• OHP Reports Drowning Death In SE Oklahoma Town - July 03, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Authorities say a 54-year old woman has drowned in a southeastern Oklahoma pond. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Saturday that Sawyer resident Roxie R. Merriott's body was recove...

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  • Inola Man Killed During Residential Remodeling Project

    Inola Man Killed During Residential Remodeling Project - July 03, 2016

    INOLA, Okla. (AP) - Authorities are investigating after a man remodeling a house north of Inola was killed after the structure's roof apparently collapsed and caused a chimney to fall on him. Rogers C...

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  • Reminder: Glass Bottles/Containers & Personal Fireworks Not Allowed At Lake Ponca

    Reminder: Glass Bottles/Containers & Personal Fireworks Not Allowed At Lake Ponca - July 02, 2016

    Ponca City Police and the Lake Ponca Park Ranger will be strictly enforcing the No Glass law at Lake Ponca this weekend. Glass bottles and other glass containers are prohibited. A recent increase in g...

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  • Suspicious Device Found On Body-Evacuates Medical Examiner’s Office

    Suspicious Device Found On Body-Evacuates Medical Examiner’s Office - July 02, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An evacuation of the Oklahoma State Medical Examiner's Office in Oklahoma City was lifted after a suspicious device found on a body was determined not to be a bomb or a threat. Po...

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  • New State Laws Take Effect

    New State Laws Take Effect - July 02, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahomans will be paying more for in fees at the courthouse, and lawbreakers will get squeezed for more court costs, under some of the dozens of new laws that take effect this we...

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  • State Land Office Distributes Record Amount To Oklahoma Schools

    State Land Office Distributes Record Amount To Oklahoma Schools - July 02, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The state agency that oversees state lands for the benefit of public schools says it distributed a record $102 million to Oklahoma school districts during the most recent fiscal y...

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  • State Question 779 For Education Responds To Opposition

    State Question 779 For Education Responds To Opposition - July 02, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A group supporting a 1 percent sales tax increase to fund education is asking the Oklahoma Supreme Court to dismiss a challenge by an anti-tax group seeking to keep the proposal o...

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  • State Agencies Working to Keep July 4th Weekend Safe for All

    State Agencies Working to Keep July 4th Weekend Safe for All - July 01, 2016

    The Oklahoma Highway Safety Office and Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services are partnering to keep the July 4 holiday weekend safe for all Oklahomans. OHSO is...

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  • *UPDATE* Tased Man Dies at Alliance Health Ponca City

    *UPDATE* Tased Man Dies at Alliance Health Ponca City - July 01, 2016

    A 56-year-old Ponca City man who ran from police Thursday night was tased by an officer. Roger Bales was transported by Ponca City Fire Department EMS to Alliance Health Ponca City, where he d...

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  • Donated life jackets help save lives

    Donated life jackets help save lives - July 01, 2016

    More than 40 life jackets have been donated as part of “Save a Life,” a special promotion of the Kaw Lake Association and Kaw Lake Educational Foundation. Recently these two organiza...

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