• Pilot suspended over threat to Oklahoma transgender student

    Pilot suspended over threat to Oklahoma transgender student - August 21, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Frontier Airlines says it has suspended a pilot accused of threatening on Facebook to harm a 12-year-old transgender girl for using the girls bathroom at her Oklahoma school. Fro...

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  • Tulsa’s Lee School renamed right before new school year

    Tulsa’s Lee School renamed right before new school year - August 21, 2018

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A Tulsa school district has renamed a school that was originally named after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. The Tulsa World reports that Tulsa Public Schools on Monday approved...

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  • Recreational marijuana effort falls short in Oklahoma

    Recreational marijuana effort falls short in Oklahoma - August 21, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An effort to place recreational marijuana on Oklahoma's general election ballot in November has fallen more than 20,000 signatures short. Secretary of State James Williamson an...

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  • Washington County district  judge resigning after misconduct allegations

    Washington County district judge resigning after misconduct allegations - August 21, 2018

    BARTLESVILLE, Okla. (AP) - A veteran Oklahoma judge is resigning after accusations he became so abusive in office that he sent dozens of people to jail for direct contempt of court in violation of the...

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  • Minimum security inmate walks away from Lexington prison

    Minimum security inmate walks away from Lexington prison - August 20, 2018

    LEXINGTON – Monday morning, at approximately 8 a.m., correctional officers at the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center initiated a routine inmate count.  Inmate Curtis Seals Jr, 39, was not p...

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  • OU vice president steps down ahead of Senate confirmation hearing

    OU vice president steps down ahead of Senate confirmation hearing - August 20, 2018

    NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - The University of Oklahoma says its vice president for research is stepping down to prepare for a confirmation hearing after he was nominated to be director of the White House Off...

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  • Ex-sports doctor Nassar moved to another prison facility

    Ex-sports doctor Nassar moved to another prison facility - August 20, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Authorities say disgraced former sports doctor Larry Nassar has been transferred to another federal prison facility. The Federal Bureau of Prisons website on Sunday shows the for...

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  • Police investigating fatal shooting in Bartlesville

    Police investigating fatal shooting in Bartlesville - August 20, 2018

    BARTLESVILLE, Okla. (AP) - Police in Bartlesville are investigating the early-morning fatal shooting on Sunday of a man whose body was discovered in the street in front of his home. Officers say th...

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  • Chamber Chat

    Chamber Chat - August 20, 2018

    I want to thank Ponca City for being so generous with the Chamber’s Stuff the Bus with school supplies campaign. This was the best year we have ever had in collecting school supplies. We truly stuff...

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  • Oklahoma City University aims to boost civics for candidates

    Oklahoma City University aims to boost civics for candidates - August 19, 2018

    (Information from: The Oklahoman, http://www.newsok.com) OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma City University is hoping to shorten the learning curve by creating a program for prospective city officials tha...

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