• Tulsa sees first officer-involved homicide of 2018

    Tulsa sees first officer-involved homicide of 2018 - January 23, 2018

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Two Tulsa police officers have been place on administrative leave pending an investigation of the shooting death of a man after a low-speed pursuit and standoff. Police spokeswo...

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  • Five presumed dead in Oklahoma gas rig explosion

    Five presumed dead in Oklahoma gas rig explosion - January 23, 2018

    QUINTON, Okla. (AP) - Officials say the five employees who have been missing since an explosion at an Oklahoma gas drilling rig are presumed dead. Pittsburg County Sheriff Chris Morris said Tuesday t...

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  • Commissioners approve purchases of property for Public Safety Center

    Commissioners approve purchases of property for Public Safety Center - January 23, 2018

    Ponca City's Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of several parcels of property in the 300 blocks of South Third Street and South Fourth Street at its meeting Monday night. The property is ...

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  • Thousands of rape kits remain untested in Tulsa

    Thousands of rape kits remain untested in Tulsa - January 23, 2018

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - The Sex Crimes Unit at the Tulsa Police Department says the department likely won't meet Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin's extended deadline to compile an audit of untested rape kits. S...

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  • Fire out at drilling rig hours after explosion

    Fire out at drilling rig hours after explosion - January 23, 2018

    QUINTON, Okla. (AP) - Officials say the fire is out at a drilling rig that exploded in eastern Oklahoma. Five rig workers are missing. A statement from McAlester-Pittsburg County Emergency Management...

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  • Two officers on paid administrative leave after shooting death

    Two officers on paid administrative leave after shooting death - January 22, 2018

    SALLISAW, Oklahoma -- Two Sallisaw police officers are on paid administrative leave following the fatal shooting Sunday night of a suspect in the parking lot of the Northeastern Health Systems-Sequoy...

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  • Two new car tags chosen for DEQ in 2018

    Two new car tags chosen for DEQ in 2018 - January 22, 2018

    The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is excited to announce the two winners of the specialty tag voting.  The public chose the American Bison grazing in an Oklahoma prairie and the ...

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  • Demolition of former bank building underway

    Demolition of former bank building underway - January 22, 2018

    Demolition of the former  Bank of America building at Fourteenth Street and Prospect Avenue is underway today. The builiding is being removed to make room for construction of a Jiffy Trip convenie...

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  • Cushing man injured in  motorcycle accident

    Cushing man injured in motorcycle accident - January 22, 2018

    CUSHING -- A 20-year-old Cushing man was injured in a single-vehicle motorcycle accident at 6:44 p.m. Sunday about 5 miles south of Cushing, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports. Colton Piatt was tr...

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  • Warm, dry weather brings wildfire danger to western Oklahoma

    Warm, dry weather brings wildfire danger to western Oklahoma - January 22, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Forecasters say hot, dry and breezy conditions have created a high risk for wildfires in parts of Oklahoma. The National Weather Service says unseasonable weather will cause an e...

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