• Oklahoma unemployment rate fell to 4.5 percent

    Oklahoma unemployment rate fell to 4.5 percent - July 20, 2014

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma unemployment rate was down one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.5 percent in June. The figures released Friday by the Oklahoma Employment Security Comm...

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  • Highway Patrol sees spike in number of applicants

    Highway Patrol sees spike in number of applicants - July 20, 2014

    (Information in the following story is from: The Oklahoman, http://www.newsok.com. Not for online use in Oklahoma City market) OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says they...

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  • 3 named to Oklahoma Capitol repair committee

    3 named to Oklahoma Capitol repair committee - July 19, 2014

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Gov. Mary Fallin has appointed three people to a committee that will oversee spending on repairs to Oklahoma's nearly century-old state Capitol. Fallin said Friday...

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  • Court rules for gay marriage in Oklahoma case

    Court rules for gay marriage in Oklahoma case - July 19, 2014

    DENVER (AP) - A federal appeals court has ruled for the second time that states cannot prevent gay people from getting married. A three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of App...

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  • Medical marijuana petition travels through Ponca City

    Medical marijuana petition travels through Ponca City - July 18, 2014

    Yesterday Poncan's had the opportunity to sign a petition for medical marijuana. Members of Oklahomans for Health were staked out in front of the library and they weren't hard to miss. William Patrick...

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  • Weekend calendar of events

    Weekend calendar of events - July 18, 2014

    Sunday 1. Otoe-Missouria Encampment Traditional Powwow grounds 2. 2014 Ponca City Motocross Championship Click here for more information 3. The Grapes of Wrath Ponca Playhouse 2 p.m. ...

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  • Oklahoma wheat crop worst in nearly half century

    Oklahoma wheat crop worst in nearly half century - July 18, 2014

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma agriculture officials say ongoing drought during the start of spring followed by a late freeze and untimely late spring rains produced the worst wheat crop in nearly a ha...

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  • Sheriff’s office: Oklahoma infant safe in Texas

    Sheriff’s office: Oklahoma infant safe in Texas - July 18, 2014

    CASHION, Okla. (AP) - Authorities say an infant has been found unharmed in West Texas after she was abducted in Oklahoma. Dispatcher Traci Tate with the Kingfisher County Sheriff's Department says ...

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  • Fatal car accident near Enid

    Fatal car accident near Enid - July 17, 2014

    A 53- year-old woman died after a car accident in Garfield county yesterday afternoon. Darlene Barton McDaniel was heading south on 30th St. turning right onto Southgate Rd. near Enid when another car...

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  • Man arrested after stealing women’s card

    Man arrested after stealing women’s card - July 17, 2014

    Eric M. Steele, 24 was arrested yesterday with larceny from a residence and unauthorized use of credit/debit card. He had stolen the card from a woman's home after she came home from a local club. ...

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