Archive for September, 2007

Shooting Speeders

On Labor Day, Mark Abshire, 37, was cuffed, stuffed and lodged in the Rogers County Jail, charged with shooting with intent to kill.
His alleged victim?
A speeder.

On Labor Day morning, Abshire allegedly took offense with a motorist speeding through his neighborhood, off state Highway 20 near Collinsville.
According to Rogers County deputies, when the motorist refused to [...]

River Development Tulsa Style

There is a lot of discussion, debate and propaganda ongoing over recently announced plans for “river development” in Tulsa.
Tulsa County taxpayers are being asked to approve a “$282 million river tax” set for a vote on October 9th. If Tulsa County taxpayers fork over $282 million, private developers have promised another $118 million for [...]

The Death of Bailey Thrasher

A horror story played out this weekend in Yukon and Mustang, Oklahoma. This horror story did not start this past weekend but rather three years ago.
It ended in tragedy on this Labor Day weekend when Robert Paul Roberson, age 32, murdered his “ex-girlfriend”, Bailey Rian Thrasher, age 16.
As if the age difference between the [...]