• Motorcyclist dies of injuries

    Motorcyclist dies of injuries - June 24, 2015

    The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports Scott Hampton, 54, of Ponca City has died of injuries he suffered from a motorcycle crash June 14. The accident occurred just south of CR4250, 2.1 miles south of ...

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  • Petition for sheriff’s investigation goes to judge

    Petition for sheriff’s investigation goes to judge - June 24, 2015

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A petition calling for a grand jury investigation into the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office has enough signatures to be sent to a judge who will decide whether to empanel a jury. The...

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  • Counties added to aid request

    Counties added to aid request - June 24, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Gov. Mary Fallin and the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management are asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency for individual disaster assistance in 26 more counties bec...

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  • DHS received reports before boy’s death

    DHS received reports before boy’s death - June 24, 2015

    ALVA, Okla. (AP) - The Oklahoma Department of Human Services received nearly a dozen reports of potential child neglect in the years before the death of a 17-year-old handicapped boy. A state medic...

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  • Giraffe born in Oklahoma City Zoo

    Giraffe born in Oklahoma City Zoo - June 24, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden is announcing the birth of a giraffe. The zoo says the female giraffe was born Monday and stands more than 5 feet tall. The baby gira...

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  • Northeastern State to offer sign language minor

    Northeastern State to offer sign language minor - June 24, 2015

    TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) - Northeastern State University's Department of Special Education will begin offering a minor in American Sign Language beginning this fall. The school announced Tuesday the mi...

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  • Aerochem founder pleads guilty to bribery

    Aerochem founder pleads guilty to bribery - June 24, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The founder and president of an Oklahoma City-based company that makes paint remover has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to bribe a public official at the Corpus Christi Army Depot i...

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  • DxDT Friday!

    DxDT Friday! - June 23, 2015

    DxDT -- or Down by Downtown -- will start at 6 p.m. Friday between Fifth and Sixth Streets on Grand Avenue. The street will be filled with food vendors, bands and fun! DxDT is a project of the...

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  • City, Phillips 66 project also wins state award

    City, Phillips 66 project also wins state award - June 23, 2015

    The Ponca City-Phillips 66 Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project also won the American Public Works State Project of the Year for Oklahoma. Mayor Homer Nicholson said the collaborative project was a...

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  • Ponca City, Phillips 66 honored for sewer replacement project

    Ponca City, Phillips 66 honored for sewer replacement project - June 23, 2015

    From left, city commissioners Ryan Austin and Nancy Rathbun; Water Distribution & Wastewater Collection Superintendent Darwin Haney; Bret Cabbiness of Cabbiness Engineering; Mayor Homer Nic...

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