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Oklahoma receives $78 million settlement payment from tobacco companies - April 29, 2017
Oklahoma receives $78 million settlement payment from tobacco companies OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma has received a $78 million payment from the tobacco industry as part of a 1999 settlement of a la...
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Oklahoma court upholds man’s murder conviction, sentence - April 29, 2017
Oklahoma court upholds man's murder conviction, sentence OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld a man's conviction for first-degree murder conviction and his life with...
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Child welfare experts say Oklahoma’s foster care improving - April 29, 2017
Child welfare experts say Oklahoma's foster care improving OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Child welfare experts say the Oklahoma Department of Human Services is making "good faith efforts" to reduce the maltre...
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Judge delays hearing in school child abuse case in Oklahoma - April 29, 2017
Judge delays hearing in school child abuse case in Oklahoma (Information from: The Oklahoman, http://www.newsok.com) PERRY, Okla. (AP) - A judge will consider a relative's testimony before deciding ...
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Fallin signs bill to implement new A-F grading to rate schools - April 29, 2017
Fallin signs bill to implement new A-F grading to rate schools OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has signed legislation that sets up a new A-F grading system to rate public schools that ...
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Pushmataha County man arrested on child sexual abuse charges - April 28, 2017
Special agents with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation have arrested a Pushmataha County man for several counts of child sexual abuse. In July 2016, OSBI special agents began an investigati...
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Quarterback Club reschedules golf tournament - April 28, 2017
The Ponca City Quarterback Club's 2017 Golf Tournament, which had been scheduled for Saturday, April 29, at Wentz Golf Course, has been rescheduled because of weather. The tournament is now schedul...
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Car seat safety check canceled - April 28, 2017
The Ponca City Fire and Life Safety Council has canceled its free car seat safety that was set for Saturday because of expected bad weather. The council will announce when it is rescheduled. ...
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Oklahoma court upholds woman’s murder conviction, sentence - April 28, 2017
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld the murder conviction and life prison sentence of a Tulsa woman in the beating death of a man in Tulsa; however, the court did ov...
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Prison population hits record high in Oklahoma - April 28, 2017
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma has hit a record high with more than 62,000 offenders in the state's department of corrections system. Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Joe Allbaugh says the ...
