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Ponca Politics forums set for noon today and Friday - October 26, 2016
The Ponca City Area Chamber of Commerce's Ponca Politics Committee is hosting two forums this week, at noon today and also at noon Friday. At noon Wednesday, the committee will host a forum explai...
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Pipeline remains closed following oil spill in Oklahoma - October 26, 2016
CUSHING, Okla. (AP) - A Seaway Crude Pipeline Co. pipeline that spilled oil at a storage hub in Oklahoma remains closed. Spokesman Rick Rainey of Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners, a 50 pe...
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Inmate’s death ruled suicide - October 26, 2016
A 25-year-old woman serving 25 years in prison for killing her husband by pushing him from the 25th floor of their apartment hanged herself in prison. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections said Tues...
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Sounding of sirens was accidental - October 26, 2016
Tornado sirens went off this morning on the west side of Ponca City around the Liberty School area. Assistant City Manager Tana McKinley said the sirens were set off accidentally and there is no to...
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Officer calls encounter with Vance a “firefight” - October 26, 2016
An Oklahoma police officer says he engaged in a "firefight" Sunday with a man later accused in the killing of two relatives and several carjackings. Wellston Police Officer Jim Hampton is one of tw...
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Audit shows irregularities in Yukon’s finances - October 25, 2016
YUKON, Okla. (AP) - Auditors say several inaccuracies in Yukon's finances appear to be intentional acts of deception by the former city manager. The Oklahoman reports Yukon officials hired a firm to ...
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USGS: February quake likely caused by wastewater disposal - October 25, 2016
FAIRVIEW, Okla. (AP) - The third largest earthquake in Oklahoma was likely triggered by underground disposal of wastewater from oil and natural gas production. The U.S. Geological Survey said in a re...
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Woman convicted in husband’s high-rise death dies in prison - October 25, 2016
McLOUD, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma prison officials say a 25-year-old woman convicted of second-degree murder for pushing her husband to his death from the 25th floor of their Tulsa apartment has died in p...
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High School orchestras to present fall concert - October 25, 2016
The Ponca City High School Chamber Strings and Symphony Strings Orchestras will take to the stage to present their Fall Concert Thursday, Oct. 27. The program will begin at 7 p.m. in the Howell A...
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Church seeks exemption from sign ordinance, but none is needed - October 24, 2016
Several members of First Lutheran Church attended Monday's City Commission meeting to hear church president David Zimmerman ask the commission for a religious exemption to the city's sign ordinance. ...
