• School district explains school closure policy

    School district explains school closure policy - April 06, 2018

    From the Ponca City Public Schools Administration: By law, Oklahoma students are to receive a minimum of 1,080 hours of instruction.  Students of Ponca City Public Schools attend more than the min...

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  • No school Monday in McCord

    No school Monday in McCord - April 06, 2018

    McCord School Principal and Superintendent Beverly Hawkins Moore announced Friday afternoon there will be no school at McCord on Monday....

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  • OEA President calls for repeal of capital gains tax

    OEA President calls for repeal of capital gains tax - April 06, 2018

    The head of Oklahoma's largest teachers' union says if lawmakers want to end a teacher walkout, they must pass a repeal of the capital gains tax that is expected to generate about $120 million. Okl...

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  • Senate approves ‘Amazon’ bill; ‘ball and die’ bill

    Senate approves ‘Amazon’ bill; ‘ball and die’ bill - April 06, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY - Debate has been completed and the Oklahoma Senate approved two bills designed to generate about $40 million that Republican leaders hope will placate thousands of teachers striking fo...

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  • Judge to hear about evidence handling in 2015 death case

    Judge to hear about evidence handling in 2015 death case - April 06, 2018

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A judge will hear testimonies after an internal police report found that an Oklahoma detective "grossly mishandled" evidence while investigating a quintuple death case. Former B...

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  • Oklahoma teacher walkout stretches into fifth day

    Oklahoma teacher walkout stretches into fifth day - April 06, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A teachers walkout in Oklahoma is stretching into a fifth day, and a state union leader says he doesn't think pending revenue bills are enough to stop the walkout from extending i...

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  • Female lion with a mane has died at Oklahoma City Zoo

    Female lion with a mane has died at Oklahoma City Zoo - April 06, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma City Zoo says an 18-year-old African lioness that mysteriously sprouted a mane last year has died. The zoo says the lioness, named Bridget, was euthanized Wednesda...

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  • Indicted Oklahoma City officer faces new conspiracy count

    Indicted Oklahoma City officer faces new conspiracy count - April 05, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An Oklahoma City police officer charged with concealing a federal crime and lying to investigators looking into an interstate theft ring now faces an additional charge of conspira...

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  • Oklahoma Senate to take up revenue measures Friday

    Oklahoma Senate to take up revenue measures Friday - April 05, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma Senate will meet Friday to consider special session and regular session measures. The Senate will meet in special session at 8:30 a.m. Friday to consider HB 1019xx, the m...

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  • Oklahoma court upholds murder conviction of Tulsa man

    Oklahoma court upholds murder conviction of Tulsa man - April 05, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld the murder and kidnapping convictions and life sentence of a Tulsa man in the death of a Talala man. The court on Thursday rej...

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