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Y offering swimming lessons to second graders - August 21, 2015
The YMCA again will be holding the “Everyone In the Pool” program to teach many Ponca City second graders to swim. This year students from Lincoln will be the first group, followed b...
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Park and Rec advisory board considers paddle boards - August 21, 2015
The Ponca City Park and Recreation advisory board discussed a report from the lake committee Thursday evening on the possibility of allowing paddle boards and wind surfers on Lake Ponca. Members...
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Caddo County man sentenced in child porn cases - August 21, 2015
A Caddo County man, who Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agents arrested twice in one year for complaints related to child pornography, has been sentenced to 20 years in the state penitentiar...
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Pottery classes to begin - August 20, 2015
An "Introduction to Wheel Throwing" class is set to start next week. There will be two sessions -- one starts Aug. 24 and another Aug. 26. Students may choose either the Monday or We...
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YMCA approves financial reports - August 20, 2015
The board of the Ponca City YMCA voted Thursday to approve a report on the facility's financials through July 15. Total income for the month ending July 15 was $145,724.87, with expenses totaling ...
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Feds charge Oklahoma senator with wire fraud, false tax returns - August 20, 2015
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Federal prosecutors have charged a two-term Oklahoma state senator with wire fraud and filing a false tax return in connection with a scheme to embezzle more than $1.8 million from...
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ACT college-prep test to be offered to all Oklahoma juniors - August 20, 2015
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Every high school junior in Oklahoma will have the opportunity to take the ACT college-preparatory test free of charge under a pilot program being launched by state education offi...
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Bond withdrawn for ex-officer, leaving him in Oklahoma jail - August 20, 2015
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A former Oklahoma City police officer accused of sexually assaulting 13 women remains in jail after his bondsman dropped him as a client. The Oklahoman (http://bit.ly/1WF23XE )...
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Guard at ‘Muslim-free’ gun range accidentally shoots self - August 20, 2015
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A man guarding a small-town Oklahoma gun range and survivalist shop that declared itself a "Muslim-free" business dropped his weapon and accidentally shot himself. Autho...
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Panel reports Oklahoma pension systems’ earnings decline - August 20, 2015
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A panel overseeing the state's seven pension systems reports each experienced a major drop in investment earnings over the last fiscal year compared to both the previous year and...
