Ottawa County News

Picher, the little town at the epicenter of the mine-ravaged Tar Creek Superfund site, is expected to cease operations on Sept.

The driver of a tractor-trailer rig involved in one of the deadliest vehicle crashes in Oklahoma history could face as many as 10 negligent homicide charges for his role in the accident, an Ottawa County prosecutor said Monday.

The Ottawa County District Attorney's Office says it may be three weeks before any charges are filed in connection with a turnpike crash that killed ten people.

Truck driver Donald Creed had a clean record when the state of Missouri renewed his commercial driver's license in April.

A Missouri hospital spokeswoman says the condition of a 12-year-old girl injured in an Ottawa County highway crash Friday that killed 10 people has been upgraded.

OHP says the tractor-trailer was traveling at an unsafe speed. Workers with Sooner Emergency Service Inc.

A 7-year-old Ottawa County boy who had been revived by rescue crews after almost drowning has died.

An Ottawa County boy was revived Wednesday after nearly drowning at a campground.

A Miami Police Department clerk chased two men after they cornered her and stole her purse and a family dog scared them away at their next stop before a sheriff's deputy put an end to their attempted crime spree.

David Marlin of Conway, Mo., and his daughter Amber, 4, pose with the Picher gorilla, which he purchased at the Picher school auction on June 14.

A pilot program consisting of wrapping social services around older Oklahomans' needs is being touted as the first in the country.

Most of the 1,000 people attending Sunday's auction of the Picher School District wanted to see who would buy the 500-pound concrete gorilla.

Three people died in weekend accidents on Oklahoma roads. John Curtis Desilva, 21, Miami About 11:10 p.m. Friday, Desilva was driving a motorcycle west on an Ottawa County road near U.S. 69 when he ran into the back of a truck driven by Charles Prairie Chief, 39, of Miami, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

MIAMI a ' A motorcyclist has died in a two-vehicle collision in Ottawa County. The Oklahoma Highway patrol says John Curtis Desilva, 21, of Commerce, was killed in Friday night's crash.

A Miami man has died of injuries he suffered in a three-vehicle collision on Oklahoma Highway 10 in Ottawa County.

Organizers hope "Miami NOW" becomes a new option for your family and a draw for the Miami area.

Eleven graduates of Picher-Cardin High School have participated in the school's final graduation ceremony.

Eleven graduates of Picher-Cardin High School have participated in the school's final graduation ceremony.

The city's emergency management director has been suspended with pay pending after his arrest on a misdemeanor domestic abuse charge.

On Tuesday Five Star Equipment just east of Miami on Highway 10 was broke into. Two Cub-Cadet Zeroturn mowers and a trailer were stolen.