3. Danny Brian Giacomo

Giacomo 38, former Hilldale band director, pleaded guilty in March to 16 charges which included lewd molestation, rape and sodomy and received six years in prison and 29 years probation.

The charges were made in three felony cases involving 14- and 15-year-old Hilldale band students.

4. Kris Ledford

Former Muskogee police crime scene investigator Kris Ledford, 30, of Broken Arrow pleaded guilty in November in federal court to one count of possession of stolen firearms and one count of stolen valor. Ledford stole the firearms from the evidence room at the Muskogee Police Department while employed there. He also falsely represented himself to have been awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.

5. City of Muskogee Foundation

The proceeds from the lease of Muskogee Regional Medical Center to Capella were turned over to the City of Muskogee Foundation. The group made its first grant in September, $1.5 million for the expansion of Griffin Industrial Park west of U.S. 64 and south of Peak Boulevard.

6. Jerry Raney

Jerry DeWitt Raney, 44, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his stepdaughter, Sara Kendall Smart, 19, whose body was found inside a 55-gallon barrel floating in a pond southwest of Haskell on Aug. 6, 2006.

7. New City Manager

Greg Buckley became Muskogee’s city manager March 1. He replaced Walt Beckham, who served nearly 25 years in the post.