• Sentencing for Oklahoma ex-senator for child sex trafficking

    Sentencing for Oklahoma ex-senator for child sex trafficking - September 16, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Sentencing is scheduled for a former Oklahoma state senator on a child sex trafficking conviction. Ralph Shortey is due in federal court in Oklahoma City Monday where he faces a ...

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  • Oklahoma commission again calls for lawmaker ‘cooling off’

    Oklahoma commission again calls for lawmaker ‘cooling off’ - September 16, 2018

    (Information from: The Oklahoman, http://www.newsok.com) OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma Ethics Commission has again adopted a rule to prohibit elected officials and state agency heads from becomin...

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  • Oklahoma man convicted in hate-crime killing dies in prison

    Oklahoma man convicted in hate-crime killing dies in prison - September 15, 2018

    McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - The Oklahoma Department of Corrections says a man serving a life sentence for the hate-crime killing of his Lebanese neighbor has died. Department spokesman Matt Elliott said ...

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  • Oklahoma man convicted of murder in drowning of daughter

    Oklahoma man convicted of murder in drowning of daughter - September 15, 2018

    (Information from: McAlester News-Capital, http://www.mcalesternews.com) McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - A jury has convicted a man of first-degree murder in the drowning of his 21-month-old daughter in sout...

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  • Oklahoma school closes due to low attendance after threat

    Oklahoma school closes due to low attendance after threat - September 15, 2018

    KANSAS, Okla. (AP) - A northeast Oklahoma school district has canceled classes after what school and police officials say was a bogus threat of a school shooting. Kansas Public School Principal Phil ...

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  • Area High School Football Scores

    Area High School Football Scores - September 14, 2018

    Area High School Football Scores for the Week of 09/14/2018 ------------------------------------------------------------- Newkirk @ Pawnee | 40-12 (Pawnee) Ponca City vs. Collinsville | 28-0...

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  • A celebration of 125 years — Ponca City, past, present and future

    A celebration of 125 years — Ponca City, past, present and future - September 14, 2018

    Ponca City residents who  have seen many anniversaries of the city's founding -- as well as those too young to remember more than  a couple, if that -- celebrated Friday night at the Veterans Plaza ...

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  • Perry woman injured in accident near Kaw City

    Perry woman injured in accident near Kaw City - September 14, 2018

    KAW  CITY -- A personal injury collision occurred about 3:27 p.m. Thursday  on State Highway 11, at Acker Hill Road, about a mile west of  Kaw City  in Kay County. Meaghan Nicole Culver, 21, of...

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  • Oklahoma appeals court upholds murder conviction of woman

    Oklahoma appeals court upholds murder conviction of woman - September 14, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld the murder conviction and life sentence of a woman who says she killed her husband in self-defense because of battered woman's sy...

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  • Oklahoma Medicaid providers see rate hike after 9 years

    Oklahoma Medicaid providers see rate hike after 9 years - September 14, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma medical professionals will get more money for treating Medicaid patients for the first time in nearly a decade. The Oklahoman reports that the 3 percent rate hike come...

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