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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...
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Former trooper due in court - February 09, 2016
SAPULPA, Okla. (AP) - A former Oklahoma Highway Patrolman accused of assaulting three women during traffic stops is due in court for his arraignment. Eric Roberts is expected Tuesday morning in Cree...
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Jail trusty escapes while working at Animal Control - February 09, 2016
The Ponca City Police Department advises that Archie Art Eagle, 27, escaped while on trusty status from Animal Control on Monday. Eagle was last seen at 9:15 a.m. Monday. His jump suit was found on a...
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Two men accused of crashing truck into victims’ vehicle - February 08, 2016
ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. — The Arkansas City Police Department is seeking at least one man in connection with an aggravated battery Saturday morning at a local conveni...
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4 die in house fire in northeastern Oklahoma - February 08, 2016
KETCHUM, Okla. (AP) - Authorities say four members of one family have died in a fire at a home in northeastern Oklahoma. Assistant state Fire Marshal Sam Schaffnitt told reporters that the victims of...
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Nominations sought for FOI Oklahoma awards - February 08, 2016
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Freedom of Information Oklahoma is accepting nominations for its annual awards program which recognizes individuals and organizations that promote the First Amendment. The ...
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Many Oklahoma employees get raises despite salary freeze - February 08, 2016
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Thousands of Oklahoma state employees received pay raises last year and thousands more were hired despite warnings of an approaching budget shortfall and a personnel freeze orde...
