• Oklahoma correctional officer pleads guilty to bribery

    Oklahoma correctional officer pleads guilty to bribery - November 28, 2017

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A former correctional officer accused of accepting a bribe and conspiring to commit wire fraud at a private prison for federal inmates in Oklahoma has pleaded guilty. U.S. Attorn...

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  • Public watchdog sues Oklahoma AG to release Tar Creek audit

    Public watchdog sues Oklahoma AG to release Tar Creek audit - November 28, 2017

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A nonprofit public watchdog is suing Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter for refusing to release a special audit into criminal allegations connected to the state's effort to cle...

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  • Saturday with Santa at the YMCA on Dec. 9

    Saturday with Santa at the YMCA on Dec. 9 - November 27, 2017

    The Ponca City YMCA welcomes all YMCA members and guests to the first annual Saturday with Santa on Dec. 9. This will be a good time for parents to do some kid-free shopping while their children ar...

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  • Subject sought in accident after sword drawn on tow driver

    Subject sought in accident after sword drawn on tow driver - November 27, 2017

    Blackwell Police Department received a call of a one-car accident at U.S. 177 and Brake Road at 4 p.m. Sunday and contacted the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and Kay County Sheriff's Office. The Kay Count...

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  • Federal correctional officer pleads guilty to bribery and wire-fraud conspiracy

    Federal correctional officer pleads guilty to bribery and wire-fraud conspiracy - November 27, 2017

    OKLAHOMA CITY–Charles Daniel Lynn, 34, of El Reno, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty on Monday to accepting a bribe as a federal correctional officer and conspiring to commit wire fraud, announced Mark A. Ya...

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  • Chamber Chat

    Chamber Chat - November 27, 2017

    The Chamber’s Business after Hours is Tuesday from 5 to 7 p.m. hosted by the Cherokee Strip Company located at 409 E. Grand Avenue. This fun, come-and-go event is open to all Chamber Members. We hop...

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  • Blackwell municipal candidates to file

    Blackwell municipal candidates to file - November 27, 2017

    Candidates for municipal office in Blackwell file Declarations of Candidacy beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, Dec. 4, 2017. Cheryl Howard, Secretary of the Kay County Election Board, said filing period e...

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  • Rance Howard, actor dad of director Ron Howard, dies at 89

    Rance Howard, actor dad of director Ron Howard, dies at 89 - November 26, 2017

    Rance Howard, actor dad of director Ron Howard, dies at 89 LOS ANGELES (AP) - Director Ron Howard says his actor father Rance Howard has died. He was 89. Howard announced his father's passing Saturd...

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  • Convicted Oklahoma ex-trucking CEO seeks sentence reduction

    Convicted Oklahoma ex-trucking CEO seeks sentence reduction - November 26, 2017

    Convicted Oklahoma ex-trucking CEO seeks sentence reduction TULSA, Okla. (AP) - The former chief executive of Tulsa-based Arrow Trucking Co. is asking a federal judge to reduce his prison sentence fo...

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  • Person in wheelchair killed by vehicle in Oklahoma City

    Person in wheelchair killed by vehicle in Oklahoma City - November 26, 2017

    Person in wheelchair killed by vehicle in Oklahoma City OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Police say a person in a wheelchair died after being struck by a vehicle on a city street in southwest Oklahoma City. Pol...

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