• NY National Guard takes over training of Ukrainian troops

    NY National Guard takes over training of Ukrainian troops - November 22, 2017

    NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) - Army National Guard members from upstate New York are taking over the mission to train Ukrainian soldiers in their homeland. The New York National Guard says 220 of its s...

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  • US judge finds Oklahoma bomb plot suspect mentally competent

    US judge finds Oklahoma bomb plot suspect mentally competent - November 22, 2017

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A man accused of trying to detonate what he believed was an explosives-laden van outside an Oklahoma City bank in August has been found mentally competent to face trial. A fede...

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  • Shawnee to re-annex land that includes St. Gregory’s

    Shawnee to re-annex land that includes St. Gregory’s - November 22, 2017

    SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) - The city of Shawnee is beginning the process to re-annex land that includes the St. Gregory's University property, which had detached from city limits earlier this year in hopes ...

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  • Reward offered in Okemah cold case

    Reward offered in Okemah cold case - November 21, 2017

    The OSBI is offering up to a $5,000 reward for information on a 2012 homicide in Okemah. On Oct. 14, 2012, 28-year-old Floyd Osborne Jr. was found inside a home at 321 S. 4th Street. He had been stab...

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  • City of Ponca City lists holiday closings

    City of Ponca City lists holiday closings - November 21, 2017

    The City of Ponca City will observe Thursday, Nov. 23, and Friday, Nov. 24, as City Holidays: Residential Refuse WILL NOT BE PICKED UP Thursday, Nov. 23, or Friday, Nov. 24, and will RESUME Monday...

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  • Governor’s office says another budget special session is ahead

    Governor’s office says another budget special session is ahead - November 21, 2017

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Gov. Mary Fallin will ask the Oklahoma Legislature to return to the state Capitol for a special session to address the state's ongoing budget shortfalls that have jeopardized fund...

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  • Speaker wants special panel to investigate health department

    Speaker wants special panel to investigate health department - November 21, 2017

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - House Speaker Charles McCall says he is forming a special investigative committee to look into financial mismanagement at the Oklahoma State Department of Health. The 15-member...

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  • Class learning life skills; donates food to NERA

    Class learning life skills; donates food to NERA - November 21, 2017

    The Prepare and Achieve Life Success (PALS) class at Union Elementary has been learning a lot of academic and life skills while working on their Engage 2 Learn unit. After reading The Very Hungry  ...

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  • Transgender woman awarded $1 million in discrimination lawsuit

    Transgender woman awarded $1 million in discrimination lawsuit - November 21, 2017

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A federal jury has awarded a transgender woman more than $1 million after finding Southeastern Oklahoma State University discriminated against her and wrongfully denied her tenure...

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  • Prosecutor requests full mental exam in Oklahoma murder case

    Prosecutor requests full mental exam in Oklahoma murder case - November 21, 2017

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - An Oklahoma district attorney has requested that a 19-year-old charged in the stabbing deaths of his parents and three siblings be compelled to fully participate in a mental health...

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