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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...
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Pioneer Tech Foundation to roast Larry Murphy April 11 - March 14, 2019
The popular annual Pioneer Tech Foundation Roast has been scheduled for Thursday, April 11. Mary Austin, PTC Foundation President, announces this year that Larry Murphy, president of Larry Murphy I...
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Last flock of whooping cranes leaves breeding program - March 14, 2019
LAUREL, Md. (AP) - The last of a flock of 75 whooping cranes has left a U.S. Geological Survey site in Maryland, marking the end of a 52-year-old breeding program. The Baltimore Sun reports that th...
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Stitt signs bills giving him hiring power - March 14, 2019
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma's new CEO-turned-governor will soon have the power to hire and fire heads of the state's five largest agencies in a major policy win during his first legislative session....
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Oklahoma man sentenced in attack on wife - March 14, 2019
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - An Oklahoma man has been given 15 to 25 years in prison for paying his niece $200 and meth to cut off his wife's hair and scar her face in a 2016 Nebraska stabbing. The Lincoln...
