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After sitting for nearly 20 years on death row for the 1982 murder of Pamela Kaye Willis, Curtis Edward McCarty is now a free man.   Judge Twyla Mason Gray said during today’s hearing she believes that McCarty was involved in the murder but because of the actions of former Oklahoma City police chemist Joyce […]

Voters in Edmond and Norman recently elected mayors whose priorities place “quality-of-life” issues ahead of “growth at any cost.” In a March 6 Norman primary, University of Oklahoma political science professor Cindy Rosenthal defeated two challengers for the post. And in Edmond’s April 3 runoff, retired federal personnel manager Dan O’Neil carried all four city […]

On Sunday ” in the kind of dramatic fashion only the Yankees can conjure up ” Roger Clemens stood up with a microphone at Yankee Stadium and announced himself as the savior to all who wear pinstripes and bow down to small statues of Babe Ruth every night. OK, so those aren’t the exact words […]

Governor Brad Henry today declared a State of Emergency for all of Oklahoma’s counties.   Tornadoes, rain and flooding have been widespread throughout Oklahoma since May 4.   “The State Emergency Operations Plan has been activated and our emergency management officials are closely monitoring the situation,” Henry said in a statement.   Providing a formal […]

Convicted murderer James Dwight Pavatt was denied appeal from the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals this afternoon. The justices voted 5-0 to deny overturning Pavatt’s murder conviction and death sentence. Pavatt was found guilty in September 2003 of conspiring and killing Oklahoma City advertising executive Robert Andrew at his home in 2001. Pavatt’s co-defendant and […]

Results of a second round of DNA testing in the state’s murder case against Curtis Edward McCarty should be in the court’s hands next week.   At a status conference hearing Friday morning before Oklahoma County District Judge Twyla Mason Gray, attorneys indicated the lab said results would be rushed back to Oklahoma by Wednesday. […]

Pleading with those in his courtroom he has no other choice, a judge has released a man charged with murder.   Oklahoma County District Judge Ray Elliot granted the release to Earl Bradford Postelle, 42, who is charged with the Memorial Day murders in 2005.   “I find it incredible this is the position I’m […]

On May 6, 1989, a thoroughbred named Clever Trevor became the first and only Oklahoma-bred horse to ever run in the Kentucky Derby.   He finished 13th, but became the first accredited Oklahoma-bred to win more than $1 million in career earnings.   Now 21, Trevor grazes on the prairie grass at a farm near […]

Don Morris, a 60-year-old project manager at an Oklahoma City architecture firm, has a unique method for betting on horses: He pays attention to the headlines.   In other words, the names of horses that correspond to ongoing national news stories are the ones who come out on top.   “You’ve heard of ‘The Bible […]

At an afternoon hearing in Judge Twyla Mason Gray’s courtroom (pictured), Curtis McCarty submitted an additional DNA sample for testing in the Pamela Kaye Willis murder case.   McCarty’s new sample will be tested against fingernail evidence Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater’s office discovered in February.   Results from the previous DNA sample indicated […]