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Agreements already received federal approval, but were struck down by state Supreme Court OKLAHOMA CITY — Saying there were “significant fatal flaws,” Oklahoma lawmakers on Wednesday unanimously rejected a pair of compacts that would have allowed two tribes to offer gaming outside of their traditional boundaries. Leaders with the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians and the Kialegee Tribal Town said after the vote that they were disappointed lawmakers did not give them a chance to speak during the hour-long hearing.

Shortly after midnight on October 21st, a burglary occurred at Big Hill Pawn, located at 510 N. 1st St. in Ponca City. The suspect, Michael Phillip Lefthand, hooked a chain up to the front doors of the business and used a truck to pull the front doors off. Lefthand grabbed multiple firearms from inside the pawn shop and drove away. Multiple officers from the Ponca City Police Department and the Kay County Sheriff’s Office were later involved in a vehicle pursuit with Lefthand in which he eventually crashed his vehicle. Following the pursuit, Lefthand ran from the scene and escaped on foot, carrying a black pumpaction Citadel 12 gauge shotgun with a pistol grip.