An inmate who escaped from jail in Hodgen, Oklahoma Saturday night was arrested five hours later in Oklahoma City, the LeFlore County Sheriff's office reports. About 7 p.m. Saturday, Isaac Espinosa, ...

(Poteau-AP) -- A group in Le Flore County is planning a petition to get a jail tax election on the ballot. The move would bypass the Le Flore County commissioners and send the plan straight to voters.

The cost of steel has increased 35 percent, but construction continues on the jail and courthouse complex. POTEAU -- Rain delayed work a little in recent weeks on a new LeFlore County jail and ...

Law enforcement in Fort Smith have arrested Parker Smith in connection to a homicide that happened in January in LeFlore County, authorities said. Law enforcement in Fort Smith have arrested Parker ...

An Oklahoma man is behind bars accused of killing his father late Friday, March 29, 2013. LeFlore County Sheriff's deputies arrested Tim Lockaby, 51, of Cameron Saturday. After deputies got a 911, ...

POTEAU, Okla. (AP) _ Le Flore County commissioners voted to put off a countywide sales tax election to fund a new jail after having second thoughts about how the ballot proposal was written. Monday's ...