• Abercrombie named to Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame

    Abercrombie named to Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame - April 28, 2016

    Ponca City News Business Editor Louise Abercrombie was inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame on Thursday. She was honored at a luncheon at the University of Central Oklahoma. ...

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  • Police seeking check fraud suspect

    Police seeking check fraud suspect - April 28, 2016

    A Burbank, Oklahoma, resident has been the victim of six counts of fraud as her personal checks have been reproduced and passed at Ponca City’s Wal-Mart, the Wal-Mart in Newcastle and the Wal...

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  • Autism coverage bill sent to governor

    Autism coverage bill sent to governor - April 28, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Legislation that requires health insurers to cover the treatment of children with autism has received final legislative approval in the Oklahoma House. The House on Wedne...

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  • Woman sentenced in deaths of nieces after Tulsa fire

    Woman sentenced in deaths of nieces after Tulsa fire - April 28, 2016

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A woman charged in the deaths of her two young nieces in a Tulsa apartment fire has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Twenty-five-year-old Miashah Moses was sentenced Wednesda...

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  • Woman finds wheat penny collection missing

    Woman finds wheat penny collection missing - April 28, 2016

    After noticing a post on one of the Ponca City Community Watch pages about a clerk at the Valero convenience store, located at Grand Avenue and Oak Street, having accepted wheat pennies for a purch...

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  • Man gets 120 years in abduction, rape of 12-year-old girl

    Man gets 120 years in abduction, rape of 12-year-old girl - April 28, 2016

    SAPULPA, Okla. (AP) - A Sapulpa man who was linked by DNA taken from a cup of lemonade to the rape and abduction of a 12-year-old girl has been sentenced to 120 years in prison. Fifty-one-year-old Ke...

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  • Percussion concert rescheduled

    Percussion concert rescheduled - April 28, 2016

    The annual Ponca City Evening of Percussion Concert has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. Monday, May 2, in the Po-Hi Howell Auditorium. The concert will feature many styles of percussion music ...

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  • Jury convicts ex-Oklahoma reserve deputy in suspect’s death

    Jury convicts ex-Oklahoma reserve deputy in suspect’s death - April 28, 2016

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A former Oklahoma volunteer sheriff's deputy who says he confused his handgun and stun gun when he fatally shot an unarmed suspect has been convicted of second-degree manslaughte...

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  • Oklahoma Senate gives final OK to balanced budget convention

    Oklahoma Senate gives final OK to balanced budget convention - April 27, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma Legislature has given final approval to a resolution formally asking Congress to call a national convention to consider adding a balanced budget amendment to the U.S....

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  • More than $53,000 taken from man in traffic stop to be returned

    More than $53,000 taken from man in traffic stop to be returned - April 27, 2016

    MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) - The Muskogee County District Attorney says that his office will return $53,234 that was seized from a man during a traffic stop that resulted in a drug-related charge. Police s...

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