• Oklahoma earthquake insurance noncompetitive, Commissioner says

    Oklahoma earthquake insurance noncompetitive, Commissioner says - June 08, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak says earthquake insurance in the state is not competitive. An order issued Tuesday by Doak changes the way insurers file rate increases ...

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  • Police: No evidence CEO’s death anything other than accident

    Police: No evidence CEO’s death anything other than accident - June 08, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma City police say they found no evidence that the death of businessman Aubrey McClendon in a vehicle crash a day after he was indicted by a federal grand jury was anything ...

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  • Oklahoma City energy company files for bankruptcy protection

    Oklahoma City energy company files for bankruptcy protection - June 08, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An Oklahoma City-based oil-field services company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it aims to eliminate more than $1 billion in debt. Seventy Seven Energy Inc. a...

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  • Oklahoma Supreme Court strikes down alcohol petition

    Oklahoma Supreme Court strikes down alcohol petition - June 08, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma Supreme Court has struck down a group's initiative petition to allow wine and strong beer to be sold in grocery stores. Court...

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  • Reasons to celebrate Ponca City and our future!

    Reasons to celebrate Ponca City and our future! - June 07, 2016

    Many thanks to Rich Cantillon at the Ponca City Area Chamber of Commerce for compiling this list of reasons to celebrate Ponca City and our future! Ponca City is the fifth largest manufactur...

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  • Pioneer Family Fun Days start Saturday

    Pioneer Family Fun Days start Saturday - June 07, 2016

    The Pioneer Woman Statue and Museum will hold weekly Pioneeer Family Fun Days during June and July. The Pioneer Family Fun Days begin this Saturday, June 11. The first outing is Backyard Games and A ...

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  • Attorneys ask charges be dismissed in Oklahoma stabbings

    Attorneys ask charges be dismissed in Oklahoma stabbings - June 07, 2016

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Attorneys for one of two Oklahoma teenage brothers charged in the stabbing deaths of their parents and three siblings have asked for the charges to be dismissed. The Tulsa World (...

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  • Fix to Oklahoma sodomy law among dozens signed by Fallin

    Fix to Oklahoma sodomy law among dozens signed by Fallin - June 07, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A bill to fix a loophole in Oklahoma's forcible sodomy law has been signed into law by Gov. Mary Fallin. The measure was among 49 bills signed into law on Monday by Fallin. Othe...

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  • Oklahoma education official says lawmakers helped schools

    Oklahoma education official says lawmakers helped schools - June 07, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma's top public education official says a measure that Gov. Mary Fallin has signed into law that axes end-of-instruction exams will help end an "over-testing culture.&q...

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  • Governor signs bond legislation to repair Oklahoma Capitol

    Governor signs bond legislation to repair Oklahoma Capitol - June 07, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Legislation that authorizes a $125 million bond issue to pay for a second phase of repairs and renovations to the Oklahoma Capitol has been signed into law by Gov. Mary Fallin....

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