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PONCA CITY — Crews expect to complete repair work on a 10” water main at the intersection of 5th Street and Hartford today.

PRYOR — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports that a fatality collision occurred Tuesday at 6:58 p.m. on Oklahoma 20 west of County Road 437 east of Pryor in Mayes County.

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OKLAHOMA CITY – An interim study held Wednesday in the Oklahoma Senate examined the potential to make permanent changes that the Oklahoma Legislature made earlier this year to the state’s open meeting law that allowed agencies, boards and commissions at the state and local level to meet and hold public meetings virtually, in accordance with health and safety guidelines due to the coronavirus pandemic.

OKLAHOMA CITY —  The Oklahoma State Department of Health reports 80,161 COVID-19 cases across the state, an increase of 1,089 from Tuesday.

PONCA CITY — The South Avenue underpass is closed for an overturned semi. The driver is being evaluated for injuries. The area is blocked from Pine to First Street for a few hours.

PONCA CITY  — Ponca City first responders were dispatched to the intersection of 14th Street and Hartford Ave. for a report of an injury accident.

OKLAHOMA CITY —  The Oklahoma State Department of Health reports 79,072 COVID-19 cases across the state, an increase of 1,164 from Monday.

NEWKIRK — Today is National Voter Registration Day and the Kay County Election Board is encouraging citizens to celebrate democracy by registering to vote.

OKLAHOMA CITY– A rabies-infected bat was discovered this week in the area around Bell Cow Lake, located within the Chandler city limits in Lincoln County. This is the second rabies-positive bat found in the area in the past six weeks.