Haskell County News

Ruth I. Stout, 87, longtime Muskogee resident passed away Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at the Haskell County Hospital.

Doy Wilkins, right of Sallisaw, is concerned about a proposed site for a commercial soil farm near Keota that adjoins Wilkinsa property and then flows into Kerr Lake.

He says he's in it to win. District 18 State Rep. Terry Harrison, D-McAlester, says he is going to be a candidate in 2010 for the District 18 district attorney's post, which covers Pittsburg and Haskell counties.

A Tulsa woman was killed Thursday when the car in which she was a passenger rear-ended a vehicle that had slowed in rush-hour traffic.

A Pittsburg County man was killed when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a deer in dense fog in eastern Oklahoma.

A Longtown man was killed Thursday morning when his motorcycle struck a deer that had wandered onto a Haskell County highway.

State Representative Ed Cannaday, D-Porum admitted he was skeptical of the claims of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs when it claimed a survey of Oklahoma students showed only 2.8% could pass a bisic civics test.

Attorneys with the Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund on Wednesday asked for the review by the nation's highest court.

The state Capitol architect on Thursday recommended that a Ten Commandments monument be placed on the north side of the building.

I would like to alert you to a development concerning many citizens as they see their environment and property values being negatively impacted by numerous gas and oil field waste disposal operations.

Two people were killed and another injured in separate crashes in Sequoyah and Haskell counties, according to an Oklahoma Highway Patrol report.

District 18 District Attorney Jim Bob Miller won't be seeking re-election - by agreement with the Oklahoma Attorney General's office.

Having no avenue by which to obtain a free legal opinion, I write this letter. Haskell County's public display of the Ten Commandments resulted in a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union.

Haskell County commissioners have lost another legal battle in their attempt to leave a Ten Commandments monument on the courthouse lawn in Stigler.

After I read about the Haskell County commissioners causing the Haskell County taxpayers to have to pay ACLU legal fees , I had a thought: Instead of erecting a monument to the Ten Commandments, why don't the county commissioners dedicate themselves to living the Ten Commandments? Instead of having a slab on the courthouse lawn, the commissioners ...

A Ten Commandments monument at the state Capitol could be erected in the spring, the Capitol Preservation Commission was told Thursday.

A Stigler man was killed after he ran off a Haskell County road and was ejected from his vehicle, according to an Oklahoma Highway Patrol report.

A federal appeals court ruled on Thursday that Haskell County commissioners must pay the legal fees of the ACLU of Oklahoma in its lawsuit against a Ten Commandments monument in Stigler.

In this 2005 file photo, Ron Love, maintenance and janitorial supervisor for Haskell County, and summer helper Earl Blevins, trim the lawn outside the courthouse by a monument bearing the Ten Commandments.

In this 2005 file photo, Ron Love, maintenance and janitorial supervisor for Haskell County, and summer helper Earl Blevins, trim the lawn outside the courthouse by a monument bearing the Ten Commandments.