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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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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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Severe weather possible after 4 p.m. - October 09, 2017
As a cold front moves into the state, some severe weather is possible after 4 p.m. today, Ponca City's Emergency Management Director Paula Cain says. Threats in the Slight Risk area will include wi...
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Arkansas church named for martyred Oklahoma priest - October 09, 2017
DECATUR, Ark. (AP) - A small Arkansas church has been named in honor of a martyred priest from Oklahoma. The Oklahoman reports the Catholic church in Decatur has been dedicated as a mission and nam...
