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Federal loan to help expand broadband in rural Oklahoma - February 28, 2017
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A $15.3 million federal loan has been approved to help expand broadband in a rural portion of Oklahoma. The U.S. Department of Agriculture loan is to Southern Plains Cable, LLC t...
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Author, newspaper columnist Jay Cronley dies at 73 - February 28, 2017
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Author and longtime newspaper columnist Jay Cronley, whose books were made into movies starring some of Hollywood's most notable funnymen, has died at age 73. His daughter, Saman...
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Changes in City Commission become official - February 28, 2017
City Commissioner and Vice Mayor Marybeth Moore concluded her three-year term Monday night, chairing the meeting of the commission in the absence of Mayor Homer Nicholson. Moore moved outside the c...
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Records show EPA’s Pruitt used private email, despite denial - February 28, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt occasionally used private email to communicate with staff while serving as Oklahoma's attorney general, despite telling Con...
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Ponca City man recovering from vehicle-pedestrian accident - February 27, 2017
About 7 a.m. Saturday, Danny R. Martin, 52, was injured in a vehicle-pedestrian accident in the 900 block of North Osage Street in Ponca City. Ponca City Police report Martin had stopped ...
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Republican state senator announces Oklahoma City mayoral run - February 27, 2017
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Two-term Republican state senator David Holt says he plans to run for Oklahoma City's open mayor's seat in 2018. Holt announced Monday he plans to seek the seat held for 14 yea...
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Perkins man injured in Payne County accident - February 27, 2017
A 68-year-old Perkins man was injured in a collision at 9:15 a.m. Monday on State Highway 33, about 4 miles west of Cushing in Payne County. Sherman Suttles was driving a 2005 Toyota eastbound on ...
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School board sets special meeting for bond sale - February 27, 2017
The Ponca City Board of Education will hold a special board meeting at noon Tuesday, March 7, for the purpose of selling $6,375,000 in building bonds. Also, the board will approve the bids for th...
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“A Purple Affair” event Friday night - February 27, 2017
Join the Domestic Violence Program of North Central Oklahoma at 6 p.m. Friday, March 3, for this year's "A Purple Affair: A Night of Food, Fashion and Fun. This fundraising event will be at the...
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Spring Sports Bash at 6 p.m. Tuesday at baseball field - February 27, 2017
Ponca City High School Athletic Director Jared Freeman invites the community to join the Spring Sports Bash at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the school's baseball field. The bash introduces the spr...
