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No school in Ponca City on Friday, Feb. 14 or Monday, Feb. 17 - February 13, 2020
There is NO SCHOOL for all Ponca City Public School students on Friday, Feb. 14 or Monday, Feb. 17. There is no school on Friday due to Parent/Teacher Conferences. Monday is a scheduled Professi...
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Guardrails being installed at deadly Oklahoma City bridge - February 13, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY (The Oklahoman) — Oklahoma City has hired a company to install guardrails along the sides of a bridge where at least four drivers have lost their lives in the last four years. The O...
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Oklahoma fines charter school $530,527 for exceeding costs - February 13, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma State Department of Education hit an online charter school with a half-million-dollar fine for exceeding the legal limit on administrative costs. Epic One-on-One...
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Oklahoma House panel approves conversion therapy ban - February 13, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The discredited practice of conversion therapy for LGBTQ children would be prohibited in Oklahoma under a bill approved by a Republican-led legislative committee. In a bipart...
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Oklahoma professor apologizes for using racial slur in class - February 13, 2020
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — A University of Oklahoma journalism professor has apologized to his students for using the N-word during a class lecture in which he argued the racist slur was no more offensive...
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Senate passes legislation creating the Cultural Districts Initiative Act - February 13, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – Legislation formalizing an Oklahoma Arts Council program that provides a positive economic and social impact on cities and communities across the state has been approved by the Senat...
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Former Chandler police officer pleads guilty to illegal possession of silencers - February 13, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – Steven Bradley Simon, 47, of Chandler, has pleaded guilty to illegal possession of firearm silencers, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing. A Superseding Indictment returned...
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Senate bill to give honorably discharged vets free entry to state parks - February 13, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – Under current state law, honorably discharged veterans get free entry to all state parks and museums. However, the law is written assuming state parks charge per person rather than...
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Bowling tournament to benefit Hospice of North Central Oklahoma - February 13, 2020
"Strike It Up for Hospice!" a benefit tournament for Hospice of North Central Oklahoma, is set for two sessions on Saturday, March 7, at Ponca Bowl. The first adult squad will bowl at 2 p.m., with ...
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Lowe releases statement on Logan County Sheriff’s ‘Sanctuary County’ declaration - February 13, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY -- State Rep. Jason Lowe (D-OKC) released the following statement after Logan County Sheriff Damon Devereau declared Logan County a “Second Amendment Sanctuary County”: “I would...
