• Officer on paid leave after killing woman with patrol car

    Officer on paid leave after killing woman with patrol car - March 21, 2017

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - An Oklahoma police officer is on paid leave after he used his patrol car to kill a woman as she exchanged gunfire with other officers. The Tulsa Police Department says Officer Jon...

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  • Ponca City recognized at Arbor Week celebration

    Ponca City recognized at Arbor Week celebration - March 21, 2017

    Oklahoma Forestry Services and the Oklahoma Urban and Community Forestry Council recently recognized the city of Ponca City in Oklahoma City for its achievement in earning its Tree City USA designatio...

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  • OU President David Boren recovering after heart surgery

    OU President David Boren recovering after heart surgery - March 21, 2017

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - University of Oklahoma President David Boren is hospitalized after undergoing heart surgery. OU issued a press release Monday saying Boren underwent bypass surgery Monday morning...

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  • Oklahoma state senator plans to resign, attorney says

    Oklahoma state senator plans to resign, attorney says - March 21, 2017

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The attorney for a Republican state senator from Oklahoma City charged with felony child prostitution says his client plans to resign by Wednesday evening. Attorney Ed Blau tol...

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  • Oklahoma wildfire destroys 9 homes, forces evacuations

    Oklahoma wildfire destroys 9 homes, forces evacuations - March 21, 2017

    LONGTOWN, Oklahoma (AP) - Fire officials are suggesting a blaze that has destroyed at least nine homes in eastern Oklahoma and forced the evacuation of more than 100 others may have been intentionally...

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  • Osage Nation voters approve redefinition of marriage

    Osage Nation voters approve redefinition of marriage - March 21, 2017

    PAWHUSKA, Okla. (AP) - The Osage Nation has voted to change the definition of marriage in an election that drew an overwhelming number of absentee ballots. The tribe will now define marriage as a u...

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  • Golf & Guitars fundraiser this Friday

    Golf & Guitars fundraiser this Friday - March 20, 2017

    The Ponca City Arts and Humanities Council will host its annual Golf & Guitars fundraiser and concert on Friday, March 24, at Wentz Golf Course, 2928 L.A. Cann Drive, in Ponca City. The four-p...

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  • Tulsa officer kills woman with patrol car during gun battle

    Tulsa officer kills woman with patrol car during gun battle - March 20, 2017

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A Tulsa police officer used a patrol car to run over and kill a woman who was in a shootout with police. Sgt. Dave Walker told reporters that 21-year-old Madison Sueann Dickson ...

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  • Report cites Oklahoma veterans center, staff in man’s death

    Report cites Oklahoma veterans center, staff in man’s death - March 20, 2017

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A report on the death of a U.S. Navy veteran at the Oklahoma Veterans Center in Talihina says the center didn't properly protect him and the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs...

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  • ORU students log 3 billion steps on Fitbit devices

    ORU students log 3 billion steps on Fitbit devices - March 20, 2017

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Oral Roberts University says the use of Fitbit activity trackers has proven to be a good fit within the school's requirement that students take part in health and fitness activitie...

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