Sen. Ralph Shortey resigned his position, Wednesday afternoon. Monday, Shortey hired defense attorney Ed Blau who announced the Senator would resign by Wednesday evening. Last week, Shortey turned ...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma Senate has voted to punish a state senator who police say was found with a teenage boy in a motel room. Police officials in the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore are still ...

Disgraced former state senator Ralph Shortey pleaded guilty in federal court to child trafficking charges. It's part of a plea deal where prosecutors agreed to drop child porn charges. Shortey didn't ...

Videos from Moore police body cameras show officers scolding a former state senator they found in a hotel room with a 17-year-old boy. The videos of the March 9 incident at the Super 8 Motel with ...

Former Oklahoma state Sen. Ralph Shortey, 35, R- Oklahoma City, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for soliciting sex online with a 17-year-old boy. The official charge was one count of child ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- An Oklahoma state senator accused of hiring a 17-year-old boy for sex has resigned. Republican Sen. Ralph Shortey submitted his resignation letter Wednesday. He was arrested last ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A Republican state senator facing felony child prostitution charges after police say he solicited sex from a 17-year-old boy plans to resign his seat by Wednesday evening, his ...

There have been plenty of f’d up news stories coming out of South Florida, but the more and more I read about wampeters, granfalloons, and nut bags that make up the rest of our country, I start to ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — State Sen. Ralph Shortey will keep his legislative retirement benefits regardless of whether he is convicted in a child prostitution case. His annual pension will be about $9,200 if he ...

The FBI is investigating a state senator who is accused of soliciting sex from an underage boy, and has executed a search warrant at his home, the agency confirmed Monday. Meanwhile, the Secret ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A two-term Oklahoma Republican state senator’s fall from political power following his arrest on child prostitution charges has been stunningly fast. Before state Sen. Ralph ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — The investigation of former state Sen. Ralph Shortey uncovered evidence that he posted Craigslist ads several times “attempting to solicit young males for sexual contact,” the FBI says ...