• Misdemeanors refiled against ex-trooper accused of assault

    Misdemeanors refiled against ex-trooper accused of assault - February 10, 2016

    SAPULPA, Okla. (AP) - Prosecutors have refiled two misdemeanor charges against a former Oklahoma Highway Patrolman charged with sexually assaulting three women during traffic stops. Eric Roberts plea...

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  • Oklahoma revenue collections continue skid, trail estimate

    Oklahoma revenue collections continue skid, trail estimate - February 10, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma's dire economic news continues to worsen as state finance officials report that collections to the state's main operating fund in January were below the official estimate...

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  • Millions in tax breaks, incentives targeted by Senate panel

    Millions in tax breaks, incentives targeted by Senate panel - February 10, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Hundreds of millions of dollars of state tax breaks would be reduced or delayed under bills approved by a Senate committee, including a second potential reduction in Oklahoma's in...

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  • Okay turning burned high school into public storm shelter

    Okay turning burned high school into public storm shelter - February 10, 2016

    OKAY, Okla. (AP) - The remains of a school destroyed by a fire nearly 30 years ago are being converted into a storm shelter. Okay is converting what is left of the former Okay High School into a stor...

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  • Oklahoma House committee to take up criminal justice bills

    Oklahoma House committee to take up criminal justice bills - February 10, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Legislation supported by Gov. Mary Fallin that would increase the value of some property crimes before they could be prosecuted as felonies in Oklahoma will be considered by a leg...

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  • Tulsa County Park Board approves Chandler Park upgrade plan

    Tulsa County Park Board approves Chandler Park upgrade plan - February 10, 2016

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - The Tulsa County Park Board has approved an $18 million plan to upgrade the 192-acre Chandler Park between Tulsa and Sand Springs. The Tulsa World (http://bit.ly/1o22LBt ) reports...

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  • Street sales tax overwhelmingly approved

    Street sales tax overwhelmingly approved - February 09, 2016

    The Kay County Election Board reports that the Ponca City half-cent street sales tax proposition was overwhelmingly approved in Tuesday's special election. A total of 1,219 votes were cast, with 996 ...

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  • Attendance up at Arkansas City senior dances

    Attendance up at Arkansas City senior dances - February 09, 2016

    ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. — Cutting the number of Friday night dances at the Arkansas City Senior Citizens Center from three a month to two has not led to a decline in attendance. ...

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  • Second Street reconstruction project starts

    Second Street reconstruction project starts - February 09, 2016

    R econstruction started on Second Street from the north side of Broadway Avenue to the south side of Hazel Avenue on Monday. By Tuesday morning, Hembree and Hodgson Construction of Ponc...

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  • 9 students on Yale bus during crash

    9 students on Yale bus during crash - February 09, 2016

    The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports that an injury school bus collision occurred about 7:20 a.m. Tuesday on Underwood Road, 2 miles south of State Highway 51, located 1/4 mile east and 2 miles south ...

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