• Oklahoma lawmakers mull using trust funds for teacher raises

    Oklahoma lawmakers mull using trust funds for teacher raises - March 12, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma lawmakers are looking into giving teachers pay raises or bonuses without raising taxes by tapping into $2.4 billion in trust funds managed by the Commissioners of the Lan...

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  • OSBI Offers Reward in Okemah 2012 Homicide Case

    OSBI Offers Reward in Okemah 2012 Homicide Case - March 12, 2018

      The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is renewing a reward in a homicide case in Okemah, hoping the money will encourage someone with knowledge of the crime to come forward. On Octob...

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  • Ponca City Board of Education supports teachers; to discuss possible walkout

    Ponca City Board of Education supports teachers; to discuss possible walkout - March 12, 2018

    The Ponca City Public Schools Board of Education will vote on a resolution at their meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, March 12, to support a salary increase for public school teachers and encourage the Oklaho...

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  • Man’s body discovered Saturday

    Man’s body discovered Saturday - March 12, 2018

    The discovery of a deceased’s man’s body was reported to the Ponca City Police Department at approximately 4:20 p.m. Saturday behind businesses in the wooded area of the 1100 block of East Prospec...

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  • Chamber Chat

    Chamber Chat - March 12, 2018

    We will have a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Monday at 2 p.m. for the new location for Russell Cellular Verizon store at 2720 N. 14th Street. Please join us. We are excited to provide PRIDE Training on...

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  • Nebraska man sues pipeline company for fatal 2016 leak

    Nebraska man sues pipeline company for fatal 2016 leak - March 11, 2018

    (Information from: Omaha World-Herald, http://www.omaha.com) OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A Tekamah man is suing an Oklahoma pipeline company, which he accused of failing to properly repair an anhydrous ammoni...

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  • Oklahoma bail agent acquitted in shooting death of client

    Oklahoma bail agent acquitted in shooting death of client - March 11, 2018

    (Information from: The Oklahoman, http://www.newsok.com) STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - A 42-year-old Stillwater bail agent has been acquitted of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of one of her cli...

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  • Oklahoma Highway Patrol: 3 dead in pair of separate crashes

    Oklahoma Highway Patrol: 3 dead in pair of separate crashes - March 11, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says three people have died in a pair of separate car crashes. Troopers are still investigating what caused the wreck that killed 20-year-old Altus re...

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  • State employees to join teachers in walkout for better pay

    State employees to join teachers in walkout for better pay - March 11, 2018

    (Information from: The Oklahoman, http://www.newsok.com) OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - State employees plan to join Oklahoma teachers in walking off the job next month if lawmakers don't give them a pay raise...

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  • Personal Injury Collision in Pawnee County

    Personal Injury Collision in Pawnee County - March 11, 2018

    The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported a personal injury collision occurred about 5:40 p.m. Friday on US64 at Old Keystone Road, about 0.5 miles south of Cleveland, OK in Pawnee County. The patrol sa...

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