• Oklahoma’s Joe Mixon tearfully apologizes for punching woman

    Oklahoma’s Joe Mixon tearfully apologizes for punching woman - December 24, 2016

    NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon made a tearful public apology Friday, more than two years after punching a woman and breaking bones in her face. Mixon was suspended for a year af...

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  • Oklahoma airport gunman was intoxicated when he shot himself

    Oklahoma airport gunman was intoxicated when he shot himself - December 23, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An autopsy report says the man who fatally shot a Southwest Airlines employee at Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport was intoxicated when he later killed himself. The repor...

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  • Amid court challenge, Oklahoma liquor stores plan for change

    Amid court challenge, Oklahoma liquor stores plan for change - December 23, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma liquor retailers are wondering how they will fit into a new regulatory landscape as they challenge sweeping voter-approved guidelines that expand wine and strong beer sal...

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  • Semi trailer fire on Cimarron Turnpike

    Semi trailer fire on Cimarron Turnpike - December 22, 2016

    Reader Dave Wehr submitted this photo at 9:43 a.m. Thursday showing smoke from a semi trailer fire near the toll booth at the Cimarron Turnpike entrance to Enid, south of Ponca City. If you see ne...

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  • Shooting victim identified

    Shooting victim identified - December 21, 2016

    The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has identified Ian Shea King, 31, as the man shot and killed by Ponca City officers Wednesday morning. King assaulted a delivery man at the Valero store ...

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  • 911 calls released in shooting

    911 calls released in shooting - December 21, 2016

    Following are the 911 calls during the early morning shooting at Grand Avenue and Union Street. The series of calls begins with a clerk at the Valero store at Oak and Grand calling 911 to report a bee...

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  • Students practice math skills with golf - December 21, 2016

    Great things are happening in Ponca City Public Schools with the Engage2Learn framework.   Students in Cortney Sheid’s sixth grade math class recently learned about adding and subtracting negative ...

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  • Pruitt’s spending rises during fiscal crisis

    Pruitt’s spending rises during fiscal crisis - December 21, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Plunging oil prices have devastated the state budget in Oklahoma in the last several years, leading to employee layoffs and sharp cuts in services. But the tough times didn't touc...

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  • Next year’s budget hole estimated at $868 million

    Next year’s budget hole estimated at $868 million - December 21, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma's Secretary of Finance says the hole in next year's budget is expected to be about $868 million, or more than 12 percent of state spending, significantly more than Gov. M...

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  • Banks recognize students for reading excellence

    Banks recognize students for reading excellence - December 21, 2016

    Six students were recognized today at West Middle School for excellence in reading. Students who scored a 90 percent or higher on an Accelerated Reader Test received a ticket.   At the end of the...

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