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Ponca City Schools to close for Holidays - December 18, 2018
As per the 2018-2019 Ponca City Public School calendar, there will be no school December 19, 2018 through January 2, 2019. Schools will resume their normal schedules on Thursday, January 3, 2019...
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Oklahoma Gov. seeks disaster aid due to Nov. 30 storms - December 18, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin and the Cherokee Nation are asking the U.S. Small Business Administration for a disaster declaration to residents of Cherokee County affected by tornadoe...
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Federal agency investigating southeast Oklahoma derailment - December 18, 2018
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - Federal and state agencies are investigating the cause of a train derailment in southeastern Oklahoma. Authorities say 16 railroad cars and a locomotive of a Union Pacific fre...
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Magnitude 3.0 earthquake rattles northwestern Oklahoma - December 18, 2018
FAIRVIEW, Okla. (AP) - A magnitude 3.0 earthquake has shaken parts of northwestern Oklahoma. The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake was recorded at 1:42 a.m. Monday 21 miles (34 kilometers) n...
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Oklahoma teacher arrested on claims he solicited sex with minor - December 18, 2018
EDMOND, Okla. (AP) - Authorities in Oklahoma have arrested a high school social studies teacher on allegations that he solicited sex with a minor. 53-year-old Charles David Heaverin, a teacher at San...
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Oklahoma City police fatally shoot man outside store - December 18, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Authorities say a man was fatally shot by Oklahoma City police outside a convenience store on the city's southwest side. Police say 35-year-old Jacob Mohow was reportedly threate...
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Oklahoma man tased 27 times by police had heart disease, drugs in system - December 18, 2018
(Information from: Tulsa World, http://www.tulsaworld.com) TULSA, Okla. (AP) - An autopsy report says a 25-year-old Oklahoma man who died after being tased by police more than two dozen times likely ...
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Personal injury collision in Pawnee County - December 17, 2018
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported a personal injury collision occurred about 1:45 p.m. Monday at County Road Peninsula Drive and US 64, about 3.4 miles west of Westport, OK in Pawnee County. The...
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No injuries in southeastern Oklahoma train derailment - December 17, 2018
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - Authorities in southeastern Oklahoma say no injuries were reported following an early morning train derailment. Officials say a Union Pacific train derailed about 6:30 a.m. Su...
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Drilling rigs bring workers and short-term tax windfall to Oklahoma - December 16, 2018
(Information from: The Journal Record, http://www.journalrecord.com) KINGFISHER, Okla. (AP) - As drilling for oil and natural gas increases, some Oklahoma towns are reaping the economic benefits from...
