• Oklahoma leaders bracing for another steep budget shortfall

    Oklahoma leaders bracing for another steep budget shortfall - September 05, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - With oil prices hovering below $50 a barrel and an income tax cut scheduled to take effect on January 1st, Oklahoma's already bleak budget outlook for the upcoming fiscal ...

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  • Offices closed for holiday

    Offices closed for holiday - September 04, 2015

    The City of Ponca City will observe Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 7.: Residential Refuse will not be picked up Monday but will resume Tuesday. Contact: David Horinek, Solid Waste Supervisor, at ...

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  • Reconstruction to start on drainage channel

    Reconstruction to start on drainage channel - September 04, 2015

    Beginning Tuesday, September 8, work will begin to reconstruct approximately 1,250 linear feet of the concrete drainage channel from Elmwood Street east to the intersection of 14th Street and H...

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  • Suspect in Highway Patrol chase now in Noble County Jail

    Suspect in Highway Patrol chase now in Noble County Jail - September 04, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma Highway Patrol confirms that Brandon James Wooten, the 40-year-old male who was shot by an OHP Trooper on Aug. 27, is now incarcerated at the Noble County jail. ...

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  • Woman killed by her own truck

    Woman killed by her own truck - September 04, 2015

    LAWTON, Okla. (AP) - Police in Lawton say a woman was killed when she was run over by her own pickup truck. Police say 41-year-old Amy Petti John Rivera died in the accident in a parking lot on Wedne...

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  • Putnam City student arrested after gun found

    Putnam City student arrested after gun found - September 04, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Authorities say a loaded gun has been found in a backpack on the campus of Putnam City High School in Oklahoma City and a student was arrested. School officials say there are no ...

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  • Brogdon resigns GOP position, calls for election

    Brogdon resigns GOP position, calls for election - September 04, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The leader of the Oklahoma Republican Party is planning to resign his post and call for the election of a new chairman after a tumultuous five-month term. GOP Vice Chair Estela H...

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  • Attorney General continues Ten Commandments battle

    Attorney General continues Ten Commandments battle - September 04, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma Attorney General is continuing his fight to keep a Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of the state Capitol, despite an order from the state's highest court that it ...

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  • State gross receipts down in August

    State gross receipts down in August - September 04, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - State finance officials say overall collections to the state treasury declined again last month, driven mostly by lower collections from oil and natural gas production taxes. Okl...

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  • Ex-lawmaker released from jail, must wear ankle monitor

    Ex-lawmaker released from jail, must wear ankle monitor - September 03, 2015

    (Information in the following story is from: The Oklahoman, http://www.newsok.com) OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A former Oklahoma lawmaker who spent several months locked up after being convicted o...

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