• Support growing for two murals on Robin Hood Elevator

    Support growing for two murals on Robin Hood Elevator - July 02, 2019

    City Commissioners gave their preliminary backing Monday to a plan for artist Rick Sinnett to paint two giant murals on the Robin Hood Elevator in downtown Ponca City. Ponca City Main Street is sp...

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  • Fan drive set for Friday morning

    Fan drive set for Friday morning - July 02, 2019

    Angels Care Home Health is holding a fan drive at Walmart from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday July 5. Fan donations are appreciated. All fans collected will be taken to the downtown fire station to share with...

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  • Number of deficient bridges drops in Oklahoma

    Number of deficient bridges drops in Oklahoma - July 02, 2019

    Officials say the number of structurally deficient bridges in Oklahoma has dropped from about 1,170 in 2004 to 132 that are deemed deficient today. Transportation Secretary Tim Gatz told a state tran...

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  • Smallfoot showing today at The Poncan Theatre

    Smallfoot showing today at The Poncan Theatre - July 02, 2019

    Today's free movie at The Poncan Theatre is "Smallfoot." An animated adventure for all ages, with original music and an all-star cast, “SMALLFOOT” turns the Bigfoot legend upside down when a br...

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  • Work scheduled on sewer interceptor on north side of Lake Road

    Work scheduled on sewer interceptor on north side of Lake Road - July 01, 2019

    Beginning Wednesday, July 3, the Krapff-Reynolds Company will begin construction work to repair and rehabilitate an 18-inch sewer interceptor on the north side of Lake Road using pipe-bursting technol...

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  • Data: Oklahoma Highway Patrol sees drop in tickets, warnings

    Data: Oklahoma Highway Patrol sees drop in tickets, warnings - June 30, 2019

    (Information from: Tulsa World, http://www.tulsaworld.com) TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Data shows that the number of tickets written by Oklahoma Highway Patrol officers continues to fall after the agency lif...

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  • Contractor agrees to pay $4.2M to settle suit over wages

    Contractor agrees to pay $4.2M to settle suit over wages - June 30, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Federal prosecutors say a defense contractor has agreed to pay $4.2 million to settle allegations that it had submitted false claims related to employee wages for work at a U.S. A...

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  • Extortion count dropped against State Highway Patrol captain

    Extortion count dropped against State Highway Patrol captain - June 30, 2019

    (Information from: The Oklahoman, http://www.newsok.com) OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Prosecutors have dropped an extortion charge against an Oklahoma Highway Patrol captain who had been accused of trying to...

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  • Autopsy: Naked teen fatally shot by police hit 4 times

    Autopsy: Naked teen fatally shot by police hit 4 times - June 30, 2019

    EDMOND, Okla. (AP) - An autopsy report released by an attorney for the family of an unarmed, black teenager who was naked when suburban Oklahoma City police fatally shot him says that he was hit four ...

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  • Justices won’t revive Alabama ban on abortion procedure

    Justices won’t revive Alabama ban on abortion procedure - June 29, 2019

    WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court won't revive Alabama's ban on the most commonly used procedure in second-trimester abortions. The measure has been blocked by lower courts. The justices on Friday ...

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