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Gross receipts at all-time high, state treasurer reports - July 03, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY – Gross Receipts to the Treasury during the past 12 months, at $12.18 billion, are at an all-time high, State Treasurer Ken Miller announced today. In addition, at $1.1 billion, gr...
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Oklahoma Taxpayers Unite ending veto referendum efforts - July 02, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma Taxpayers Unite announced Monday they are ending their veto referendum efforts to roll back tax increases approved by the Legislature to help fund a teacher pay raise...
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Federal judge to hear case for Oklahoma City panhandling law - July 02, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A federal judge says he'll hear arguments over an Oklahoma City ordinance that critics contend infringes on the free speech rights of panhandlers. The Oklahoman repo...
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Group wants Route 66 on list of National Historic Trails - July 02, 2018
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A national nonprofit says it will push for Historic Route 66 to be designated as a National Historic Trail. The National Trust for Historic Preservation announc...
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Man who destroyed Ten Commandments display ordered released - July 02, 2018
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A judge has ordered the release of a man who destroyed Arkansas' Ten Commandments display weeks after he was acquitted on mental health grounds. Pulaski County Circuit Jud...
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New Oklahoma University president slashes executive jobs - July 02, 2018
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - The new president of the University of Oklahoma has announced on his first day at the helm of the institution that he is laying off about one-third of the executives who report di...
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Marland’s Grand Home adds vintage lounge chair to indoor pool area - July 02, 2018
A vintage poolside lounge chair has been refurbished and placed by the indoor pool, located in the basement area of Marland's Grand Home. E.W. Marland, founder of the Marland Oil Company, which lat...
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City of Ponca City to observe July 4 holiday - July 02, 2018
Residential Refuse WILL NOT BE PICKED UP on Wednesday, July 4 and WILL RESUME on Thursday, July 5. Contact: Tim McNew, Solid Waste Superintendant, at 767-0454. The Recycling Center will be CLOSED...
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Report: Pilot in fatal Oklahoma crash familiar with area - July 01, 2018
ENID, Okla. (AP) - The National Transportation Safety Board says a Texas pilot, who was killed when the crop-dusting plane he was flying crashed in northwestern Oklahoma, was familiar with the region....
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1 killed in Okla. collision involving bus carrying Guardsmen - July 01, 2018
TECUMSEH, Okla. (AP) - One motorist is dead and nine Oklahoma National Guardsmen have been hurt in a head-on collision southeast of Oklahoma City. Tecumseh police Chief J.R. Kidney told KOCO-TV that ...