• Po-Hi Band earns superior at Central State Marching Festival in Kansas

    Po-Hi Band earns superior at Central State Marching Festival in Kansas - October 10, 2017

    The Ponca City High School Marching Band earned a superior, or I, rating at the Central State Marching Festival held recently at Bill Snyder Stadium on the campus of Kansas State University at Manhatt...

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  • Oklahoma woman dies of apparent suicide in Midwest City jail

    Oklahoma woman dies of apparent suicide in Midwest City jail - October 10, 2017

    MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (AP) - Police in Midwest City say a woman has apparently taken her own life while being held at the Midwest City jail. Police say 53-year-old Kathleen Collier-Melchior of Spence...

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  • Marble City residents upset on choice of Chinese vendor

    Marble City residents upset on choice of Chinese vendor - October 10, 2017

    Locals in Marble City, a small community near the Arkansas border, are upset with the state's decision to restore the Oklahoma Capitol using marble from a Chinese vendor. The state, however, said i...

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  • Couple convicted of killing foster son, body remains missing

    Couple convicted of killing foster son, body remains missing - October 10, 2017

    ADA, Okla. (AP) - An Oklahoma couple has been convicted of killing their foster son, even though the boy's body has never been found. A jury in Pontotoc County on Monday found 67-year-old James Rex...

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  • Last Kerner Commission member haunted, hopeful on race in US

    Last Kerner Commission member haunted, hopeful on race in US - October 10, 2017

    CORRALES, N.M. (AP) - Nearly 50 years after the Kerner Commission studied the causes of deadly riots in America's cities, its last surviving member says he remains haunted that its recommendations on ...

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  • Investigation continues in shooting death

    Investigation continues in shooting death - October 09, 2017

    WYNNEWOOD, Okla. (AP) - Authorities continue to investigate the shooting death of the husband of an Oklahoma zookeeper and Libertarian Party candidate for governor. Joseph Maldonado - a self-descri...

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  • Oklahoma, it’s your chance to vote for new education license plate design

    Oklahoma, it’s your chance to vote for new education license plate design - October 09, 2017

    OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma State Department of Education is encouraging Oklahomans to vote online for the design of a new specialty license plate benefiting public education. State Superintendent...

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  • McClain County to pay $750,000 in inmate death lawsuit

    McClain County to pay $750,000 in inmate death lawsuit - October 09, 2017

    PURCELL, Okla. (AP) - Records show that a settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit over the 2013 death of an Oklahoma inmate who suffered from diabetes and was denied medical treatment at a co...

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  • Oklahoma teen accused of taking her baby from foster home

    Oklahoma teen accused of taking her baby from foster home - October 09, 2017

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Police in Oklahoma have arrested a 17-year-old mother accused of taking her 4-month-old daughter from a foster home. Officials in the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore say the teen...

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  • Chamber Chat

    Chamber Chat - October 09, 2017

    Tuesday we will have the opportunity to vote on the extension of the Ponca City Development Authority sales tax. The Chamber Board of Directors voted unanimously to recommend a yes vote for the ta...

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