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Celebration of Freedom to be held following Veterans Day parade

5 months ago By Calley Lamar Calley@poncacitynews.com

The 27th Annual Ponca City Veterans Parade and events will be on Saturday, Nov. 4. This year’s event will also be honoring the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, and the 75th anniversary of women in the military.

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October Chamber board meeting

5 months ago By Calley Lamar Calley@poncacitynews.com

The Ponca City Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Committee held their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 31 in the Chamber board room at 11 am.

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Don’t skip the bug spray: Alpha-gal cases are climbing

5 months ago By Gail Ellis

STILLWATER, Okla. – Oklahoma State University Extension specialists say residents should remain diligent in preventing tick bites as the alpha-gal allergy emerges as a serious health in Oklahoma and the southeastern U.S.

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Kamala Harris lays out AI strategy in London speech

5 months ago By News Staff

nies,” she said. Several governing bodies, including the United Nations and the Group of Seven, are actively seeking to establish rules-of-the-road for artificial intelligence.

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Pecan projection looks promising for the fall harvest

5 months ago By Trisha Gedon

STILLWATER, Okla. – Wind storms earlier this year, coupled with a late spring freeze in 2021 and an early fall freeze in 2022, have wreaked havoc on Oklahoma’s pecan crop the past couple of years, but the 2023 outlook is good with harvest on the horizon.

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Today in History

5 months ago By News Staff

Today is the 307th day of 2023 and the 42nd day of autumn. TODAY’SHISTORY: In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2 with a dog named Laika aboard.

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‘Serious and intertwined’: On foreign aid to Israel and Ukraine, McConnell has unlikely allies

5 months ago By David Catanese Mcclatchy Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell’s support for a $106 billion emergency foreign aid package to Israel and Ukraine is scrambling traditional partisan alliances in Washington. The Senate Republican leader’s boosting of the Biden administration’s request is earning support from House Democrats and visceral opposition from Republicans in both congressional chambers.

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Putin signs law revoking nuclear test ban treaty ratification

5 months ago By Bloomberg News

President Vladimir Putin withdrew Russia’s ratification of a ban on nuclear-weapons tests after complaining last month that the U.S. had failed to finalize the treaty outlawing them.

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End of Daylight Saving Time brings increased road danger

5 months ago By James Beaty Mcalester News-capital

Nov. 2—AAA Manager of Public & Government Affairs Rylie Fletcher provides information regarding increased road dangers that come with the end of Daylight Savings Time.

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Today in History

5 months ago By News Staff

Today is the 306th day of 2023 and the 41st day of autumn. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1889, after the Omnibus Bill divided the Dakota Territory, North Dakota and South Dakota were admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S.

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