News — East Oklahoma The latest breaking news and local reporting from across eastern Oklahoma. EastOklahoma.com covers the stories shaping communities throughout Green Country — from Tulsa, Broken Arrow, and Muskogee to Tahlequah, McAlester, Sallisaw, and every corner of the region.
Crimes
Inside the multi-town fraud network that turned a routine retail courtesy into an automated cash machine. By EastOklahoma.com Staff If you have spent any time waiting in line at the customer service desk of a Walmart Supercenter on a Friday afternoon, you know the rhythm. It is the
Government Corruption
The state helped bust a $191 million cattle Ponzi scheme. Now it may be aiming the same weapon at families who just wanted beef. In 1967, a federal appeals court with jurisdiction over Oklahoma was asked to decide what a beaver is. Not biologically — legally. A company called Continental Marketing
Crimes
In the summer of 2026, Muskogee County authorities unraveled a case that began as a search for two fugitives and quickly spiraled into accusations far darker than standard warrants could contain. Cheyenne Hamilton and Donald Phillippi Jr., a couple with ties to the Muskogee area, stand accused of trafficking in
Muskogee
In a packed council chamber on a warm June evening in Muskogee, Oklahoma, the city's political and community worlds collided. The agenda was short but explosive: a legal opinion questioning whether Deputy Mayor Derrick Reed could continue serving as both an elected city official and the longtime director
Pawhuska
In Osage County, Oklahoma, the path to public office is supposed to run through the voters. But a detailed timeline of documents, meeting minutes, internal communications, and public records reviewed by EastOklahoma.com raises serious questions about whether Shawna Myers — a Republican Party insider and current county employee — has been
Claremore
Claremore, Oklahoma, is the kind of place where neighborly disputes are supposed to stay small. A dispute over a property line, some loud music, or kids cutting across lawns. The sort of thing that might end with a terse conversation or a call to the local police, who then mediate
Police Corruption
Tahlequah's Assistant Police Chief built a career on community trust and law-and-order events. Now surveillance footage puts him at the scene of a Memorial Day vandalism that destroyed a children's summer attraction — and the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office isn't done
Government Corruption
The following is based solely on the account of one individual and has not been independently verified. EastOklahoma.com has reached out to all parties named for comment. A Seminole County man is speaking out about what he describes as a years-long property dispute involving a local church, a
Pawhuska
Shawna Myers is running for Osage County Treasurer. Bank records, official meeting minutes, and a trail of unreturned funds tell a story she hasn’t shared with voters — and a powerful ally is helping make sure they never hear it. EastOklahoma.com Investigative Desk • May 30, 2026 THE RACE NOBODY
Tulsa
Who Has the Right to Put You in Prison? Inside the Legal War Tearing Eastern Oklahoma Apart There is a child pornographer sitting in a federal prison cell serving 50 years. There is also a drug trafficker whose case may be thrown out because the wrong court filed the charges.
Sallisaw
"Student Safety" for Some But Not Others Connected To My Friends: The Selective Crusades of Sean Buckner and Ron Durbin An investigation into how Oklahoma's most vocal "student safety" advocates go silent when misconduct involves their friends The Brand They Built They burst into
Webbers Falls
The Future of Farming is Growing in Webbers Falls—And You're Invited to See It Why hundreds of Oklahoma growers are marking August 5th on their calendars for an event that could transform their harvest WEBBERS FALLS, OK – There's a moment every farmer knows—standing in