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Action on request to close alley continued - February 28, 2017
The Ponca City Board of Commissioners voted Monday to continue action on a request to close an alley south of the 200 block of West Cleveland Avenue until a later commission meeting. The petitioner...
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Commission refuses to prohibit turns onto Virginia at Highland - February 28, 2017
The Ponca City City Commission on Monday refused to act on a request from the Ponca City Public School District to prohibit right turns by westbound traffic on Highland at Virginia during school cross...
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Purse believed to be missing woman’s found near McAlester - February 28, 2017
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - A purse believed to belong to a woman missing for more than a month has been found in a wooded area near McAlester. Police Det. Preston Rodgers told the McAlester News-Capital...
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NOC announces ‘Merging Tradition and Technology’ project - February 28, 2017
Northern Oklahoma College announces its newest project to serve Native American as well as low-income students, made possible by a federal grant awarded last fall. Funded by a federal grant through...
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Federal loan to help expand broadband in rural Oklahoma - February 28, 2017
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A $15.3 million federal loan has been approved to help expand broadband in a rural portion of Oklahoma. The U.S. Department of Agriculture loan is to Southern Plains Cable, LLC t...
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Author, newspaper columnist Jay Cronley dies at 73 - February 28, 2017
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Author and longtime newspaper columnist Jay Cronley, whose books were made into movies starring some of Hollywood's most notable funnymen, has died at age 73. His daughter, Saman...
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Changes in City Commission become official - February 28, 2017
City Commissioner and Vice Mayor Marybeth Moore concluded her three-year term Monday night, chairing the meeting of the commission in the absence of Mayor Homer Nicholson. Moore moved outside the c...
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Records show EPA’s Pruitt used private email, despite denial - February 28, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt occasionally used private email to communicate with staff while serving as Oklahoma's attorney general, despite telling Con...
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Ponca City man recovering from vehicle-pedestrian accident - February 27, 2017
About 7 a.m. Saturday, Danny R. Martin, 52, was injured in a vehicle-pedestrian accident in the 900 block of North Osage Street in Ponca City. Ponca City Police report Martin had stopped ...
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Republican state senator announces Oklahoma City mayoral run - February 27, 2017
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Two-term Republican state senator David Holt says he plans to run for Oklahoma City's open mayor's seat in 2018. Holt announced Monday he plans to seek the seat held for 14 yea...
