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Lawmakers to hold public hearings on budget appropriations - January 01, 2017
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma lawmakers will hold public hearings beginning next week to review budgets of the five state agencies that receive the largest appropriations. The hearings begin Wednesda...
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Oklahoma Highway Patrol: Crashes on state roads fatal to 2 - January 01, 2017
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says two people have been killed in separate accidents on state roads. The patrol says 64-year-old McAlester resident Kathy Smith died in a crash Satu...
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Prosecutor: No charges against ex-Oklahoma sheriff - December 31, 2016
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A former Oklahoma sheriff who was friends with a reserve deputy who fatally shot an unarmed black man won't face new criminal charges after an investigation into misconduct allegat...
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Oklahoma prison contraband stuffed in basketballs, footballs - December 31, 2016
HOMINY, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma prison officials say an inmate at a northern Oklahoma prison spotted carrying basketballs and footballs is responsible for one of the year's largest contraband busts. Pr...
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Blanchard police officer arrested for alleged sex offense - December 31, 2016
PURCELL, Okla. (AP) - State investigators say a Blanchard police officer honored two weeks ago by the governor for saving a woman's life has been arrested for an alleged sex offense involving a minor....
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Most Oklahoma counties see jump in unemployment rate - December 30, 2016
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma officials say that the November unemployment rate is higher this year compared to a year ago in three-quarters of the state's counties. The Oklahoma Employment Security ...
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Bank robbery suspect in custody - December 29, 2016
Michael Don Morris Jr, age 46, is in custody. He was arrested last night in Beckham County. Morris, was identified through surveillance photographs from the bank robbery at RCB, 2nd street and Grand...
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Speaker-elect McCall to authorize investigation of sexual harassment - December 29, 2016
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma House of Representatives Speaker-elect Charles A. McCall today announced his first action upon formally becoming Speaker on Jan. 3 will be to authorize the bipartisan House ...
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Oklahoma sees drop in injury involving texting and driving - December 29, 2016
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma has seen a significant decrease in injury traffic accidents involving a driver distracted by an electronic device since a law banning texting and driving went into effect...
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Tulsa police search for missing woman near boyfriend’s home - December 29, 2016
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Tulsa police are searching near the home of a missing woman's boyfriend for the woman. Sgt. Dave Walker says officers using search dogs on Wednesday were in a wooded area of north...
