• Search resumes for missing canoeist on Carlton Lake

    Search resumes for missing canoeist on Carlton Lake - May 23, 2016

    WILBURTON, Okla. (AP) - The search has resumed for a man who went missing while canoeing on a lake in an eastern Oklahoma state park. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the search resumed at daybreak M...

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  • Announcement made at celebration of Kaw Dam

    Announcement made at celebration of Kaw Dam - May 23, 2016

    Architect Rick Stuber shows the Kaw Lake Visitors Information and Education Center concept drawings to, from left, Skyler Matthews, Nancy Rathbun, Johnnny Shaw, Peat Robinson and Rita Sells. ...

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  • Gov. Mary Fallin vetoes Oklahoma feral hog hunting bill

    Gov. Mary Fallin vetoes Oklahoma feral hog hunting bill - May 21, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Gov. Mary Fallin has vetoed a bill that would have allowed night hunting with spotlights of feral hogs by hunters without a hunting license. Fallin said Friday that the bill woul...

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  • Solar-powered plane’s latest leg: Oklahoma to Ohio

    Solar-powered plane’s latest leg: Oklahoma to Ohio - May 21, 2016

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A solar-powered airplane that landed in Oklahoma last week is headed to Ohio on the latest leg of its around-the-world journey. The Swiss-made Solar Impulse 2 took off from Tulsa ...

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  • Oklahoma to free $125 million of fund’s money for budget

    Oklahoma to free $125 million of fund’s money for budget - May 21, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma will transfer about $125 million from a cash-flow reserve fund each year and make it available for lawmakers to spend as the state navigates closing a $1.3 billion shortf...

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  • Ex-reserve deputy loses appeal for bail in fatal shooting

    Ex-reserve deputy loses appeal for bail in fatal shooting - May 21, 2016

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A former Oklahoma volunteer sheriff's deputy convicted of fatally shooting an unarmed man has again been denied bail while he awaits sentencing. The Tulsa World reports that the ...

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  • Governor vetoes bill criminalizing abortion

    Governor vetoes bill criminalizing abortion - May 21, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma Republican Gov. Mary Fallin has vetoed legislation that would have effectively outlawed abortion in the state by making it a felony for doctors to perform the procedure. ...

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  • National Tech Honor Society inductees named

    National Tech Honor Society inductees named - May 20, 2016

    Pioneer Technology Center's National Technical Honor Society inductees attended a ceremony last week recognizing their accomplishments during the school year. The inductees are pictured, from...

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  • City to observe Memorial Day on May 30

    City to observe Memorial Day on May 30 - May 20, 2016

    The City of Ponca City will observe Memorial Day on Monday, May 30. Residential refuse will not be picked up on Monday, May 30, and will resume on Tuesday, May 31. Contact: David ...

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  • Severe weather possible over next week

    Severe weather possible over next week - May 20, 2016

    Ponca City's Emergency Management Director Paula Cain is warning of potentially severe weather for the next week. "We are looking forward to a week of potential for severe weather to occu...

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