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Concrete Pour Scheduled; may start at 2 a.m. - March 29, 2021
A concrete pour for the construction of the new Ponca City Public Safety Center is scheduled for Friday, April 2. This pour may start as early as 2:00 a.m. Trucks will be traveling nor...
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Oklahoma universities say no vaccine mandate for students - March 28, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Several universities in Oklahoma say that for now they will not require their students to get a COVID-19 vaccine before coming back to campus in the fall. Rutgers University i...
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Democrats Back State Superintendent Against Governor’s School Board - March 28, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Legislative Democrats released a joint statement today after the Oklahoma State School Board spontaneously voted Thursday to move millions of dollars from traditional publ...
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Oklahoma health officials defend switch to weekly virus data - March 28, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's epidemiologist is defending the state Health Department's change from daily to weekly reporting of coronavirus information. State epidemiologist Jared Taylor says ...
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Oklahoma City police kill inmate who took officer hostage - March 28, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Authorities say Oklahoma City police officers shot and killed an inmate who took a correctional officer hostage at a county jail. Officers had tried to deescalate the situati...
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Oklahoma average of new virus cases decline, daily count up - March 27, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The number of newly reported coronavirus cases in Oklahoma has increased by 467, although the rolling average of new cases during the past two weeks has declined. The Oklahom...
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Washington County deputy dies after altercation with inmate - March 27, 2021
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. (AP) — A Washington County deputy sheriff has died after an altercation with a jail inmate. Washington County Undersheriff Jon Copeland says 39-year-old Cpl. Kyle Davis died on T...
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Oklahoma Board settles 2017 suit seeking money for charters - March 27, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma State Board of Education voted to settle a lawsuit filed by charter schools seeking tens of millions of dollars in taxpayer money. Board members made the motion to ...
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Oklahoma judge resigns amid sexual misconduct allegations - March 27, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma County judge is resigning after three female attorneys came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against him. Jari Askins, the chief administrative officer ...
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Budget Break Down - March 26, 2021
By Sen. Roger Thompson, Senate Appropriations Chair I received an email this past week from a 73-year-old grandmother and constituent who was unable to get a driver license in Tulsa. She wrote ...
