Oklahoma Headlines Examiner

America's Most Wanted: help find Berny Mayel Figueroa

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:39:43 -0700

Berny Figueroa John Walsh and America's Most Wanted kicked off their new season tonight with a urgent plea: help find the babysitter charged with brutally killing two-year-old Alexia Lopez. Her mother, Sandra, followed the family's normal routine as...

The most amazing video: ready to go viral?

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:21:17 -0700

It's getting hot, hot, hot again--the I Can Has Cheezburger? guy shows how to hook up people, music, technology, memes and crowdsourcing. Ben Huh may not be a household name (yet) but his websites and web innovations are. Here's his bio: Ben Huh has...

U.K. commandos rescue NY Times reporter Stephen Farrell from Taliban

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:52:47 -0700

Stephen Farell/NY Times Update: as more information is released on the raid--which, like the kidnapping was kept confidential--officials now say that the raid was staged by British commandos. The latest report says that one of the British rescuers d...

University of Oklahoma football opening marred by Tulsa plane crash

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:22:29 -0700

Laura, Steve, Dana & Christina Lester Tragedy struck the University of Oklahoma alumni family and the Tulsa medical community today as five people died in a small airplane crash. Dr. Steven Lester, wife Dana, and daughters Laura,16, and Christin...

LeGarrette Blount punch brings back OSU Holiday Bowl memories

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:22:25 -0700

LeGarrett Blount on a rampage/AP photo LeGarrette Blount may have closed out his college football career last night as he went on a rampage during the Oregon Ducks' season opener against Boise State. Blount threw a sucker punch that kno...

Church murder: see the autopsy of slain pastor Carol Daniels (WARNING: graphic)

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:47:12 -0700

Pastor Carol Daniels Pastor Carol Daniels, found brutally murdered in her small church in Anadarko, OK, fought for her life during an attack that nearly decapitated her, her autopsy reveals. In another macabre twist, police have confirmed a r...

Nancy Grace features macabre church murder of Rev. Carol Daniels

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:27:53 -0700

The Rev. Carol Daniels/family photo The small town of Anadarko, OK is reeling after a popular, gentle female pastor was found murdered and mutilated in her small pentecostal church. The Rev. Carol Daniels, pastor of Christ Holy Sanctified Church, di...

Michael Vick press conference video & Eagles' millions--vs. dogfighting busts

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:42:25 -0700

In July, officials conducted the largest-ever dog fighting ring bust and dog rescue in the nation's history. In August, Michael Vick, convicted dog fighter and killer, gets signed by the Philadelphia Eagles and picks up a few million dollars oave th...

Two deputies killed in Seminole County ambush

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:32:08 -0700

Ezekiel Holbert/booking photo Two deputies lost their lives when they tried to serve a warrant on Ezekiel Holbert at his mother's house in Seminole late Sunday. When the deputies, whose names have not yet been released, knocked on the do...

Oklahoma Highway Patrol: read Daniel Martin disciplinary letter here

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:07:25 -0700

Here's the disciplinary letter that the Oklahoma Highway Patrol sent Trooper Daniel Martin, now under a five-day unpaid suspension for his altercation with an on-duty paramedic transporting a patient to the hospital. The background story on today's a...

Oklahoma Highway Patrol: Daniel Martin incident press briefing video

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:35:42 -0700

The complete story, with background and links to prior articles on Oklahoma Highway Patrrol Trooper Daniel Martin and his brawl with an on-duty paramedic, is here.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper briefly suspended for brawl with paramedic

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:54:44 -0700

Trooper Martin chokes paramedic White Under pressure from citizens and media, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol scrambled today to put together a last-minute news conference about trooper Daniel Martin's punishment for an enraged brawl with an on-d...

Amber Alert now described as a fabrication

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:16:22 -0700

Police are now saying that a 12-year-old girl reported as abducted this morning is actually a runaway.The only witness to the purported snatching of Mycah Michelle James was her ten-year-old younger sister. Although authorities issued an Amber...

Amber Alert update: community joins search for abducted girl

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:45:40 -0700

Update: Stillwater police have identified the victim of this morning's abduction as 12-year-old Mycah Michelle James. She was snatched off the street at her home, located in the 1700 block of west 22nd Street. Friends and family ar...

Amber Alert: girl picked up off street by unknown driver

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:15:11 -0700

Stillwater police are looking for a man who reportedly plucked a 12-year-old girl off the street today as her horrified younger sister watched. The two were playing at their home.The 10-year-old girl said that some man they didn't know grabbed her ol...

Oklahoma Highway Patrol: Fox News investigates Daniel Martin case

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:15:40 -0700

For more than a month, I've been reporting on the incident involving a roadside brawl in which Trooper Daniel Martin attacked and choked paramedic Maurice White while a patient waited in the ambulance. Now, Fox News has taken a look at the c...

Ex-police chief arrested for years of child sexual abuse

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:36:41 -0700

In a shocking case, a former police chief is in jail after confessing to sexually abusing a child for the last eight years--since she was eight years old. Timothy Boyer was police chief of tiny Wynona from March 17 to June 16, when he resigned...

Dog fighting rings in six states busted in largest raid ever

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:25:05 -0700

Update: as of late today the number of states involved in the dogfighting ring clean-up increased to eight, with arrests also made in Mississippi and Nebraska. The Humane Society said that more than 400 dogs have now been listed as rescued.It's unkn...

Oklahoma Highway Patrol: raging cop still under investigation

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:38:30 -0700

The chief of the Oklahoma Highway patrol is currently reviewing an internal investigation of Trooper Daniel Martin, involved in a roadside scuffle with a paramedic in June. Martin remains on administrative leave, according to Public Information liai...

Oklahoma Highway Patrol dumps academy training for troopers

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:48:52 -0700

Citing budget woes, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol has announced it won't hold its intensive training academy for new recruits next year. The OHP is currently under fire for the actions of Trooper Daniel Martin, right, for his brawl with paramedic...