• Most ODOC facilities resume normal operations

    Most ODOC facilities resume normal operations - March 06, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Department of Corrections has returned to normal operations, including visitation, for all but six prisons. Three state-run prisons and three private prisons remain on lock ...

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  • HJ Reed roasting Coleman at PTC Foundation Dinner   

    HJ Reed roasting Coleman at PTC Foundation Dinner   - March 06, 2020

    The annual Pioneer Technology Center Roast, set for April 2, will feature H.J. Reed. This year’s “Roastee” will be Sen. Bill Coleman, who is also the owner of Team Radio Marketing Group which...

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  • Postal clerk sentenced to probation for embezzling

    Postal clerk sentenced to probation for embezzling - March 06, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY – James Bryan Barnes, 53, of Norman, has been sentenced to a 24-month term of probation for embezzling postal funds and making false postal record entries, announced United States Atto...

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  • Floor work update

    Floor work update - March 06, 2020

    By Sen. Bill Coleman We have another deadline this coming week.  All Senate bills that made it out of committee must be voted on by Thursday, March 12, in order to move forward in the legislative pr...

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  • Ponca City Concert Series to present ‘Sons of Serendip’ March 10

    Ponca City Concert Series to present ‘Sons of Serendip’ March 10 - March 06, 2020

    The Sons of Serendip, finalists in America’s Got Talent, will be the featured act in the Ponca City Concert Series at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 10. “They were so outstanding that Bartlesvi...

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  • Oklahoma pastors isolated over possible coronavirus exposure

    Oklahoma pastors isolated over possible coronavirus exposure - March 06, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Two leaders at an Oklahoma-based megachurch have been quarantined after learning they may have been exposed to the new coronavirus at a Germany conference where a scheduled spea...

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  • US Sen. Jim Inhofe, 85, of Oklahoma to seek another term

    US Sen. Jim Inhofe, 85, of Oklahoma to seek another term - March 06, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe says he'll run for another six-year term in office. The 85-year-old, who has been a fixture in Oklahoma politics for more than 50 years, told The Associated...

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  • Stitt, state health officials continue monitoring COVID-19 situation

    Stitt, state health officials continue monitoring COVID-19 situation - March 05, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY—Governor Kevin Stitt, alongside experts with the Oklahoma State Department of Health, today updated the status of the coronavirus in Oklahoma reporting there are no confirmed cases of ...

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  • Senate approves Unborn Person Wrongful Death Act

    Senate approves Unborn Person Wrongful Death Act - March 05, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY – The Senate approved the Unborn Person Wrongful Death Act Thursday to address the pain and suffering of family members of babies whose lives are ended through abortion. Sen. David ...

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  • Baker passes bill to add reading specialists to elementary schools

    Baker passes bill to add reading specialists to elementary schools - March 05, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY – State Rep. Rhonda Baker (R-Yukon) on Thursday passed a bill in the House that would require the State Department of Education to employ a team of reading specialists to support Oklah...

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