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OSBI searching for family of man shot by police in Poteau - June 12, 2019
POTEAU, Okla. (AP) - The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is searching for the family of a man who was fatally shot by police in southeastern Oklahoma. The OSBI says 27-year-old Jaquan Thomps...
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Allbaugh stepping down as Corrections director - June 12, 2019
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Joe Allbaugh is stepping down as the director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Agency spokesman Matt Elliott says the 66-year-old Allbaugh announced during Wednesday'...
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Bowler Jessica Hamlin holding fundraising party Saturday at Ponca Bowl - June 12, 2019
Ponca City High School sophomore Jessica Hamlin will have a bowling party at Ponca Bowl on Saturday, June 15, from 2 to 5 p.m. The party is a fundraiser to send Jessica to her third Junior Gold tourn...
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Oklahoma agriculture groups urge Congress to ratify USMCA - June 12, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) released the following statement after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a...
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Crime Stoppers offers reward to identify individual - June 12, 2019
On June 2, 2019, at approximately 9:29 hours, this male entered Wal-Mart at 1101 E. Prospect Ave. and used a stolen debit card. Officers are asking for the public's assistance in identifying the indi...
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U.S. to use Army base in Oklahoma to shelter migrant children - June 12, 2019
LAWTON, Okla. (AP) - The federal government will be opening a facility at an Army base in Oklahoma to house migrant children and is considered a customs port in southern New Mexico as another option a...
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Voters approve tax for Public Safety Center - June 11, 2019
Ponca City voters gave a wide majority of "yes" votes to fund the proposed Public Safety Center. With all precincts, absentee mail ballots and early voting ballots counted at 7:55 p.m. Tuesday, the...
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Some residents protest Tulsa County immigration contract renewal - June 11, 2019
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Some residents are protesting the Tulsa County Sheriff's decision to renew a partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to investigate people suspected of being in t...
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Mayor Nicholson Receives APPA’s Public Official Award - June 11, 2019
Mayor Homer Nicholson received the Spence Vanderlinden Public Official Award at the American Public Power Association’s national conference in Austin, Texas. This award recognizes elected or appoint...
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Two companies proposing a $1.6 billion pipeline to move North Dakota crude oil - June 11, 2019
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Two companies are proposing a $1.6 billion pipeline to move North Dakota crude oil, though the route has not been disclosed. The proposed pipeline would be the biggest such pr...