• State Agencies Working to Keep July 4th Weekend Safe for All

    State Agencies Working to Keep July 4th Weekend Safe for All - July 01, 2016

    The Oklahoma Highway Safety Office and Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services are partnering to keep the July 4 holiday weekend safe for all Oklahomans. OHSO is...

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  • *UPDATE* Tased Man Dies at Alliance Health Ponca City

    *UPDATE* Tased Man Dies at Alliance Health Ponca City - July 01, 2016

    A 56-year-old Ponca City man who ran from police Thursday night was tased by an officer. Roger Bales was transported by Ponca City Fire Department EMS to Alliance Health Ponca City, where he d...

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  • Donated life jackets help save lives

    Donated life jackets help save lives - July 01, 2016

    More than 40 life jackets have been donated as part of “Save a Life,” a special promotion of the Kaw Lake Association and Kaw Lake Educational Foundation. Recently these two organiza...

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  • Oklahoma skydiver safe after parachute malfunction

    Oklahoma skydiver safe after parachute malfunction - July 01, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An Oklahoma skydiver delivering the game ball for a professional soccer match says muscle memory kicked in when his parachute malfunctioned in an incident he captured on camera. ...

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  • OSBI looking into possible voter registration fraud case

    OSBI looking into possible voter registration fraud case - July 01, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - State investigators are looking into a possible case of voter registration fraud in Murray County. Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Jessica Brown confirme...

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  • Planned Parenthood to continue contracts with Oklahoma

    Planned Parenthood to continue contracts with Oklahoma - July 01, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma Health Care Authority says it has reached an agreement with Planned Parenthood for the nonprofit agency to continue providing services to Medicaid recipients for the ...

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  • Another suit seeks video of University of Oklahoma athlete

    Another suit seeks video of University of Oklahoma athlete - July 01, 2016

    NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - The Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters has filed another lawsuit in its pursuit of a surveillance tape of an incident in 2014 that led to a charge against a University of Oklaho...

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  • Monday’s a city holiday

    Monday’s a city holiday - June 30, 2016

    Monday, July 4, will be a city holiday in Ponca City. All city offices will be closed and there will be no residential refuse collection. Wentz Golf Course will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wen...

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  • Fish Fry Blood Drive Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

    Fish Fry Blood Drive Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. - June 30, 2016

    The 10th Annual All-American Fish Fry Blood Drive is Friday, July 1, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The drive will be held at Woodlands Christian Church at 1400 East Hartford Avenue. The event is hosted by ...

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  • Free Fireworks Monday over  Lake Ponca

    Free Fireworks Monday over Lake Ponca - June 30, 2016

    The annual Fourth of July Fireworks Show over Lake Ponca will begin at dusk Monday, about 9:50 p.m. This is a free fireworks display put on by the City of Ponca City. The fireworks will be choreogra...

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