• Juanita Daugomah Ahtone, tribal advocate, dies at 91 in Carnegie

    Juanita Daugomah Ahtone, tribal advocate, dies at 91 in Carnegie - October 17, 2019

    WASHINGTON (AP) - Juanita Daugomah Ahtone, a longtime National Congress of American Indians member and volunteer, has died. She was 91. Indian Country Today reports that Ahtone, who was Kiowa, d...

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  • ‘Balancing Life’ theme of Senior Expo on Saturday

    ‘Balancing Life’ theme of Senior Expo on Saturday - October 17, 2019

    The Ponca City Senior Expo will be held on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Ponca City Senior Center. Come meet the new orthopedic physician/surgeon Dr. K.S. Menon, who recent...

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  • Homeland to buy Food Pyramid stores, Ponca City Discount Foods

    Homeland to buy Food Pyramid stores, Ponca City Discount Foods - October 17, 2019

    Homeland (HAC, Inc.), an Oklahoma employee-owned company, announces that they have entered into an agreement to buy five supermarket locations from RPCS, Inc. Four of the stores are bannered as Foo...

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  • Albanian novelist awarded Neustadt International Prize for Literature

    Albanian novelist awarded Neustadt International Prize for Literature - October 17, 2019

    NORMAN, OK -- World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, announced late Wednesday evening that Ismail Kadare is the 26th lau...

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  • Vance Air Force Base Major pleads guilty to pharmacy kickbacks

    Vance Air Force Base Major pleads guilty to pharmacy kickbacks - October 16, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY – Romeatrius Moss, 39, a nurse and Air Force Major stationed at Vance Air Force Base in Enid, has pleaded guilty to criminal health care fraud in which she accepted kickbacks for refer...

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  • Oklahoma regent resigns over role representing drug maker

    Oklahoma regent resigns over role representing drug maker - October 16, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A member of the board that oversees Oklahoma's 25 state colleges and universities is stepping down after facing criticism over his role representing drugmaker Johnson & Johnso...

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  • U.S. Supreme Court rejects inmate’s appeal in two deaths

    U.S. Supreme Court rejects inmate’s appeal in two deaths - October 16, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The appeal of an Oklahoma death row inmate convicted of the drive-by shooting deaths of two men in 2006 has been rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Oklahoman reports that ...

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  • Ashley Marquez named Wildcat of the Week

    Ashley Marquez named Wildcat of the Week - October 16, 2019

    The Heather Cannon Wildcat of the Week is Po-Hi freshman Ashley Marquez. "There are times for all of us when life hands us lemons, rather than lemonade,” said Superintendent Shelley Arrott. “As...

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  • Prosecutors call Tulsa shooting justified

    Prosecutors call Tulsa shooting justified - October 16, 2019

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Prosecutors have determined a Tulsa police officer was justified in the fatal shooting of a man suspected in a convenience store shooting before leading officers on a chase. The...

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  • OSBI investigating shootings in Miami, OK

    OSBI investigating shootings in Miami, OK - October 16, 2019

    MIAMI, Okla. (AP) - The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is investigating the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old girl, allegedly by her father, who fatally shot himself after also wounding two oth...

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