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

    Oklahoma man convicted in hate-crime killing dies in prison - September 13, 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 sai...

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  • Ribbon cutting held for Avans Power Washing

    Ribbon cutting held for Avans Power Washing - September 13, 2018

    The Chamber held a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Avans Power Washing business.  Cutting the ribbon is owner Stan Avans along with his wife Kayla and daughters Katie, Claira and Hannah.  Holding the ri...

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  • Two inmates die at state penitentiary on Wednesday

    Two inmates die at state penitentiary on Wednesday - September 13, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY -- Two Oklahoma State Penitentiary inmates died in separate and unrelated incidents Wednesday. The first death was discovered after midnight in the maximum-security prison for men’s ...

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  • Ponca City man dies in Wednesday collision

    Ponca City man dies in Wednesday collision - September 13, 2018

    Ponca City resident Danny G. Sims, 61, died Wednesday after a motorcycle-car collision on the east side of Ponca City. The accident occurred just before 4 p.m. in the 1600 block of  U.S.  Highway...

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  • Pruitt denies receiving improper gifts on the job

    Pruitt denies receiving improper gifts on the job - September 12, 2018

    ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The scandal-plagued former chief of the Environmental Protection Agency is denying he got any improper gifts on the job. The EPA has released S...

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  • Oklahoma Sending Resources to Assist Hurricane Florence Response

    Oklahoma Sending Resources to Assist Hurricane Florence Response - September 12, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin and the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management on Wednesday announced that Oklahoma is sending numerous resources to coastal states to assist with the ...

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  • Cherokee Nation official says medical marijuana possession still illegal

    Cherokee Nation official says medical marijuana possession still illegal - September 12, 2018

    TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) - A Cherokee Nation official says medical marijuana won't be legal on the Oklahoma-based tribe's property even though the state's voters approved use of the plant. The Cheroke...

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  • Convicted killer sentenced in Oklahoma inmate drug operation

    Convicted killer sentenced in Oklahoma inmate drug operation - September 12, 2018

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A convicted killer already serving life in prison in Oklahoma has been sentenced to an additional 20 years in federal prison for running a drug ring from inside the prison. Cour...

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  • Oklahoma man seeks new trial in white supremacist plot

    Oklahoma man seeks new trial in white supremacist plot - September 11, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An Oklahoma man sentenced to death in 1999 for killing an Arkansas family in a plot to set up a whites-only nation in the Pacific Northwest wants a new trial. Danny Lee's attor...

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  • Two pilots eject when Air Force jet veers off runway in Texas

    Two pilots eject when Air Force jet veers off runway in Texas - September 11, 2018

    WICHITA FALLS, Texas (AP) - The U.S. Air Force says two pilots were injured slightly after ejecting when a twin-jet training aircraft veered off a runway before takeoff at a northwestern Texas Air For...

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