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Passengers Describe Experience After Amtrak Train Collides With Truck - October 17, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY - Dozens traveling back home from Texas find themselves in a chaotic scene after an Amtrak train crashes into a truck near Thackerville Friday night. "We heard this screeching an...
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Unhappy with prices, ranchers look to build own meat plants - October 17, 2021
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Frustrated with persistently low prices, ranchers and others in the beef industry are moving to reverse a long trend of consolidation and planning to open new slaughterhouses...
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Ponca City man arrested for soliciting a juvenile female - October 16, 2021
On October 15, 2021, Ponca City Police Detectives, who are cooperative Agents with the OSBI Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, arrested Ponca City resident Billy Joe Rutherford. Detectives b...
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Nursing schools see applications rise, despite COVID burnout - October 16, 2021
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Nurses around the U.S. are getting burned out by the severity of the COVID-19 crisis and quitting, yet applications to nursing schools are rising, driven by what educators say a...
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Man with knife lunges at Oklahoma officer, fatally shot - October 16, 2021
GEARY, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says a man armed with a knife was fatally shot by a Geary police officer after lunging toward another officer. No names have been relea...
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Oklahoma health update to add more than 1,000 COVID deaths - October 16, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — State health officials say the state is reconciling its record of Oklahoma COVID-19 deaths with those reported by federal officials. The Oklahoma State Department of Health says...
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Some Tulsa Healthcare Workers Quit Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate - October 15, 2021
Tulsa, Ok- Some healthcare workers at Ascension St. John said they're looking for new jobs after they said they were not allowed to opt-out of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. In July, Ascension sa...
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Oklahoma Governor, Attorney General Blast Vaccine Mandate - October 15, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and Attorney General John O’Connor on Thursday blasted President Joe Biden’s pending vaccine mandate for businesses with more than 100 employees. ...
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Why Heating Bills Are Expected To Jump This Winter - October 15, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY - The U.S. Government said heating bills are set to jump as much as 54% this winter compared to last winter. According to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, there are many reas...
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Powerlines Down, Walls Blown Over By Storms In SW OKC - October 15, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY - Southwest Oklahoma City is waking up to extensive damage from storms early Friday morning. Multiple powerlines are down and buildings are destroyed. The area of SW 22nd and ...