• Safe Oklahoma grants awarded

    Safe Oklahoma grants awarded - June 04, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Grants that help local law enforcement agencies target violent crime in their communities have been awarded by Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt's office. The Safe Oklahoma ...

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  • National Guard to deploy to Kuwait

    National Guard to deploy to Kuwait - June 04, 2015

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - The Oklahoma National Guard says the 834th Aviation Support Battalion is preparing for deployment to Kuwait. A ceremony is planned for Sunday for about 25 members of the battalion...

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  • Building updates around Ponca City

    Building updates around Ponca City - June 03, 2015

    Building projects continue around Ponca City, Development Services Director Chris Henderson said Tuesday night at the Planning Commission meeting. A restaurant will take the place of Radio Shack on P...

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  • Planning Commission approves plat for housing addition

    Planning Commission approves plat for housing addition - June 03, 2015

    The Ponca City Planning Commission voted 7-1 Tuesday night to recommend approval of the final plat for Highland Park Addition, to be located on the site of the former Airline Theater. The mat...

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  • Edmond officer identified in fatal shooting

    Edmond officer identified in fatal shooting - June 03, 2015

    EDMOND, Okla. (AP) - Edmond police have identified an officer who authorities say fatally shot a man who refused to drop his gun and pointed it at officers. Officer Neil Martin remains on administr...

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  • Thorpe’s sons taking case to U.S. Supreme Court

    Thorpe’s sons taking case to U.S. Supreme Court - June 03, 2015

    Jim Thorpe's surviving sons are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow them to pursue reburial of the famed athlete on American Indian land in Oklahoma. Thorpe's body was laid to rest in Pennsylvani...

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  • Osage Nation to consolidate small land parcels

    Osage Nation to consolidate small land parcels - June 03, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Osage Nation has become the 20th tribe to sign a U.S. Interior Department plan to consolidate small parcels of land divided up over generations. The agreement is part of the...

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  • Agra motorcyclist dies

    Agra motorcyclist dies - June 03, 2015

    BRISTOW, Okla. (AP) - A motorcyclist has died two days after colliding with a pickup in Creek County. The Oklahoman (http://bit.ly/1KCCNcV ) reports 27-year-old Jacob Bottger of Agra died Tuesday at ...

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  • Woman due in court today in corpse-slashing case

    Woman due in court today in corpse-slashing case - June 03, 2015

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A hearing is scheduled for an Oklahoma woman accused of slashing the corpse of her boyfriend's ex-girlfriend during a funeral home viewing. Court records show Shaynna Sims is due ...

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  • Clayton man drowns in McCurtain County - June 02, 2015

    A 73-year-old Clayton, Oklahoma, man drowned Monday southeast of Tom in McCurtain County, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports. Benjamin Morris was driving a 2009 Chevrolet pickup truck three miles so...

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