• Group pushes for Oklahoma sentencing measure on 2020 ballot

    Group pushes for Oklahoma sentencing measure on 2020 ballot - December 27, 2019

      TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma voters may get to decide whether to amend the state constitution to bar people convicted of non-violent felonies from having to serve extra prison time because...

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  • Group seeking recreational pot in Oklahoma abandons effort

    Group seeking recreational pot in Oklahoma abandons effort - December 27, 2019

      OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A group seeking a public vote on whether to legalize recreational marijuana in Oklahoma is temporarily abandoning its effort. The two proponents _ Amy Young and Vaness...

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  • New submarines to take names of Pearl Harbor battleships

    New submarines to take names of Pearl Harbor battleships - December 26, 2019

      HONOLULU (AP) — New U.S. Navy submarines will revive the names of the USS Arizona and USS Oklahoma, two of the biggest casualties of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II...

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  • ‘Joe Exotic’ awaits sentencing on murder-for-hire charges

    ‘Joe Exotic’ awaits sentencing on murder-for-hire charges - December 26, 2019

      CHICKASHA, Okla. (AP) — A former Oklahoma zookeeper who was found guilty on murder-for-hire charges will be sentenced next month. Joe Exotic, whose legal name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage,�...

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  • 3 killed in head-on collision in Logan County on Christmas

    3 killed in head-on collision in Logan County on Christmas - December 26, 2019

      EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say three people are dead after a head-on collision in Logan County on Christmas Day. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the crash happened Wednesday night n...

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  • Personal injury collision in Noble County

    Personal injury collision in Noble County - December 22, 2019

    The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported that a personal injury collision occurred at about 1:31 p.m. Sunday on I35 southbound near mile marker 191.5, which is about five-and-a-half miles north of Perry, ...

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  • Iconic Abundant Life Building in Tulsa losing diamond facade

    Iconic Abundant Life Building in Tulsa losing diamond facade - December 22, 2019

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An iconic building in downtown Tulsa that was once the world headquarters for televangelist Oral Roberts’ ministries is losing its distinctive diamond shaped facade for safety ...

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  • Mayor, cemetery at odds in search for Tulsa massacre victims

    Mayor, cemetery at odds in search for Tulsa massacre victims - December 22, 2019

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Officials say that a privately owned cemetery is blocking efforts to find the remains of black Tulsa residents killed nearly 100 years ago in a race riot. However an attorney for...

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  • Tribal leaders reject Stitt’s short-term extension plan

    Tribal leaders reject Stitt’s short-term extension plan - December 21, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tribal leaders in Oklahoma have rejected Gov. Kevin Stitt's offer to extend the existing gambling compacts for another eight months. Stitt this week proposed the extension wh...

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  • Oklahoma governor gives consent for refugee resettlement

    Oklahoma governor gives consent for refugee resettlement - December 21, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt says that refugees will be allowed to continue resettling in the state. Stitt sent a letter to federal officials on Wednesday in response to an exec...

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