• East Middle School names Most Valuable Students for first semester

    East Middle School names Most Valuable Students for first semester - January 24, 2017

      The administration of  East Middle School announced that Mike Hernandez, Alexis Irons, Emma Kimbrel, Joseph LaRue, Payton Little, Cash Nichols, Keirston Oakley, Ashlee Patterson, Breann Ros...

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  • 2017 Chamber Banquet Thursday night

    2017 Chamber Banquet Thursday night - January 24, 2017

    The 2017 Ponca City Area Chamber of Commerce's 123rd annual banquet is set for Thursday night, Jan. 26. U.S. Marshal Clayton Johnson will be the Master of Ceremony. Johnson is the former Chief of t...

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  • Fire Department receives new equipment

    Fire Department receives new equipment - January 24, 2017

    The Ponca City Fire Department unveiled several new pieces of rescue equipment Monday evening at the City Commission meeting. Fire Chief Butch Herring and Fire Division Chief Gary Wilson showed com...

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  • Pheasant-Quail Forever banquet Saturday

    Pheasant-Quail Forever banquet Saturday - January 24, 2017

    The Cherokee Strip Chapter of Pheasant-Quail Forever will have its third annual banquet from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at Eastern Heights Christian Church, 5100 Lake Road. Doors will open at 5...

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  • Increase in Oklahoma feral swine killing

    Increase in Oklahoma feral swine killing - January 24, 2017

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - With an increase in demand for state agents to fight expanding feral swine problems, Oklahoma's Wildlife Services Division view the situation as both bad news and good news. Wildl...

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  • Forestry officials forecast high fire danger for Oklahoma

    Forestry officials forecast high fire danger for Oklahoma - January 24, 2017

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma forestry officials say the danger of wildfires is increasing as a dry weather pattern persists across much of the state. Officials say the fire danger will be high on Tu...

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  • OSU president apologizes for student blackface incident

    OSU president apologizes for student blackface incident - January 24, 2017

    STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - The president of Oklahoma State University has apologized after a white student posted an image of herself on social media in blackface. OSU President Burns Hargis says he me...

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  • Police accuse Oklahoma widow of inciting violence in video

    Police accuse Oklahoma widow of inciting violence in video - January 24, 2017

    MOORE, Okla. (AP) - The widow of a man who died after a scuffle with police in Oklahoma is being accused of trying to incite violence against officers. The Oklahoman reports that court documents show...

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  • Tulsa legislator won’t testify before House committee

    Tulsa legislator won’t testify before House committee - January 24, 2017

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An Oklahoma lawmaker who's been the subject of a sexual harassment complaint and a subsequent settlement by the House says he doesn't intend to testify before a special House comm...

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  • Lineman dies while making repairs in Oklahoma Panhandle

    Lineman dies while making repairs in Oklahoma Panhandle - January 24, 2017

    BEAVER, Okla. (AP) - An electric utility says one lineman was killed and another injured after they came into contact with a power line while restoring electricity in a rural part of the Oklahoma Panh...

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