• Union School practices acts of kindness

    Union School practices acts of kindness - February 18, 2015

    Union Elementary practiced Random Acts of Kindness during Random Acts of Kindness Week. Miss Oklahoma Alex Eppler, who is speaking on the platform of being kind to others, gave a daily recor...

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  • Woman dies in accident on Hartford Avenue

    Woman dies in accident on Hartford Avenue - February 18, 2015

    A fatal accident Tuesday afternoon claimed the life of 77-year-old Harriett Ann Hardy of Ponca City. Hardy was driving a 2013 Chevrolet Spark east on Hartford west of Waverly Street. The investigati...

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  • Camp McFadden schedules summer sessions

    Camp McFadden schedules summer sessions - February 18, 2015

    Camp McFadden on Kaw Lake has set its summer camp sessions for 2015. Full camp sessions are scheduled for June 7-12; June 21-26; June 28-July 3; July 5-10; July 12-17 and July 19-24. Each camp start...

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  • Equalization Board certifies $611 Million shortfall

    Equalization Board certifies $611 Million shortfall - February 18, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - State agencies in Oklahoma are being told to brace for budget cuts after a state board led by Gov. Mary Fallin certified that the Legislature will have $611 million less to spend...

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  • Arapaho inmate escapes

    Arapaho inmate escapes - February 18, 2015

    ARAPAHO, Okla. (AP) - Authorities say they're looking for a 27-year-old inmate who escaped from a western Oklahoma jail. According to the Custer County sheriff's office, James Edward Weber Jr. esca...

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  • Panel approves anti-equality bill

    Panel approves anti-equality bill - February 18, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Judges or court clerks who issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples would lose their jobs under a bill that's been approved by a House panel. The House Judiciary and Civil Pr...

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  • Committee to hear “Right to Try” bill

    Committee to hear “Right to Try” bill - February 18, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Members of an Oklahoma House committee plan to take up legislation that would give terminally ill patients access to medicines that have passed Phase 1 of the Food and Drug Admin...

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  • Chamber Chat

    Chamber Chat - February 17, 2015

    I have the opportunity Tuesday to speak to East Middle School students. These students are working on a tourism project. I will get to explain to them what makes Ponca City unique when it comes to...

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  • Preliminary hearing set in stabbing case

    Preliminary hearing set in stabbing case - February 17, 2015

    A preliminary hearing has been set for 9 a.m. March 20 in the first-degree murder with deliberate intent case of Aaron Charles LeClair. LeClair, whose 35th birthday is today, is charged in the stab...

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  • NOC to perform “The Wedding Singer”

    NOC to perform “The Wedding Singer” - February 17, 2015

    TONKAWA -- Northern Oklahoma College's Division of Fine Arts will present "The Wedding Singer" as the 2015 Spring Musical Feb. 19-22. Performances of the musical comedy will be at 7:30 p.m...

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