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Prison fights attributed to race-based gang tension - September 16, 2019
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Fights broke out at a half dozen facilities over the weekend, sending dozens of inmates to hospitals and leaving one inmate dead. The altercations began Saturday evening at Northeast...
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Yukon football player dies after Friday’s game - September 16, 2019
YUKON, Okla. (AP) - A 16-year-old Oklahoma high school football player has died after suffering an apparent head injury during a game. Yanda and Son funeral home says Peter Webb died Sunday at an O...
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Police, volunteers put on bike rodeo for kids - September 16, 2019
Officers and Extra Eyes Volunteers from the Ponca City Police Department recently worked with other community partners to put on a bike rodeo, and safety event for kids. Pioneer Technology Center host...
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Knife-wielding man fatally shot - September 16, 2019
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Police in Oklahoma City say a man who threatened officers with a knife has been fatally shot. Officers responded to reports of trouble on the city's northwest side about 2 a.m....
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Enid home invasion victim dies - September 16, 2019
ENID, Okla. (AP) - Authorities say the victim of a violent home invasion in northern Oklahoma has died. Police said Saturday that 41-year-old Diana Aide Baez died at an Oklahoma City-area hospital ...
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State prisons locked down after inmate fights cause one death, several injuries - September 16, 2019
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - All Oklahoma prisons are locked down after several inmate fights caused one inmate death and more than a dozen injuries. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections says fights brok...
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NOC Partners with PTC and UC for biology class - September 16, 2019
Northern Oklahoma College, Pioneer Career Technology Center, and the University Center are partnering this fall to offer a biology class for college students in the Ponca City area. Students can ta...
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New laws crack down on jailhouse informants - September 15, 2019
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - An effort to more tightly regulate the use of jailhouse informants is gaining momentum across the country in the wake of exonerations of people wrongly convicted of crimes. A n...
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Hearing set on request to withhold fatal police shooting video - September 15, 2019
(Information from: McAlester News-Capital, http://www.mcalesternews.com) McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - A hearing has been scheduled on an objection to a southeast Oklahoma prosecutor's request to keep the ...
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Prosecutor: Ex-tribal chief pleads guilty to bribery charge - September 14, 2019
MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) - A former principal chief of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation has pleaded guilty to bribery related to work for the Wetumka-based Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town. Assistant U.S. Attorn...
