• Draft Public Transit Plan Released – Feedback Wanted

    Draft Public Transit Plan Released – Feedback Wanted - October 25, 2020

    For the first time, the State of Oklahoma has developed a statewide plan for public transportation that unites urban and rural transit services by laying out mobility priorities for the next 20 years....

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  • Election Board: Emergency Voting Allowed

    Election Board: Emergency Voting Allowed - October 25, 2020

    Registered voters in Kay County who become physically incapacitated after 5 p.m. on Tuesday, October 27, won’t have to miss the November 3, General Election, County Election Board Secretary Cheryl H...

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  • Updated! – Grace Episcopal Church Evacuated

    Updated! – Grace Episcopal Church Evacuated - October 25, 2020

    According to one city official, as congregants were leaving Grace Episcopal Church after services this morning, they noticed a package  wrapped in duct tape and marked 'BOMB.' The package was later d...

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  • State coronavirus cases soar to one-day record increase

    State coronavirus cases soar to one-day record increase - October 25, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — There is a one-day record increase of more than 1,800 newly reported coronavirus cases in Oklahoma, a day after Gov. Kevin Stitt extended a state of emergency because of the pan...

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  • OSU president announces plans to retire

    OSU president announces plans to retire - October 24, 2020

    STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma State University President Burns Hargis has announced plans to retire at the end of the current academic year. Hargis, who is 74, announced on Friday that he will r...

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  • 16-year-old surrenders in fatal shooting of 12-year-old

    16-year-old surrenders in fatal shooting of 12-year-old - October 24, 2020

    MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (AP) — Police in an Oklahoma City suburb say that a 16-year-old boy wanted for manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy more than three weeks ago has surrendered. ...

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  • Oklahoma virus hospitalizations beat prior day’s record high

    Oklahoma virus hospitalizations beat prior day’s record high - October 24, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s official count of coronavirus hospitalizations has hit a new record high and beat the previous one-day high set a day earlier as the virus continues to surge. Th...

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  • Oklahoma governor says he won’t appeal tribal gaming ruling

    Oklahoma governor says he won’t appeal tribal gaming ruling - October 24, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt says he will not appeal a federal court ruling that the state’s tribal gaming compacts had automatically renewed on January 1st. Stitt had argued ...

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  • Budget Break Down

    Budget Break Down - October 23, 2020

    By Sen. Roger Thompson, Senate Appropriations Chair   I want to thank everyone for taking the time to look at our weekly Budget Break Down articles and for sharing your comments and questio...

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  • NOC, University Center Partnership: Weekend College for Spring 2021

    NOC, University Center Partnership: Weekend College for Spring 2021 - October 23, 2020

    Northern Oklahoma College is partnering with the University Center in Ponca City for the newly created Weekend College for Spring 2021. The new program offers college credit classes on Friday eveni...

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