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Baptist church camp evacuated due to rising Washita River - June 19, 2015
DAVIS, Okla. (AP) - More than 5,000 young people at a Baptist church camp in southern Oklahoma are being sent home early as the nearby Washita River is expected to reach historic levels. ...
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I-35 closed in southern Oklahoma other roads closed - June 18, 2015
Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. | | Subscribe I-35 Corridor*** Drivers urged to avoid I-35 in southern Oklahoma due to multiple closures, detours and rock slide Dri...
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Ponca City residents feel quake - June 17, 2015
Ponca City residents felt a 4.2 magnitude earthquake at 2:17 p.m. Wednesday. The earthquake was centered 12 miles west of Perry, Oklahoma, and was 5 km deep, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. ...
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Oklahoma man shot before apartment complex crash, police say - June 17, 2015
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma City police say a man who crashed his SUV into an apartment building had been shot. Police said Wednesday that 32-year-old Brian Hill of Midwest City was wounded before ...
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Fallin seeks more federal aid for flood-damaged counties - June 17, 2015
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Gov. Mary Fallin and the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management are requesting federal aid for 14 additional counties that experienced damage from storms and flooding that ha...
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Railroad project on U.S. Highway 177 postponed - June 17, 2015
A railroad improvement project on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway has been postponed. Ted Zachary, an engineer with the Perry office of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, said...
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Prosecutors seeking death penalty - June 17, 2015
DUNCAN, Okla. (AP) - Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a 20-year-old man who was bound for trial in the killing of his newspaper publisher father, his mother and his sister. A Stephens ...
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Durham to testify in abuse case - June 17, 2015
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A 20-year-old Oklahoma man accused of sexually abusing children at a Kenyan orphanage is set to testify in his own defense. Matthew Lane Durham is scheduled to take the stand Wed...
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DHS cutting 200 positions; increasing child welfare workers - June 17, 2015
MIAMI, Okla. (AP) - The Oklahoma Department of Human Services has announced that it will cut 200 positions while adding 300 child welfare workers. Oklahoma media outlets report department director E...
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Light pole updates to continue Grand Avenue streetscape work - June 16, 2015
By Beverly Bryant/News Director Ponca City's Board of Commissioners heard a proposal to update traffic signals in the Central Business District Monday. The changes will take place from Pi...
