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Bartlesville officer fatally shoots man during disturbance call - October 27, 2016
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. (AP) - Authorities say a police officer in northern Oklahoma fatally shot a man while responding to a domestic disturbance call. The shooting happened Wednesday outside a home i...
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Woman dies in city house fire - October 26, 2016
UPDATE: Ponca City Police have identified the victim of this morning's house fire as 81-year-old Sue Baker. Ponca City police, fire and ambulance crews responded to a report of a hous...
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FBI searching for Norman bank robbery suspect - October 26, 2016
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - The FBI is searching for a man who they say robbed an Oklahoma bank while wearing a T-shirt depicting a cat posing for a mugshot. The FBI says the robbery happened Monday after...
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Ponca Politics forums set for noon today and Friday - October 26, 2016
The Ponca City Area Chamber of Commerce's Ponca Politics Committee is hosting two forums this week, at noon today and also at noon Friday. At noon Wednesday, the committee will host a forum explai...
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Pipeline remains closed following oil spill in Oklahoma - October 26, 2016
CUSHING, Okla. (AP) - A Seaway Crude Pipeline Co. pipeline that spilled oil at a storage hub in Oklahoma remains closed. Spokesman Rick Rainey of Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners, a 50 pe...
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Inmate’s death ruled suicide - October 26, 2016
A 25-year-old woman serving 25 years in prison for killing her husband by pushing him from the 25th floor of their apartment hanged herself in prison. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections said Tues...
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Sounding of sirens was accidental - October 26, 2016
Tornado sirens went off this morning on the west side of Ponca City around the Liberty School area. Assistant City Manager Tana McKinley said the sirens were set off accidentally and there is no to...
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Officer calls encounter with Vance a “firefight” - October 26, 2016
An Oklahoma police officer says he engaged in a "firefight" Sunday with a man later accused in the killing of two relatives and several carjackings. Wellston Police Officer Jim Hampton is one of tw...
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Audit shows irregularities in Yukon’s finances - October 25, 2016
YUKON, Okla. (AP) - Auditors say several inaccuracies in Yukon's finances appear to be intentional acts of deception by the former city manager. The Oklahoman reports Yukon officials hired a firm to ...
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USGS: February quake likely caused by wastewater disposal - October 25, 2016
FAIRVIEW, Okla. (AP) - The third largest earthquake in Oklahoma was likely triggered by underground disposal of wastewater from oil and natural gas production. The U.S. Geological Survey said in a re...
