• Stitt takes oath; ready to follow up on pledge

    Stitt takes oath; ready to follow up on pledge - January 14, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma's new Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt says he's ready to follow up on his campaign pledge to push the state into the "top ten." The millionaire businessman became Oklahom...

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  • Chamber Chat

    Chamber Chat - January 14, 2019

    Our office will start working tourism shows promoting Ponca City this next week. This is always an exciting time of year for us. Our first show is in McAllen, Texas, promoting Ponca City to Winter Tex...

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  • 3.6 magnitude quake shakes Waukomis area

    3.6 magnitude quake shakes Waukomis area - January 14, 2019

    WAUKOMIS, Okla. (AP) - The U.S. Geological Survey says an early morning earthquake shook parts of northern Oklahoma. Geologists say the 3.6 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 2:20 a.m. Monday nea...

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  • Plans for limestone quarry tabled near Trail of Tears

    Plans for limestone quarry tabled near Trail of Tears - January 14, 2019

    BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Plans for a proposed limestone quarry in northwest Arkansas have been tabled indefinitely because of concerns over the project's proximity to the Trail of Tears. The Northw...

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  • Grove attorney charged by multicounty grand jury

    Grove attorney charged by multicounty grand jury - January 14, 2019

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - An Oklahoma attorney has been accused of racketeering, solicitation for murder and other charges by the state's multicounty grand jury. An indictment unsealed Monday accuses 54-...

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  • Southbound I-35 narrows near Tonkawa Monday afternoon

    Southbound I-35 narrows near Tonkawa Monday afternoon - January 14, 2019

    The Oklahoma Department of Transportation says southbound Interstate 35 will be narrowed to one lane between Hubbard Road (mile marker 218) in Kay County and US Highway 60 (mile marker 214) at Tonkawa...

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  • Hundreds in Oklahoma part of lawsuit over government closure

    Hundreds in Oklahoma part of lawsuit over government closure - January 14, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Hundreds of federal aviation workers in Oklahoma are part of a union that's sued the U.S. government over the continuing partial shutdown and employees on the job but not getting ...

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  • Audit finds more than $100,000 misappropriated in Boynton

    Audit finds more than $100,000 misappropriated in Boynton - January 14, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An audit has found that a "culture of noncompliance" and lack of oversight in a tiny Muskogee County town led to the apparent misappropriation of more than $100,000. The Tulsa ...

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  • Convicted murderer killed at state penitentiary

    Convicted murderer killed at state penitentiary - January 14, 2019

    McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma officials say a man convicted of murder in the 1997 disappearance of his 8-year-old neighbor has been killed in prison. The Oklahoma Department of Correction says A...

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  • Stitt’s inauguration today

    Stitt’s inauguration today - January 14, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma is officially getting its new Republican governor, a 46-year-old political newcomer who promised he'd use his business acumen to make state government more transparent an...

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