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Oklahoma’s mental health commissioner announces resignation - January 29, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's long-serving mental health commissioner has announced her resignation. In a statement Tuesday from the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Servic...
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Commissioners authorize Mayor to sign agreement with FOP Lodge #103 - January 28, 2020
In Monday night's City Commission meeting, commissioners approved the consent agenda, which included an item authorizing Mayor Homer Nicholson to sign a Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Cit...
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Osher Lifelong Institute offering 14 spring classes in Tulsa area - January 28, 2020
STILLWATER — The Osher Lifelong Institute is set to offer 14 spring classes for people age 50 or better in the Tulsa area. Courses each begin Feb.10 to Feb. 19. OLLI is an outreach of Oklahoma St...
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NOC student Samantha Conley interns at Dearing House - January 28, 2020
Samantha Conley, a Behavioral Science major at Northern Oklahoma College from Ponca City, recently interned at Dearing House Child Advocacy Center. This nationally accredited Ponca City nonprofit p...
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Burns comments on four-day school week rules - January 28, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Ty Burns (R-Morrison) on Tuesday commented on new rules released by the Oklahoma State Board of Education to govern schools wishing to continue four-day school weeks. Last year...
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Orchestra students participate in Southwestern College Honor Festival - January 28, 2020
WINFIELD, Kansas -- Eleven Ponca City High School Orchestra students participated in the 4th annual Southwestern College Honor Orchestra Festival in Winfield, Kansas. The orchestra was under the di...
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Fire Department to purchase new pumper truck - January 28, 2020
By Beverly Bryant/News Director The Ponca City Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of a Triple Combination Pumper Apparatus from Route 66 Emergency Equipment of Wagner, Oklahoma. Fire Chie...
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Holdenville woman charged in husband’s 2018 murder - January 28, 2020
HOLDENVILLE, Okla. – This week, agents from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation arrested the wife of a Holdenville man in connection with his 2018 murder. Leslie Miller, 62, was taken into...
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Homebuyer Assistance, Special Services grant funds available - January 28, 2020
By Beverly Bryant/News Director City Manager Craig Stephenson said Monday that grant funding is available for Homebuyer Assistance and Special Services/Interim Assistance through the City of Ponca ...
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Recordings of four calls to 911 released by police - January 28, 2020
Below are links to four calls recorded by the Ponca City Police Communications Center on Friday in relation to the shooting death of Shon DeLodge: [audio mp3="https://www.poncacitynow.com//wp-conte...
