An annual tractor pull supports a good cause today in Picher, Oklahoma. Little Man Farms hosted its Picher Memorial Tractor ...

The Midwestern State Mustangs have found a new leader for their softball program, tapping Fort Scott Community College head ...

Picher, which in its heyday in the 1920’s boasted a population of nearly 20,000 people, no longer exists as a town. After being labeled one of the most polluted places in America by the EPA, ...

Picher was poor and hard-edged, but also close-knit. Bars and churches were plentiful, even for a town that was down to just 1,640 residents in 2000, ...

Picher schools haven't participated in athletics for three years, but the stadium remains intact. The paint job proclaiming the school's 1984 state championship still beams bright red.

PICHER, Okla. (AP) _ A family in Picher is the first to accept the state's offer to buy their home in the contaminated Tar Creek Superfund site in northeastern Oklahoma.