• Consultant hired to help implement alternative Medicaid plan

    Consultant hired to help implement alternative Medicaid plan - November 24, 2019

    (Information from: The Oklahoman, http://www.newsok.com) OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Health Care Authority has hired a consultant to help devise a state Medicaid program as an alternative t...

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  • Oklahoma jury convicts man for Indian Country slaying

    Oklahoma jury convicts man for Indian Country slaying - November 23, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal jury in Oklahoma has convicted a Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes man of felony murder and other charges for the 2017 killing of a woman on Indian Country land in western O...

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  • Oklahoma jury recommends death for man in officer’s killing

    Oklahoma jury recommends death for man in officer’s killing - November 23, 2019

    SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — A jury has recommended a death sentence for a man convicted of fatally shooting a police officer in central Oklahoma following a 2017 traffic stop. District Attorney Greg Ma...

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  • 5 earthquakes, including 3 of magnitude 3.6, strike Oklahoma

    5 earthquakes, including 3 of magnitude 3.6, strike Oklahoma - November 23, 2019

    ENID, Okla. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey reports that five earthquakes, including three of magnitude 3.6, were recorded in Oklahoma and felt in Kansas and Texas. One of the 3.6 magnitude ear...

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  • Personal injury collision in Lincoln County

    Personal injury collision in Lincoln County - November 23, 2019

    The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported that a personal injury collision occurred at about 4:32 p.m. Friday on US 177, about three-tenths of a mile south of County Road 990, which is about 10 miles south...

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  • OSBI arrests Nicoma Park Police officer on child sexual abuse charges

    OSBI arrests Nicoma Park Police officer on child sexual abuse charges - November 22, 2019

    NICOMA PARK, Okla. - On Friday agents from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation arrested 51-year-old Douglas Spencer, a Nicoma Park police officer, on multiple charges involving child sexual abu...

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  • Airmen killed in Vance AFB training crash identified

    Airmen killed in Vance AFB training crash identified - November 22, 2019

    ENID, Okla. (AP) — Two U.S. Air Force airmen killed in a training jet crash at Vance Air Force Base in northwestern Oklahoma have been identified as an instructor and a student pilot. The base s...

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  • Local Retired Educators attend state conference

    Local Retired Educators attend state conference - November 22, 2019

    Four members of the Kay County Retired Educators Association attended the annual conference of the Oklahoma Retired Educators Association in Tulsa recently. Keynote speaker was Robert Blancat...

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  • Dickens sought in acid attack

    Dickens sought in acid attack - November 22, 2019

    The Ponca City Communications Center received a call about 8:14 a.m. Friday reporting a person at Bridgeway, 620 W. Grand Ave., with acid burns. Ponca City Police Officers and an ambulance responded ...

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  • School board approves new bus, lighting and sound equipment

    School board approves new bus, lighting and sound equipment - November 22, 2019

    The Ponca City Board of Education approved the purchase of a bus from National Bus Sales on Thursday. The bus is a 2020 Ultra Coachliner SE Bus which will be the District’s new Wildcat Bus. The purc...

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