• City budget finishes first half of fiscal year very strong

    City budget finishes first half of fiscal year very strong - March 13, 2019

    Ponca City's  city budget was very strong for the first half of the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 2018, Controller Pam Jones reported to the City Commission Monday night. Most budget funds were righ...

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  • Missouri fugitive accused of stealing police car, escaping

    Missouri fugitive accused of stealing police car, escaping - March 13, 2019

    SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) - Authorities are searching for a Missouri fugitive who is accused of stealing a police car in Oklahoma when authorities attempted to recapture him. KHBS reports that Heavener, Ok...

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  • Fort Smith voters reject sales tax to finish U.S. Marshals Museum

    Fort Smith voters reject sales tax to finish U.S. Marshals Museum - March 13, 2019

    FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) - Voters in Fort Smith have rejected a temporary sales tax increase that would have paid for the completion of the U.S. Marshals Museum now under construction in the city. Com...

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  • Court hearing arguments in Native American adoptions case

    Court hearing arguments in Native American adoptions case - March 13, 2019

    NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Opponents of a 1978 law governing Native American adoptions have told a federal appeals court in New Orleans that the law is an unconstitutional threat to the well-being of children...

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  • Voters should apply early for absentee ballots

    Voters should apply early for absentee ballots - March 13, 2019

    Voters in Kay County who want to have absentee ballots mailed to them for the April 2, School and Municipal Elections, should apply now, County Election Board Secretary Chery Howard said today. Alt...

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  • Diana Watkins named vice president for NOC Stillwater

    Diana Watkins named vice president for NOC Stillwater - March 13, 2019

    STILLWATER --  Diana Watkins, currently serving as instructor in language arts at NOC Stillwater, has been named vice president for NOC Stillwater, replacing Sherry Alexander. She will assume her new...

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  • Main Street Executive Director updates investment in downtown area

    Main Street Executive Director updates investment in downtown area - March 13, 2019

    Ponca City Main Street Executive Director Chelsea McConnell presented an update Monday night to the City Commission on the agency's achievements in 2018. She said 2018 reinvestment figures showed 1...

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  • Walkaway prisoner captured

    Walkaway prisoner captured - March 13, 2019

    ATOKA, Okla. -- Oklahoma Department of Corrections Fugitive Apprehension and Investigations agents located Howard McLeod Correctional Center walkaway James E. Smith around 3 p.m. Tuesday. Smith, 39, ...

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  • Collections for state’s main operating fund continue to climb

    Collections for state’s main operating fund continue to climb - March 13, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma finance officials say collections to the state's main operating fund continued to exceed projections last month, outpacing both the official estimate and last year's coll...

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  • Jury selection underway in murder-for-hire plot

    Jury selection underway in murder-for-hire plot - March 13, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Jury selection is underway for an ex-Oklahoma zookeeper and former candidate for governor who's charged in an attempted murder-for-hire plot. Prospective jurors in the trial of...

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