• The Latest: NWS confirms EF2 tornado in southern Oklahoma

    The Latest: NWS confirms EF2 tornado in southern Oklahoma - May 19, 2019

    GERONIMO, Okla. (AP) - Authorities have confirmed a tornado with winds up to 130 mph (209 kph) touched down in southern Oklahoma. The National Weather Service says the EF2 twister Saturday morning tr...

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  • Texas man suspected of decapitating mother, arrested in Oklahoma

    Texas man suspected of decapitating mother, arrested in Oklahoma - May 18, 2019

    DENTON, Texas (AP) - Police have arrested a 22-year-old Texas man suspected of cutting off his mother's head with a hacksaw. Isaac Israel Warriner was being held Friday in Denton County's jail on cha...

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  • Judge sentences last person charged in 2016 shooting rampage

    Judge sentences last person charged in 2016 shooting rampage - May 18, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The final person charged in a 2016 shooting rampage in Oklahoma that left two civilians dead and two police officers wounded has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. Prosecutors...

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  • Leaders decline to meet with slain naked teen’s parents

    Leaders decline to meet with slain naked teen’s parents - May 18, 2019

    EDMOND, Okla. (AP) - Officials from an Oklahoma City suburb where police fatally shot a black, unarmed teenager while he was naked say they won't meet with his parents. Edmond's city manager and poli...

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  • Oklahoma Governor, Legislature get huge spending boosts

    Oklahoma Governor, Legislature get huge spending boosts - May 18, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma House, Senate, and Governor's office each received huge funding boosts under the state's new spending plan, including a more-than-doubling of the Governor's budget. ...

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  • 4.4 magnitude earthquake rattles parts of northern Oklahoma

    4.4 magnitude earthquake rattles parts of northern Oklahoma - May 18, 2019

    MEDFORD, Okla. (AP) - No injuries have been reported following a 4.4 magnitude earthquake in northern Oklahoma. The U.S. Geological Survey says that the temblor was recorded shortly before 3:30 p.m. ...

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  • Mother sentenced to life in attack on daughter

    Mother sentenced to life in attack on daughter - May 17, 2019

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma woman accused of stabbing her 11-year-old daughter 50 to 70 times, hitting her in the head with an ax and then setting their home on fire has been sentenced to life i...

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  • The 2019 Class of Ponca City High School graduates tonight!

    The 2019 Class of Ponca City High School graduates tonight! - May 17, 2019

    The Ponca City High School Graduating Class of 2019 is proud to announce Joshua Grant Fairbanks as the Valedictorian and Shae Angelina Burden and Katherine Laine Parr as the Salutatorians. Graduatio...

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  • Prekindergarten Class Wins Attendance Competition

    Prekindergarten Class Wins Attendance Competition - May 17, 2019

     Washington Prekindergarten Center held an attendance competition this year.  Mrs. Soutter’s class won with the most perfect days of whole class attendance.  Their reward was a trip to the donut ...

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  • Remembering Fallen Officers

    Remembering Fallen Officers - May 17, 2019

    In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed Public Law 87-726 designating May 15 as Peace Officers' Memorial Day, and the week in which May 15 falls as National Police Week. According to the Officer ...

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