• CareerTech Partners with DPS to Offer Driver’s License Testing

    CareerTech Partners with DPS to Offer Driver’s License Testing - April 08, 2021

    CareerTech Partners with DPS to Offer Driver’s License Testing Ponca City - Pioneer Technology Center (PTC) offers Driver’s License Testing through a partnership with the Oklahoma Department of...

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  • House Democrats Respond to Anti-Trans Legislation

    House Democrats Respond to Anti-Trans Legislation - April 08, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY -- House Minority Leader Emily Virgin, D-Norman, and State Rep. Mauree Turner, D-OKC, released the following statements today in response to Senate Bill 2, which prohibits anyone of th...

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  • Bill Grants Liability Insurance to Educators; Secures First Amendment Rights

    Bill Grants Liability Insurance to Educators; Secures First Amendment Rights - April 08, 2021

    House Speaker Pro Tempore Terry O’Donnell, R-Catoosa, on Thursday won committee passage of a bill that will provide liability insurance coverage to all full- and part-time school employees up to $...

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  • Stillwater Honors Outgoing OSU president Hargis

    Stillwater Honors Outgoing OSU president Hargis - April 08, 2021

    STILLWATER – In recognition of their lasting impact on the Stillwater community, the City Council on April 5 approved the renaming of Airport Industrial Road to honor retiring OSU President Bu...

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  • Home Care Act Moves to House Floor Calendar

    Home Care Act Moves to House Floor Calendar - April 08, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY – A bill designed to give home health care companies the ability to hire shift workers instead of live-in aids passed the House Health and Long Term Care Committee recently and is no...

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  • Oklahoma COVID-19 Report for 8 April 2021

    Oklahoma COVID-19 Report for 8 April 2021 - April 08, 2021

    As of this advisory, there are 442,389 (483 new today) cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma. Kay County is reporting a total of 5,259 confirmed cases, with 125 deaths. Osage County has had a tota...

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  • Enid man arrested after confessing to sexually abusing child

    Enid man arrested after confessing to sexually abusing child - April 08, 2021

    by: K. Querry-Thompson ENID, Okla. (KFOR) – Authorities in Enid say they have arrested a 41-year-old man on complaints of lewd or indecent acts to a child. On Tuesday afternoon, investigators...

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  • Dems blast Oklahoma lawmaker who compared slavery, abortion

    Dems blast Oklahoma lawmaker who compared slavery, abortion - April 08, 2021

    by Sean Murphy OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A white Republican lawmaker from southeast Oklahoma is facing criticism for comparing lawmakers’ efforts to end abortion to the fight against slavery. Rep. Ji...

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  • Another Deadline Week

    Another Deadline Week - April 08, 2021

    By Sen. Bill Coleman   This past week, we completed committee work on House bills. We successfully got through more than half of the remaining House bills, and the next two weeks will be fa...

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  • 12-Year-Old Loses Leg After Crashing Bicycle Into Ponca City School Bus

    12-Year-Old Loses Leg After Crashing Bicycle Into Ponca City School Bus - April 08, 2021

    By: Clayton Cummins PONCA CITY (News9)  -  A 12-year-old Oklahoma boy is recovering at a Missouri hospital after crashing into a school bus while riding a bicycle in Ponca City. The crash hap...

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