• Man dies of heart attack after botched execution

    Man dies of heart attack after botched execution - April 30, 2014

    McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma prison officials halted an inmate's execution after a new drug combination left him writhing and clenching his teeth on the gurney. He later died of a heart attack. T...

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  • Lockett dies after botched execution

    Lockett dies after botched execution - April 29, 2014

    McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - The director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections says an inmate whose execution was halted because the delivery of a new drug combination was botched has died of a h...

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  • Oklahoma prepares for execution of 2 inmates

    Oklahoma prepares for execution of 2 inmates - April 29, 2014

    McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma is preparing to use a new lethal injection formula on two death row inmates who are scheduled to die in the state's first double execution since 1937. Clayton Lockett...

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  • Ponca City Leadership Class’s Burger Cook-off winners

    Ponca City Leadership Class’s Burger Cook-off winners - April 28, 2014

    All American 1st Place: "Burger Pickers" - Head Cook: Seth Jordan 2nd Place "Cook Shack" - Head Cook: Stuart Powell 3rd Place - "R&R" - Head Cook: Ron ...

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  • Eagle View Trail ready for use

    Eagle View Trail ready for use - April 28, 2014

    The Eagle View Trail at Kaw Lake is ready for spring and summer mountain biking and hiking. 20 volunteers gathered on Sunday morning to clear the trail. Volunteers from as far away as Oklahoma...

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  • Large tornado touches down in Arkansas

    Large tornado touches down in Arkansas - April 28, 2014

    Residents of Vilonia, which was devastated by a tornado three years ago, huddled in the dark early Monday wondering how they would rebuild again, after the nation's strongest twister this year leveled...

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  • Oklahoma Red Cross offering support to Arkansas

    Oklahoma Red Cross offering support to Arkansas - April 28, 2014

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The American Red Cross in central Oklahoma is deploying two emergency response vehicles and at least four volunteers to help with tornado recovery efforts in Arkansas. Sixteen p...

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  • Peach Tree Landing hosts its annual fundraising event tonight

    Peach Tree Landing hosts its annual fundraising event tonight - April 28, 2014

    It's that time of year again, the event that greets you at the door with a glass champagne is tonight. The Peach Tree Landing's 14th Cowboy Ball starts at 7:30 p.m. Deb Altman, Cowboy Ball coordin...

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  • Ponca City woman dies while off roading

    Ponca City woman dies while off roading - April 28, 2014

    Three adults were off roading in a 2014 Kawasaki when they jumped a terrace and went 50 feet in the air killing Roxanne Cooley. The Department of Public Safety report said Cooley, 37 was the second p...

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  • Oklahoma soldiers deploying to Afghanistan

    Oklahoma soldiers deploying to Afghanistan - April 27, 2014

    LAWTON, Okla. (AP) - Members of the Oklahoma Army National Guard took part in a ceremony at Fort Sill yesterday ahead of their deployment to Afghanistan. The unit deploying is Battery...

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