• Murder charges against mother in shooting of 2 children

    Murder charges against mother in shooting of 2 children - November 30, 2018

    OKMULGEE, Okla. (AP) - First-degree murder charges have been filed against an Oklahoma woman in the fatal shootings of her teenage son and daughter. Prosecutors on Thursday charged 38-year-old Amy ...

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  • Pruitt’s resignation left ethics probes inconclusive

    Pruitt’s resignation left ethics probes inconclusive - November 30, 2018

    WASHINGTON (AP) - The internal watchdog at the Environmental Protection Agency says it has closed two probes into former Administrator Scott Pruitt's conduct as inconclusive because investigators were...

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  • Oklahoma ruling could set precedent for workers comp cases

    Oklahoma ruling could set precedent for workers comp cases - November 30, 2018

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A recent Oklahoma court ruling that permits an injured worker to receive compensation benefits with a positive drug test could set a precedent for such cases at a time when medical...

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  • Tons of radioactive waste leave Oklahoma for Utah mill

    Tons of radioactive waste leave Oklahoma for Utah mill - November 30, 2018

    GORE, Okla. (AP) - More than 10,000 tons of radioactive waste that had been in northeastern Oklahoma is now in Utah. Officials with the Oklahoma attorney general's office, the Cherokee Nation, stat...

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  • Inmate convicted of murder escapes from Payne County jail

    Inmate convicted of murder escapes from Payne County jail - November 30, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY – An Oklahoma Department of Corrections inmate serving a life-sentence for first-degree murder escaped Thursday night from the Payne County Jail. Patrick M. Walker, 34, is described a...

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  • Santa’s Stash Clues:

    Santa’s Stash Clues: - November 30, 2018

    Ho Ho Ho, good luck! Today’s clue: I’m  not located on the clock at City Hall. Ho Ho Ho, Santa Claus here with today’s clue: Some go fast, some go slow, as they drive by my cheerful glow...

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  • Two phone calls keep police occupied on South Pine Street

    Two phone calls keep police occupied on South Pine Street - November 29, 2018

    At about 7:30 a.m. Thursday, the Ponca City Police Department Communications Center received two 911 calls from residents living in the 400 block of South Pine Street. The first caller reported see...

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  • New Warden hired at Oklahoma State Penitentiary

    New Warden hired at Oklahoma State Penitentiary - November 29, 2018

    STRINGTOWN -- The Board of Corrections voted unanimously Thursday to approve Mike Carpenter's hiring as Warden at Oklahoma State Penitentiary. Carpenter, a veteran Oklahoma Department of Corrections ...

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  • OSBI increases reward for information in Langston murder

    OSBI increases reward for information in Langston murder - November 29, 2018

    The reward for information leading to the arrest of person(s) responsible for the murder of Brandon Dupree is increased from $1,000 to $5,000. Dupree was shot and killed this month at a party just ...

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  • Search locates teen girl in Oklahoma, 900 miles from North Carolina home

    Search locates teen girl in Oklahoma, 900 miles from North Carolina home - November 29, 2018

    RUTHERFORDTON, N.C. (AP) - Investigators tracked a kidnapped girl across multiple states and found her safe in Oklahoma, 900 miles from her North Carolina home. The FBI said in a news release that ...

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