Oklahoma Department of Wildlife says a huge Alligator Snapping Turtle is safe after getting tangled in a fishing line in southeast Oklahoma last week.

With the loss of high school junior Avery Shannon in an off-roading incident this weekend, the Jenks community is left dealing with yet another heartbreaking tragedy.

According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, two young girls died after a tragic wreck along a McCurtain County highway on Friday night.

Water is rising at Pine Creek Lake, near Broken Bow in Southeastern Oklahoma.

For the second time in less than a month, an eagle has been shot and killed. 

A bald eagle was shot and killed along an Oklahoma road, according to game wardens. An investigation is underway after a passerby reported finding the animal on December 27.

Oklahoma game wardens are searching for the person who shot and killed a bald eagle in southeast Oklahoma last month. 

A McCurtain County man will spend his 26th birthday on Wednesday behind bars in the Oklahoma County jail, but he has much bigger problems than that.

Two people were hospitalized after a car accident in McCurtain County late Monday night. Ryan Estrada, 19, of Broken Bow, was driving a 2000 Chevy pickup down a county road when he swerved to avoid a deer and ran off the road.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol is investigating after two men died while fishing on a private pond in McCurtain County.

Authorities say a McCurtain County deputy and a hit-and-run suspect were wounded in a shootout near Broken Bow on Saturday.

One man was hospitalized Sunday evening after running his ATV off of Shinewell Rd. just north of Haworth in McCurtain County.