Custer County News

A new wind farm in far western Oklahoma that recently began delivering energy is the ninth in the state.

CLINTON a ' A Burns Flat man died Sunday at the scene of a fiery crash on U.S. 183 in Clinton in Custer County, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.

Two teenagers have died in a rollover accident on Interstate 40 in Custer County just east of Weatherford.

A judge has sentenced a former western Oklahoma sheriff to 79 years in prison for sexually abusing female inmates and drug court defendants.

That's the first piece of advice David Eyster, Custer County, Okla., farmer, gave to participants at the recent No-till Oklahoma Conference in Oklahoma City.

A pilot and his passenger have been treated and released from a hospital in Weatherford after an emergency landing Friday morning.

The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals affirms a lower court ruling in the case of a woman charged with murder in the death of a 10-month-old boy who was in her care.

An embattled sheriff is taking legal action. The injunction filed Thursday by Joe Craig is the latest move by the former Seminole County Sheriff in hopes of getting his job back.

A former Oklahoma sheriff was convicted of second-degree rape and bribery Saturday in a case that accused him of coercing sex from female inmates and drug court defendants.

The stepdaughter of former Custer County Sheriff Mike Burgess has testified for the defense in Burgess' trial on sex charges.

In this file photo, former Custer County Sheriff Mike Burgess, goes through security as he enters the courthouse back in August 2008 in Arapaho.

Police in Weatherford said a witness in the sex-scandal trial of former Custer County Sheriff Mike Burgess has reported being harassed by another witness.

FAIRVIEW, Okla. a ' Defense lawyers opened their case in the trial of a former Custer County sheriff who is accused of sexually harassing or abusing female inmates and drug court participants.

FAIRVIEW a ' A former drug court participant alleged Friday that the ex-Custer County sheriff threatened her with prison if she didn't agree to a sexual encounter that violated terms of her standing in the ...

The lawyer for a former Custer County sheriff accused of sexual misconduct cross-examined 1 of the accusers today.

A prosecutor says a former Oklahoma sheriff used his influence over jail inmates and drug court defendants to demand sex from the women.

Opening statements are to begin this morning in the sex abuse trial of a former Custer County sheriff.