• Unemployment Tops 50,000 in Oklahoma

    Unemployment Tops 50,000 in Oklahoma - April 09, 2020

    Oklahoma continues to parallel the nation in the extraordinary number of initial claims for unemployment insurance as COVID-19 related closures and declines in the oil patch put more people out of wor...

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  • OSU’s Gundy Shoots for May 1st Start Date

    OSU’s Gundy Shoots for May 1st Start Date - April 08, 2020

    Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said Tuesday he hopes to have his team return to its facilities on May 1, a proposed timetable that would defy federal social-distancing guidelines and was quickly disp...

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  • Ponca City Man Injured in Fatal Accident

    Ponca City Man Injured in Fatal Accident - April 08, 2020

    A fatality collision occurred today (April 8th) at approximately 3:11 a.m. near the intersection of 141st S.t South and 220th East Ave, approximately 4 miles west of Coweta, OK, in Wagoner County resu...

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  • Oklahoma COVID-19 Update – 8 April 2020

    Oklahoma COVID-19 Update – 8 April 2020 - April 08, 2020

    SITUATION UPDATE: COVID-19 As of this advisory, there are 1,524 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma: 33 in Kay County. There are an additional 12 deaths: Four in Oklahoma...

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  • Oklahoma Blood Institute to Collect Plasma

    Oklahoma Blood Institute to Collect Plasma - April 07, 2020

    Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) will collect convalescent plasma from donors who have recovered from COVID-19 as part of an experimental initiative to use the product to treat seriously ill patients. ...

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  • Statewide Candidate Filing Begins today

    Statewide Candidate Filing Begins today - April 07, 2020

    Statewide candidate filing begins today at 8:00 a.m. Candidates are encouraged to use mail or private delivery to file, but an in-person “drive-through” option will be available for state and fede...

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  • Oklahoma Inmate Tests Positive

    Oklahoma Inmate Tests Positive - April 07, 2020

    The Oklahoma Department of Corrections confirms an inmate at Jackie Brannon Correctional Center in McAlester has tested positive for COVID-19. Four facility staff members and one probation and parole ...

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  • Superintendent Orders Friday Night Lights

    Superintendent Orders Friday Night Lights - April 07, 2020

    Ponca City Public School Superintendent Shelly Arrott wants students and parents to know that their school system is here for them, supports them, and misses them To demonstrate that, she has order...

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  • Board of Education Meeting Cancelled, Will Hold Virtual Meeting Instead

    Board of Education Meeting Cancelled, Will Hold Virtual Meeting Instead - April 07, 2020

    The Ponca City Board of Education has cancelled its regular meeting scheduled for April 20, 2020 at 6:00 PM.  Instead, a special virtual meeting will be held on April 21, 2020 at 12:00 PM (Noon). ...

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  • Oklahoma COVID-19 Update – 7 April 2020

    Oklahoma COVID-19 Update – 7 April 2020 - April 07, 2020

    SITUATION UPDATE: COVID-19 As of this advisory, there are 1,472 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma. There are an additional 16 deaths: Six in Tulsa County: a male in the...

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