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Baked potato bar fundraiser Saturday - February 28, 2017
A baked potato bar to raise funds for the Okie Dream Special Olympics Team will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the American Legion, 407 West South Ave. Cost is $6 for adults and $4 ...
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City approves resolution supporting grant application - February 28, 2017
A resolution supporting a grant application for federal funds to renovate the City Center Building at 400 East Central, owned by the Ponca City Development Authority, was approved by the Ponca City ...
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Panel approves quit claim deed - February 28, 2017
City Attorney Michael R. Vanderburg presented a request to approve a quit claim deed to the Ponca City Board of Commissioners Monday night. The quit claim deed would cure a defect which was discov...
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Action on request to close alley continued - February 28, 2017
The Ponca City Board of Commissioners voted Monday to continue action on a request to close an alley south of the 200 block of West Cleveland Avenue until a later commission meeting. The petitioner...
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Commission refuses to prohibit turns onto Virginia at Highland - February 28, 2017
The Ponca City City Commission on Monday refused to act on a request from the Ponca City Public School District to prohibit right turns by westbound traffic on Highland at Virginia during school cross...
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Purse believed to be missing woman’s found near McAlester - February 28, 2017
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - A purse believed to belong to a woman missing for more than a month has been found in a wooded area near McAlester. Police Det. Preston Rodgers told the McAlester News-Capital...
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NOC announces ‘Merging Tradition and Technology’ project - February 28, 2017
Northern Oklahoma College announces its newest project to serve Native American as well as low-income students, made possible by a federal grant awarded last fall. Funded by a federal grant through...
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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...
