• East Central University announces staff, program cuts

    East Central University announces staff, program cuts - March 16, 2016

    ADA, Okla. (AP) - East Central University will eliminate 13 faculty and staff positions, cut six educational programs and suspend four athletic programs due to reductions in state funding to higher ed...

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  • Oklahoma revenue collections fall 18 percent below estimate

    Oklahoma revenue collections fall 18 percent below estimate - March 16, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - State finance officials are delivering more bad news about Oklahoma's economy, reporting that collections to the state's main operating fund missed the official estimate last mont...

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  • Hindus to seek statue at Oklahoma Capitol if law changes

    Hindus to seek statue at Oklahoma Capitol if law changes - March 16, 2016

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A Hindu organization plans to increase its efforts to put a deity statue on the Oklahoma Capitol grounds if voters approve a proposed change to the state's constitution. The Legis...

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  • Oklahoma City approves agreement for stalled Indian museum

    Oklahoma City approves agreement for stalled Indian museum - March 16, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The city of Oklahoma City has accepted an agreement with the state to complete and operate the unfinished American Indian Cultural Center and Museum. Council members voted 7-0 Tu...

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  • Oklahoma appeals court upholds life sentence in 2 deaths

    Oklahoma appeals court upholds life sentence in 2 deaths - March 16, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld the life prison sentences of a 22-year-old man convicted of the shooting deaths of two people outside a Tulsa convenience store. ...

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  • Oklahoma man charged in father’s stabbing beaten by inmates

    Oklahoma man charged in father’s stabbing beaten by inmates - March 16, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office says two county jail inmates are suspected of beating a man accused of fatally stabbing his father, the former Oklahoma labor commissioner. A...

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  • Blackwell man airlifted to Wichita hospital

    Blackwell man airlifted to Wichita hospital - March 15, 2016

    An 81-year-old Blackwell man was injured in a two-vehicle collision about 8 a.m. Tuesday morning at State Highway 11 and county road P Street, 1.5 miles east of Blackwell. Elmer K. Jeffries, 81...

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  • Wings of Rotary students visit Team Radio

    Wings of Rotary students visit Team Radio - March 15, 2016

    KPNC radio personality Sean Anderson is surrounded by Japanese students in the "Wings of Rotary" program visiting Ponca City. Nine students from Japan are visiting Ponca City as part of the...

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  • Second wreck near Blackwell on S.H. 11 and P Street

    Second wreck near Blackwell on S.H. 11 and P Street - March 15, 2016

    Blackwell Police Department confirmed a second accident near Blackwell this morning shortly before 9 a.m. The second accident was at State Highway 11 and P Street. A Mediflight helicopter was called...

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  • U.S. 177 closed south of Blackwell for accident

    U.S. 177 closed south of Blackwell for accident - March 15, 2016

    U.S. Highway 177. north and south bound, is currently closed just south of Blackwell for a two-vehicle collision. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol issued the notice at 7:43 a.m. Tuesday. ...

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