• Woman dies in accident on Hartford Avenue

    Woman dies in accident on Hartford Avenue - February 18, 2015

    A fatal accident Tuesday afternoon claimed the life of 77-year-old Harriett Ann Hardy of Ponca City. Hardy was driving a 2013 Chevrolet Spark east on Hartford west of Waverly Street. The investigati...

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  • Camp McFadden schedules summer sessions

    Camp McFadden schedules summer sessions - February 18, 2015

    Camp McFadden on Kaw Lake has set its summer camp sessions for 2015. Full camp sessions are scheduled for June 7-12; June 21-26; June 28-July 3; July 5-10; July 12-17 and July 19-24. Each camp start...

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  • Equalization Board certifies $611 Million shortfall

    Equalization Board certifies $611 Million shortfall - February 18, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - State agencies in Oklahoma are being told to brace for budget cuts after a state board led by Gov. Mary Fallin certified that the Legislature will have $611 million less to spend...

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  • Arapaho inmate escapes

    Arapaho inmate escapes - February 18, 2015

    ARAPAHO, Okla. (AP) - Authorities say they're looking for a 27-year-old inmate who escaped from a western Oklahoma jail. According to the Custer County sheriff's office, James Edward Weber Jr. esca...

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  • Panel approves anti-equality bill

    Panel approves anti-equality bill - February 18, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Judges or court clerks who issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples would lose their jobs under a bill that's been approved by a House panel. The House Judiciary and Civil Pr...

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  • Committee to hear “Right to Try” bill

    Committee to hear “Right to Try” bill - February 18, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Members of an Oklahoma House committee plan to take up legislation that would give terminally ill patients access to medicines that have passed Phase 1 of the Food and Drug Admin...

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  • Chamber Chat

    Chamber Chat - February 17, 2015

    I have the opportunity Tuesday to speak to East Middle School students. These students are working on a tourism project. I will get to explain to them what makes Ponca City unique when it comes to...

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  • Preliminary hearing set in stabbing case

    Preliminary hearing set in stabbing case - February 17, 2015

    A preliminary hearing has been set for 9 a.m. March 20 in the first-degree murder with deliberate intent case of Aaron Charles LeClair. LeClair, whose 35th birthday is today, is charged in the stab...

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  • NOC to perform “The Wedding Singer”

    NOC to perform “The Wedding Singer” - February 17, 2015

    TONKAWA -- Northern Oklahoma College's Division of Fine Arts will present "The Wedding Singer" as the 2015 Spring Musical Feb. 19-22. Performances of the musical comedy will be at 7:30 p.m...

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  • NOC offering ACT prep workshop

    NOC offering ACT prep workshop - February 17, 2015

    Northern Oklahoma College Tonkawa will offer a March 10 ACT prep workshop. The workshop will be held in the Renfro Center and will include registration at 8:30 a.m., materials, a light breakfast...

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