Craig County News

Change is inevitable. Sometimes it comes naturally, sometimes forced and in many cases there is a choice whether to change or not.

Associate District Judge Shawn Taylor visited Adair Chamber of Commerce Tuesday.

Mayes Emergency Services Trust Authority Director Rick Langkamp discussed EMS agency grants for the Oklahoma Trauma Fund at their meeting Tuesday night.

Flooding persisted across Oklahoma after heavy rains pounded the state, washing out roads and sending creeks and rivers over their banks.

Monday, Rogers County commissioners announced the Board has reached an agreement with the District Attorney to designate Assistant District Attorney Barry Farbro as the full-time county counsel.

A 57-year-old woman has died after being crushed by a car door in Craig County in far northeastern Oklahoma.

Mayes County is waiting for AT&T's approval on rerouting emergency service calls.

Emergency calls from the northeast section of Mayes County may soon be routed to Mayes County 911.

A female prisoner escaped custidy in Vinita last night around 8:15 p.m.. She was being transported from the Craig County Jail by a deputy to the Craig County Hospital.

Police say a female prisoner at the Craig County jail was being transported for medical treatment when she escaped escaped at the crossroads of Sequoyah and Forman in Vinita.

A Craig County sheriff's deputy has been given a one-year deferred sentence after pleading no contest to a charge of destroying property.

Several families have no place to live after a fire in downtown Vinita. It happened Sunday afternoon in the town located about 55 miles northeast of Tulsa in Craig County.

An arrest is made in a rash of rural home burglaries in rural Craig County. The News On 6 first reported on the string of burglaries northeast of Vinita in April.

Mayes County District 2 signed a lease agreement to relocate the county barn and shop buildings.

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

Progress can be slow when it comes to anything that involves government. It is apparent there is forward movement to consider a new Rogers County Courthouse.

County commissioners approved the formation of a special committee this week to consider the needs, possible solutions and financing for a new Rogers County Courthouse.

A late Kansas woman has left $396,000 to Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College to provide scholarships for students from Craig County, Okla.

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.