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Hofmeister fires Barresi staff members - January 21, 2015
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - New state schools Superintendent Joy Hofmeister has fired three more of former Superintendent Janet Barresi's staff. Hofmeister spokesman Phil Bacharach told The Oklahoman (http:...
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Noe accepts plea agreement - January 20, 2015
Beverly Sue Noe, 67, accepted a plea deal Tuesday and pleaded no contest to three counts of accessory to first-degree murder. According to a report in The Oklahoman, Noe was fined $1,500 and wa...
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Two Ponca City officers injured in altercation with man - January 20, 2015
Two Ponca City Police officers were injured about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday in an altercation with 29-year-old Lyle G. Gillen. Gillen was spotted by officers as he was walking in the area of Grand Avenue a...
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Humane Society fundraiser Feb. 14 - January 20, 2015
The second "Tails of the Heart" fundraiser, benefiting the Ponca City Humane Society, will be held Feb. 14 at the Osage Casino and Hotel east of Ponca City. Tickets are $40 per person...
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Pennington to participate in school-building mission - January 20, 2015
School Superintendent Dr. David Pennington will participate in a Lifetouch Memory Mission to build a school in the Dominican Republic Jan. 26 – Feb. 3. The school will be built f...
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Thousands honor King’s memory - January 20, 2015
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Thousands turned out in Tulsa for the annual Martin Luther King parade in Tulsa while Gov. Mary Fallin praised the late civil rights leader in Oklahoma City. Tulsa police said up ...
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Widower of beheading victim gets death benefits - January 20, 2015
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The husband of a woman who was beheaded last year at an Oklahoma food-processing plant has been awarded $100,000 in death benefits plus $418 a week for the rest of his life. The ...
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State offers deal to murder suspect - January 19, 2015
BRISTOW -- A court hearing is scheduled Tuesday for a woman charged with three counts of first-degree murder which occurred more than 20 years ago. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigati...
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Man arrested in Drumright murder - January 19, 2015
Agents from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, with help from Drumright police, Oilton police and the Creek County Drug Task Force, have arrested a Drumright man for the murder last week o...
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4.1 magnitude earthquake recorded near Cherokee - January 19, 2015
CHEROKEE, Okla. (AP) - The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded a 4.1 magnitude earthquake near Cherokee in north-central Oklahoma. The USGS reports the quake occurred at 4:19 a.m. Monday about nine m...
