PICHER -- A county prosecutor says the mayor of Picher purchased land illegally while serving on a public authority and is telling the mayor to give it back. Eddie Wyant, district attorney for ...

PICHER -- Yielding to legal pressure, Mayor Sam Freeman has returned land that he purchased while serving as chairman of the public authority from which he bought the land. Freeman said he ...

By Wally Kennedy [email protected] PICHER, Okla. — Another day, another mine collapse in Picher. A shaft three miles east of Picher that was filled with large boulders two years ago ...