• Transportation Department preparing for icy road conditions

    Transportation Department preparing for icy road conditions - January 15, 2018

    Crews in Ottawa, Craig, Nowata, Washington and Osage Counties in northeastern Oklahoma are treating and plowing roads and bridges. Motorists are advised to use caution on bridges in the area and be al...

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  • Man shot with own gun after assault and attempted kidnapping has been jailed

    Man shot with own gun after assault and attempted kidnapping has been jailed - January 14, 2018

    NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - A 55-year-old man who was shot with his own gun after wounding an employee at a central Oklahoma workplace is in jail after being released from a hospital. Norman police say Will...

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  • Man using space heater in SUV dead after vehicle fire erupts

    Man using space heater in SUV dead after vehicle fire erupts - January 14, 2018

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A homeless man has died after a space heater he was running inside a truck to keep it warm caused a fire. Tulsa firefighters said the blaze erupted early Saturday morning at an au...

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  • Personal Injury Collision in Payne County

    Personal Injury Collision in Payne County - January 14, 2018

    The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported a personal injury collision occurred about 2:20 a.m. Sunday at State Highway 18 and Fairlawn Road, about 3 miles north of Cushing, OK in Payne County. The patro...

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  • Little Rock police seek extradition, charge 2nd man in deaths of woman, 2 kids

    Little Rock police seek extradition, charge 2nd man in deaths of woman, 2 kids - January 13, 2018

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Little Rock police say a second suspect is in custody in the killing of a woman and her two young children. The bodies of 24-year-old Mariah Cunningham, 5-year-old Alayah Fis...

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  • Chief financial officer testifies on health agency problems

    Chief financial officer testifies on health agency problems - January 13, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The chief financial officer of the Oklahoma State Department of Health says he was on the job only a few weeks before he started to notice major problems with how the agency was h...

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  • 1st trial date set in state lawsuit over opioid epidemic

    1st trial date set in state lawsuit over opioid epidemic - January 13, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The first trial date has been set for a lawsuit by a state against pharmaceutical companies over the opioid epidemic. Oklahoma is one of at least 13 states that have filed lawsui...

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  • Ponca City Recycling Center accepting these items

    Ponca City Recycling Center accepting these items - January 12, 2018

    PONCA CITY RECYCLING CENTER 1001 W Prospect  580-485-8884 Operator: Supported Community Lifestyles Hours of Operation: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday Please pre-sort all items to save ...

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  • Martin Luther King Day is a city  holiday

    Martin Luther King Day is a city holiday - January 12, 2018

    The City of Ponca City will observe Monday, Jan. 15, as a city holiday. Residential Refuse WILL NOT BE PICKED UP Monday, Jan. 15, and will RESUME Tuesday, Jan. 16. Contact Tim McNew, Solid Waste ...

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  • Rep. Cleveland files whistleblower protection bill

    Rep. Cleveland files whistleblower protection bill - January 12, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY – State Rep. Bobby Cleveland introduced legislation this week aimed at strengthening the rights of whistleblowers. House Bill 2528 amends current statute to give state employees who ...

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