• Man charged in fatal beating found dead in jail

    Man charged in fatal beating found dead in jail - April 11, 2017

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A man held in an Oklahoma County jail was found dead two days after being charged in the fatal beating of an Oklahoma City man. Acting Sheriff P.D. Taylor tells The Oklahoman tha...

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  • Investigators search for evidence in 2011 slaying

    Investigators search for evidence in 2011 slaying - April 11, 2017

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is searching yards at two homes for evidence in the more than five-year-old slaying of a 19-year-old woman whose dismembered body parts ...

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  • Tulsa father charged in son’s carbon monoxide death

    Tulsa father charged in son’s carbon monoxide death - April 11, 2017

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Prosecutors have charged an Oklahoma man with second-degree murder in the death of his disabled 8-year-old son, who was overcome by carbon monoxide last month. The Tulsa World r...

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  • Chamber Chat

    Chamber Chat - April 11, 2017

    The 31st Ponca City Leadership Class will have a session Wednesday on city government. Tana McKinley, assistant city manager, is the day chair. This is always an awesome day to learn ab...

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  • Ambucs’ 90th Easter Egg Hunt set for 1 p.m. April 16

    Ambucs’ 90th Easter Egg Hunt set for 1 p.m. April 16 - April 11, 2017

    The Ponca City Ambucs’ 90th annual Easter Egg Hut will be held at 1 p.m. Easter day, April 16. The hunt will be at Lake Ponca, on the east side known as the old sailboat side. There ...

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  • Man charged in child pornography, computer crimes case

    Man charged in child pornography, computer crimes case - April 10, 2017

    OKLAHOMA CITY  — Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter has charged a Guthrie man with five felonies for possessing child pornography and violating the state’s Computer Crimes Act. Enrique Segur...

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  • Citations issued in underage beer, alcohol sales

    Citations issued in underage beer, alcohol sales - April 10, 2017

    Ponca City Police officers, working with students from Stillwater, made a number of underage beer and alcohol buys at local businesses Friday evening. This effort is part of the Oklahoma ...

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  • Kay County deputies arrest man on warrants, drug complaints

    Kay County deputies arrest man on warrants, drug complaints - April 10, 2017

    Kay County Deputies Jason Bell and Chris Hand made an arrest while serving a warrant on April 6 in the 300 block of South Ninth Street in Ponca City. About 10:45 a.m. April 6, they execut...

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  • Fourth suspect arrested in slaying, burning of Oklahoma man

    Fourth suspect arrested in slaying, burning of Oklahoma man - April 10, 2017

    STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says a fourth person has been arrested in connection with the death of an Oklahoma man and the burning of his body. Firefighters fo...

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  • Man leading Oklahoma police on vehicle pursuit dies in crash

    Man leading Oklahoma police on vehicle pursuit dies in crash - April 10, 2017

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a Tulsa man was killed when he crashed his sport utility vehicle while leading police on vehicle chase. The OHP says 40-year-old Eric Poore died a...

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