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School Board calls emergency meeting for Monday on weather damages - March 15, 2019
The Ponca City Board of Education has called an emergency board meeting for noon Monday, March 18, in the Board Room at the Administration Building, 613 East Grand Avenue. Ponca City High School, E...
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Prosecutor says Muskogee officers justified in deadly shooting - March 15, 2019
MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) - A prosecutor says eight officers used justifiable deadly force when they opened fire on a knife-wielding man suspected of attacking three women in Muskogee. The Muskogee Phoe...
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Oklahoma man shot by police mistaken for Missouri escapee - March 15, 2019
SALLISAW, Okla. (AP) - Authorities say a knife-wielding Oklahoma man who was fatally shot by police had been reported as a possible escapee from a Missouri jail. An Oklahoma State Bureau of Investi...
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ODOC #FugitiveFriday: Ralph E. Jones - March 15, 2019
TULSA, Okla. - Ralph E. Jones did not return to the Tulsa Transitional Center halfway house after his shift ended at his job on Monday. Jones, 59, was serving sentences out of Oklahoma County for ass...
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Entering the second phase of session - March 15, 2019
By Sen. Bill Coleman This was another busy week at the Capitol as we worked day and night to hit the Thursday deadline. There were more than 330 Senate bills to hear. We considered all the meas...
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Senate unanimously approves Coleman’s ‘habitual offender’ bill - March 15, 2019
The Senate unanimously approved legislation Thursday to modify the state’s “habitual offender” statute in an effort to decrease Oklahoma’s overcrowded prison system. Senate Bill 287, by Sen...
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Senate approves bill returning schools to five-day weeks - March 15, 2019
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A plan to force more Oklahoma school districts to return to five-day school weeks has cleared the Oklahoma Senate. The Senate voted 31-17 on Thursday for the bill that now goes...
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City to install new water main on Turner Street on Monday - March 15, 2019
The City of Ponca City’s Water Division will begin the installation of an 18-inch water main valve in the 2400 Block Turner Street on Monday, March 25. Turner Street, from Donner Avenue to Lemon ...
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Ballot ready for April 2 Ponca City School Board election - March 15, 2019
Two candidates -- incumbent David Kinkaid and challenger Amanda Porter-Cain -- are on the ballot for the April 2 Ponca City School Board election. Voters may cast their ballots from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m...
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OSBI investigating officer-involved shooting near Sallisaw - March 14, 2019
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting that took place Wednesday, March 14, outside of Sallisaw, Oklahoma. At 9:07 a.m., the Sallisaw Police Depart...
