• Enid home invasion victim dies

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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...

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  • Oklahoma AG hires outside attorneys on gambling negotiations

    Oklahoma AG hires outside attorneys on gambling negotiations - September 14, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma's attorney general has agreed to pay a Michigan law firm up to $250,000 to help represent the state in negotiations with Oklahoma-based Native American tribes over compac...

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  • Oklahoma higher ed chancellor says he’ll step down next year

    Oklahoma higher ed chancellor says he’ll step down next year - September 14, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma Chancellor Glen Johnson, a former Democratic speaker of the Oklahoma House who led the state's higher education system for the past 12 years, says that he plans to retire...

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  • Kay County Democrats meeting Thursday, Sept. 19

    Kay County Democrats meeting Thursday, Sept. 19 - September 13, 2019

    The Kay County Democratic Party will be having a meeting on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, at Pioneer Tech in the West Seminar Room. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. The Superintendent of the Ponca Ci...

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  • Oklahoma State announces ceremony to honor Pickens

    Oklahoma State announces ceremony to honor Pickens - September 13, 2019

    STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - A public memorial is planned at Oklahoma State University to honor the late T. Boone Pickens, who donated hundreds of millions of dollars to his alma mater during his lifetime...

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