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A rash of gang violence in Wewoka, a town of about 3,200 people 70 miles southeast of Oklahoma City, has residents on edge, churches calling for peace and local police asking state and federal ...
Six were arrested after a rash of violence in Wewoka, and the silence from city officials caused concern. Police say reports of "roving gangs" were exaggerated.
‘Getting real:’ Outlaw biker gang violence goes back to the 1940s. Outlaw motorcycle gangs sprung up in the United States in the 1940s. The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club was founded in 1948 ...
In 1907, Wewoka became part of the state of Oklahoma, which was admitted to the union. In 1908 it was designated as the county seat of Seminole County, Oklahoma, winning out in an election against the city of Seminole, Oklahoma. [e] Early newspapers were the Wewoka Herald, Wewoka Democrat, and the Seminole County Capital. [1]
The J. Coody Johnson Building, at 124 N. Wewoka St. in Wewoka, Oklahoma, was built in 1916.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]It was deemed significant for its association with J. Coody Johnson, a grandson of slaves to the Creek Nation who became a Howard University-educated lawyer and who represented the Creek Nation before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Eight people pleaded "not guilty" Wednesday in Oklahoma County District Court on charges related to a shooting at a south Oklahoma City club on April 1 that left three people dead.
The Silas L. Brown House, at 107 S. Seminole in Wewoka, Oklahoma, was built in 1985.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]It was deemed significant for association with Silas L. Brown, the first black dentist in Wewoka, and as one of the oldest and best-preserved homes in the black community of Wewoka.
Former Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Joe Allbaugh said extortion of family members by gangs from inside the prisons was widespread while he held the position from 2016 to 2019. He ...