorities in Oklahoma and New Jersey are investigating the death last month of Jody Rilee-Wilson. Her body was discovered on May 8 in the area of Poteau Mountain near Heavener Runestone State Park.

The Morris County Sheriff's office Tuesday announced it is offering up to $10,000 for information that could lead to police solving the suspicious death of a 2003 Roxbury High School graduate whose body was found near an Oklahoma state park last month.

Jody Rilee-Wilson's Chevrolet Blazer was found last week in the parking lot of the Pig Out Palace in Henryetta, Okla., according to news reports, and investigators said the car had been in the lot between three and four weeks.