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Okay turning burned high school into public storm shelter - February 10, 2016
OKAY, Okla. (AP) - The remains of a school destroyed by a fire nearly 30 years ago are being converted into a storm shelter. Okay is converting what is left of the former Okay High School into a stor...
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Oklahoma House committee to take up criminal justice bills - February 10, 2016
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Legislation supported by Gov. Mary Fallin that would increase the value of some property crimes before they could be prosecuted as felonies in Oklahoma will be considered by a leg...
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Tulsa County Park Board approves Chandler Park upgrade plan - February 10, 2016
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - The Tulsa County Park Board has approved an $18 million plan to upgrade the 192-acre Chandler Park between Tulsa and Sand Springs. The Tulsa World (http://bit.ly/1o22LBt ) reports...
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Street sales tax overwhelmingly approved - February 09, 2016
The Kay County Election Board reports that the Ponca City half-cent street sales tax proposition was overwhelmingly approved in Tuesday's special election. A total of 1,219 votes were cast, with 996 ...
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Attendance up at Arkansas City senior dances - February 09, 2016
ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. — Cutting the number of Friday night dances at the Arkansas City Senior Citizens Center from three a month to two has not led to a decline in attendance. ...
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Second Street reconstruction project starts - February 09, 2016
R econstruction started on Second Street from the north side of Broadway Avenue to the south side of Hazel Avenue on Monday. By Tuesday morning, Hembree and Hodgson Construction of Ponc...
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9 students on Yale bus during crash - February 09, 2016
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports that an injury school bus collision occurred about 7:20 a.m. Tuesday on Underwood Road, 2 miles south of State Highway 51, located 1/4 mile east and 2 miles south ...
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Consultant authorized to survey Overbrook district - February 09, 2016
The City of Ponca City has hired a consultant to do the Architectural and Historic survey of the Overbrook Historic District. That district is from Seventh Street to 14th Street on Overbrook. T...
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Commissioners approve application for grant for trails at Lake Ponca - February 09, 2016
Ponca City's Board of Commissioners Monday night approved a request to submit a preliminary grant application to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation for $700,000 for the fourth segment of the La...
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McAlester man struck in head by stray bullet - February 09, 2016
KETCHUM, Okla. (AP) - A 72-year-old McAlester man has been taken to a hospital after being shot in the head by what authorities say was a stray bullet. Pittsburg County Sheriff Joel Kerns said that M...
