• Chesapeake Energy to buy WildHorse Resource for nearly $4 billion

    Chesapeake Energy to buy WildHorse Resource for nearly $4 billion - October 31, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oil and natural gas giant Chesapeake Energy Corp. plans to acquire Houston-based WildHorse Resource Development Corp. in a nearly $4 billion deal. The companies announced the agr...

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  • Stitt tops $10.2 million in governor’s race; Edmondson has $4 million

    Stitt tops $10.2 million in governor’s race; Edmondson has $4 million - October 31, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The latest campaign finance reports show mortgage company owner Kevin Stitt has raised more than twice as much as his Democratic opponent in the Oklahoma governor's race, aided in...

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  • Oklahoma woman files lawsuit against Narconon Arrowhead

    Oklahoma woman files lawsuit against Narconon Arrowhead - October 30, 2018

    CANADIAN, Okla. (AP) - An Oklahoma woman has filed a lawsuit alleging a drug rehab center linked to the Church of Scientology breached its contract. The McAlester News-Capital reports that attorney...

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  • Troopers searching for tractor-trailer involved in fatal crash

    Troopers searching for tractor-trailer involved in fatal crash - October 30, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma state troopers are trying to find a tractor-trailer they say lost a wheel assembly in Oklahoma City and caused multiple crashes, including one that left a driver dead. Th...

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  • Longtime Ponca City benefactor Patti Evans dies

    Longtime Ponca City benefactor Patti Evans dies - October 30, 2018

    Longtime Ponca City benefactor Patti Evans, 88, died Monday, October 29, 2018. Patti was appointed by Gov. Keating to the Oklahoma Arts Council for two terms in 1997, having served as Chair for two...

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  • Dapper Dog ribbon cutting held

    Dapper Dog ribbon cutting held - October 30, 2018

    The Chamber held a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Dapper Dog on Monday. Owners of Dapper Dog are Ellen and Paul Garrison.  Dapper Dog is a mobile hot dog stand.  They offer great hot dogs, brats and ho...

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  • Construction to resume on Oklahoma American Indian museum

    Construction to resume on Oklahoma American Indian museum - October 29, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Construction is expected to resume in January on the long-delayed American Indian Cultural Center and Museum in Oklahoma City. Blake Wade, CEO of the Native American Cultural a...

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  • Lawsuits claim cheaper drilling plan used in gas rig explosion

    Lawsuits claim cheaper drilling plan used in gas rig explosion - October 29, 2018

    QUINTON, Okla. (AP) - Two lawsuits allege that the operator of a gas well that exploded in southeastern Oklahoma used a cheaper and quicker drilling plan despite experts' advice. The Tulsa World re...

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  • Stinson publishes poetry book

    Stinson publishes poetry book - October 29, 2018

    TONKAWA -- Northern Oklahoma College Language Arts instructor Dr. Don Stinson recently published a book of poetry. Stinson’s poetry collection, Flatline Horizon, contains poems written over a num...

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  • Chamber Chat

    Chamber Chat - October 29, 2018

    We will have a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Monday at 11 a.m. for Dapper Dog at the Chamber Office located at 5th and Grand Avenue. Please join us. We have had 50 ribbon cutting ceremonies this year. That...

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