Sheila Stogsdill

Oklahoma

Digital Reporter at KODE-TV (Joplin, MO)

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BREAKING: Officer involved shooting in Miami, Oklahoma

6 days ago | fourstateshomepage.com | Dave Thomas |Sheila Stogsdill |Dustin Lattimer

UPDATE:MIAMI, Okla. — We have a reporter on the scene of what authorities say is an officer-involved shooting in Miami, Oklahoma. As of 10:45 p.m., Saturday night, there is currently a heavy police presence, including members of the Miami Police Department, Quapaw Nation Marshals, with additional law enforcement en route. Authorities have placed markers on Main Street in front of Mia Bella Italian Kitchen. Crime scene tape has been placed on the block’s perimeter. ORIGINAL:MIAMI, Okla.
'Seismic shift' coming for Wagoner County with $4-billion investment in Tulsa Port of Inola

1 week ago | tulsaworld.com | Sheila Stogsdill

Coweta city leaders are expecting a “seismic shift” in the Wagoner County economic landscape from a multibillion-dollar investment by an Emirates-based company. Emirates Global Aluminum, also known as EGA, announced plans earlier this month to build its aluminum production plant — the first in the United States since 1980 — at the Tulsa Port of Inola, about 25 miles north of Wagoner and Coweta.
Cyber attack hits Grove city offices

1 week ago | fourstateshomepage.com | Sheila Stogsdill

GROVE, Okla. – Grove City offices suffered a cyber-attack on their internal computer network, which affected certain current and former Grove residents and employees. According to a letter sent out by city leaders on May 15, the internal computer server was breached on March 24.
Autopsy shows premature infant fatally suffered from multiple injuries

1 week ago | fourstateshomepage.com | Sheila Stogsdill

JAY, Okla. – An autopsy report shows an 11-month-old girl’s body was covered with multiple bruises and fractures from beatings she allegedly received from her mother’s former boyfriend. Rachel Tymprance-Jane Simpson died Oct. 19, 2024, seven days before her first birthday, from blunt force trauma to the head, according to an autopsy. The 15-page autopsy report lists the manner of death as a homicide.
Delaware County woman suspected of sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy

1 week ago | fourstateshomepage.com | Sheila Stogsdill

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – The mother of a baby suspected to have died from child abuse is herself the center of a separate child sexual abuse case, according to Cherokee Nation court records. Melissa Ann Foreman, 35, of Jay, is in the middle of a criminal case filed in Cherokee Nation Criminal Court. She was charged in October 2023 with felony counts of child sexual abuse and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Cherokee Nation opens new state-of-the-art Jay Head Start facility

1 week ago | fourstateshomepage.com | Sheila Stogsdill

JAY, Okla. — Cherokee Nation recently invested $6.5 million into the tribe’s youngest citizens in Delaware County. The new state-of-the-art Jay Head Start Center was celebrated on May 22. The Cherokee Nation established its Head Start program in 1978, and has served more than 900 children. “Not only does this program help kids, but I’ve also seen it help mothers who’ve reached for continuing education after seeing what these children need.
E. coli warning for Grand Lake and other GRDA waters

1 week ago | fourstateshomepage.com | Sheila Stogsdill

GRAND LAKE – The Grand River Dam Authority issued an advisory for several areas of the waters under its control. Water samples collected from the following lake and Illinois River areas confirmed the presence of high levels of E. coli:Elk River, Grand LakeWolf Bay, Lake HudsonIllinois River at Highway 59 Bridge, Chewey Bridge, Combs Bridge, and in Tahlequah. Flint Creek at West Siloam Springs and the New Life Ranch area. The public is advised that high levels of E.
Miami Public Library Receives Literacy to support summer reading programs

2 weeks ago | fourstateshomepage.com | Sheila Stogsdill

MIAMI, Okla. — The Dollar General Literacy Foundation awarded the Miami Public Library a $3,000 grant to support summer literacy. The funds are part of a record-setting, one-day donation of more than $13.2 million in the foundation’s history to support adult, family, and summer literacy programs in Dollar General’s 48 states. “Grants, sponsorships, or donations fund the majority of our programming.
Miami Public Library Receives Literacy to support summer reading programs

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Sheila Stogsdill

MIAMI, Okla. — The Dollar General Literacy Foundation awarded the Miami Public Library a $3,000 grant to support summer literacy. The funds are part of a record-setting, one-day donation of more than $13.2 million in the foundation’s history to support adult, family, and summer literacy programs in Dollar General’s 48 states. “Grants, sponsorships, or donations fund the majority of our programming.
GRDA risks losing its operating license for non-compliance, who would take over?

2 weeks ago | fourstateshomepage.com | Sheila Stogsdill

MIAMI, Okla. — The city of Miami now has another agency in its arsenal for its fight with the Grand River Dam Authority over flooding issues. The Miami Area Economic Service Inc. submitted a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, also known as FERC, in Washington, D.C., supporting the city in its quest to address the flooding problems that plague Ottawa County, particularly Miami.