2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (551+ words) Former NFL running back LeShon Johnson of Broken Arrow was sentenced Thursday to 5 years in federal prison for his role in operating a large-scale dogfighting and trafficking operation. Johnson was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and ordered…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (659+ words) Part of an ongoing series, Celebrating the Standard is spotlighting Oklahomans working to make their communities better. Thousands of children across Oklahoma have a parent behind bars. They’re kids who don’t get a lunch packed for school in the morning…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (91+ words) A Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office investigation led to the arrest of Casey Lynn Adkerson on multiple charges involving the sexual abuse of a minor. Adkerson faces one count of manufacturing child sexual abuse material and three counts of lewd molestation....

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (267+ words) Tulsa police arrested a man accused of accidentally shooting his neighbor with a high-powered pellet gun while trying to kill rats in his backyard. Officers responded around 10 p.m. Aug. 24 to a reported shooting near 19th Street and Lewis Avenue. The victim told…...

3+ day, 23+ min ago   (278+ words) The FBI is asking anyone who may have been sexually assaulted by Deleon Cooks to come forward as investigators look for potential additional victims. Cooks is in custody and faces eight charges related to the alleged sexual assault of at…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (187+ words) Tulsa police arrested a 50-year-old man accused of taking a 1-year-old child from a woman’s shopping cart at a Walmart near 71st Street and Memorial Drive. Police said officers responded to a kidnapping report on Tuesday after the mother regained control…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (182+ words) A woman convicted for her role in the 1978 killings of nine people has been denied parole and will continue to serve the remainder of her sentence behind bars. According to the State of Oklahoma, Verna Stafford, 73, was seeking parole in…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (99+ words) A Dewey police officer died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Monday at the Dewey Police Department while under investigation for alleged crimes, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said a deputy went to the police department…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (381+ words) The City of Tulsa and the Tulsa Police Department answered questions about the department’s Real Time Information Center, which manages the city’s license plate reading cameras, at a town hall this week. Residents had the opportunity to ask TPD questions…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (302+ words) Tulsa police arrested a man and woman accused of stealing a purse from a woman who was pumping gas Friday morning. Police said the victim went to a gas station near 91st Street and Yale Avenue around 8 a.m. Friday. While she was…...