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Cherokee Nation Tribal Council considering funding cuts to some schools - November 08, 2019
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - The Cherokee Nation Tribal Council is considering whether the tribe should cut funding to schools that bar Native American students from observing cultural practices during events....
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Stitt pardons member of criminal justice task force - November 08, 2019
CLAREMORE, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has pardoned a member of a task force that is advising him on criminal justice reform. Stitt on Thursday signed a pardon for Rhonda Bear, who serve...
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10 hospitalized from Oklahoma facility after flu shot mix-up - November 08, 2019
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. (AP) - Authorities say 10 people at an Oklahoma care facility for people with intellectual disabilities were hospitalized after they were injected with what's believed to be insuli...
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Oklahoma woman imprisoned in failure-to-protect case is free - November 08, 2019
MCLOUD, Okla. (AP) - An Oklahoma woman who failed to report her boyfriend for abusing her children and who spent about 13 years longer in prison than he did for the abuse has been released. Thirty-...
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Rep. Ford to hold study on cold cases, missing persons - November 08, 2019
OKLAHOMA CITY – State Rep. Ross Ford (R-Broken Arrow) will hold an interim study focusing on a method that may help solve many of the state’s cold or missing persons’ cases. The study is set fo...
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Ponca City Public Schools offer “Healing After Suicide” training - November 08, 2019
The Ponca City School district is offering “Healing After Suicide in a School Community: Helping Parents Help Their Kids” training. Based on recommendations from an Oklahoma State Department of...
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USDA invests $4.2 million in rural broadband for Oklahoma families - November 08, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This week the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the investment of more than $4.2 million in high-speed broadband infrastructure in Oklahoma. Funded by USDA’s ...
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Senator ends effort to name stretch of Route 66 after Trump - November 07, 2019
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A Republican lawmaker from Oklahoma has abandoned his effort to rename a stretch of Route 66 after President Donald Trump. State Sen. Nathan Dahm told the Tulsa World on Wednesd...
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Name of suspect in Wetumka man’s murder released - November 07, 2019
WETUMKA, Okla. - The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has identified the suspect arrested at the scene of a Wetumka man's murder. Joshua Gann, 28, was taken into custody by police at the scen...
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Hartford Avenue and Kygar Road construction project begins Nov. 11 - November 07, 2019
The City of Ponca City has contracted with Evans & Associates for a street improvement project on Hartford Avenue and Kygar Road. Construction on the project will start Monday, Nov. 11. Work...