• Skeletal remains are McAlester woman missing since 2017

    Skeletal remains are McAlester woman missing since 2017 - February 19, 2020

    McALESTER, Oka. (AP) — Authorities say skeletal remains found two years ago near McAlester are those of a McAlester woman who disappeared more than three years ago. Pittsburg County Sheriff Chris...

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  • Stitt issues warning amid flat Oklahoma budget projections

    Stitt issues warning amid flat Oklahoma budget projections - February 18, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Gov. Kevin Stitt is urging the Legislature to use caution while drafting a state spending plan after a panel projected a relatively flat budget for the upcoming fiscal year. ...

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  • Man playing video game fatally shot in central Oklahoma

    Man playing video game fatally shot in central Oklahoma - February 17, 2020

    MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (AP) — Police in the Oklahoma City suburb of Midwest City say a man playing a video game was fatally shot, apparently accidentally. Midwest City Police Chief Brandon Clabes sa...

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  • Prince of Peace Lutheran Church holding benefit Fat Tuesday Pancake Supper

    Prince of Peace Lutheran Church holding benefit Fat Tuesday Pancake Supper - February 17, 2020

    A Fat Tuesday Pancake Supper and Silent Auction will be held from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Feb. 25 at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 2600 Turner Road in Ponca City. Cost is $6 for adults, $3 for children 5...

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  • OSBI investigating suspicious fire, death in Cushing

    OSBI investigating suspicious fire, death in Cushing - February 17, 2020

    CUSHING, Okla. – The Cushing Police Department requested the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation investigate a suspicious death and fire that occurred Monday morning in Cushing. At approximate...

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  • Blood drives set for February

    Blood drives set for February - February 17, 2020

    The Oklahoma Blood Institute Bloodmobile will be in the Ponca City area for blood drives in February. The bloodmobile will be at: 901 East Prospect on Monday, Feb. 24, from 2 to 6 p.m. Lowe...

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  • Ponca City High School varsity basketball teams to play in OSU Gallagher-Iba Arena

    Ponca City High School varsity basketball teams to play in OSU Gallagher-Iba Arena - February 17, 2020

    Ponca City Senior High School girls’ and boys’ varsity basketball teams have been given the opportunity of a lifetime! They will have the privilege of playing in Oklahoma State University's Gallag...

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  • Third student-runner who was struck by speeding truck dies

    Third student-runner who was struck by speeding truck dies - February 16, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A third suburban Oklahoma City high school student has died after a group of cross-country runners was struck by a speeding pickup truck earlier this month. A University of O...

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  • Attorney General says Oklahoma to resume executions

    Attorney General says Oklahoma to resume executions - February 15, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma officials say the state is planning to resume executing death-row inmates, five years after lethal injections were put on hold following a series of death-chamber misha...

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  • National Black News Channel makes debut

    National Black News Channel makes debut - February 15, 2020

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The nation's only black news network is on the air. Black News Channel began airing this week, launching with an image of the National Museum of African American History ...

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