• Oklahoma officials, company try settling disposal well fight

    Oklahoma officials, company try settling disposal well fight - January 13, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma officials are working to resolve a monthlong dispute with an oil and gas company that has neglected to shut down saltwater disposal wells. The Oklahoma Corporation Commi...

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  • Large-scale meth operation closed in Oklahoma City

    Large-scale meth operation closed in Oklahoma City - January 13, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A large-scale, Mexican-sourced methamphetamine manufacturing operation in Oklahoma City has been shut down. Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics spokesman Mark Woodward says Homeland Sec...

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  • Tulsa doctor pleads guilty to producing child porn

    Tulsa doctor pleads guilty to producing child porn - January 13, 2016

    SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - A doctor from Tulsa, Oklahoma, has pleaded guilty to using a Missouri minor to produce child pornography. Federal prosecutors say Shelby Coleman was arrested in September 201...

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  • Attucks Center plans Martin Luther King Jr. celebrations

    Attucks Center plans Martin Luther King Jr. celebrations - January 13, 2016

    The Attucks Community Center at 1001 South 12 th Street will celebrate the life and works of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a program at 6 p.m. Saturday. Guest speaker will be Dr. Eric A...

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  • School staff reports on central enrollment and transfers

    School staff reports on central enrollment and transfers - January 12, 2016

    Barbara Cusick and Teri Vogele reported Monday night on the Ponca City Public Schools new central enrollment procedures and transfers among schools. They spoke at the district's Board of Education me...

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  • Kaw Lake Ultimate Eagle Watch Saturday

    Kaw Lake Ultimate Eagle Watch Saturday - January 12, 2016

    The 2016 Ultimate Eagle Watch at Kaw Lake is this Saturday, Jan. 16. There is no charge, but donations are appreciated to help offset the costs. Eagle Viewing by Horseback begins at the S...

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  • Safe School committee meeting Wednesday to discuss projects

    Safe School committee meeting Wednesday to discuss projects - January 12, 2016

    The Ponca City Safe School committee will meet at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Ponca City High School Assembly Center. Chuck Bayha, the high school's a ssistant principal, said the committee wil...

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  • Blue Bell checking for listeria in one of its plants

    Blue Bell checking for listeria in one of its plants - January 12, 2016

    HOUSTON (AP) - Blue Bell Creameries says listeria might be present at one of its production plants, but isn't saying which one. The company, with facilities in Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas, is seeki...

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  • Fire destroys Dover high school

    Fire destroys Dover high school - January 12, 2016

    DOVER, Okla. (AP) - A central Oklahoma high school has been destroyed in an overnight fire. Officials say Dover High School caught fire early Tuesday. It took firefighters about five hours to contain...

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  • Po-Hi students to receive CPR training

    Po-Hi students to receive CPR training - January 12, 2016

    Beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, all students in public schools shall receive instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) at least once during the ninth grade until graduation,...

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