• City to observe Martin Luther King Jr. holiday Jan. 18

    City to observe Martin Luther King Jr. holiday Jan. 18 - January 11, 2016

    The City of Ponca City will observe the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday, Jan. 18. City offices will be closed. There will not be any residential trash service that day. City Manager Cra...

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  • Anderson receives Friend of Education award

    Anderson receives Friend of Education award - January 11, 2016

    Sean Anderson of KPNC's "Sean in the Morning" program received the Friend of Education award Monday night at the Ponca City Public Schools Board of Education meeting. Anderson was honored ...

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  • School board votes to ratify, extend Pennington’s contract

    School board votes to ratify, extend Pennington’s contract - January 11, 2016

    The Ponca City Public Schools Board of Education voted Monday night to ratify the contract for Superintendent Dr. David Pennington. The board voted three to one for the ratification, with member Robi...

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  • 6 killed in head-on Oklahoma auto crash were from Missouri

    6 killed in head-on Oklahoma auto crash were from Missouri - January 11, 2016

    CHOTEAU, Okla. (AP) - The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says six people killed in a head-on auto collision in northeastern Oklahoma were all from Kansas City, Missouri. The names of the victims - which inc...

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  • OU President Boren discourages son from seeing Governor’s office

    OU President Boren discourages son from seeing Governor’s office - January 11, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - University of Oklahoma President David Boren will encourage his son, former Congressman Dan Boren, not to run for governor in 2018, saying in a statement "it is not a goo...

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  • Foster parents sue over handgun policy

    Foster parents sue over handgun policy - January 11, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Two foster parents and a nonprofit are suing the state Department of Human Services in Oklahoma City federal court over an agency rule regarding firearm possession that they clai...

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  • Man surrenders in weekend shooting case

    Man surrenders in weekend shooting case - January 11, 2016

    Alexis Chavez, also known as Ochoa, 19, surrendured Sunday afternoon in connection with a shooting early Saturday morning and is in police custody. A 19-year-old woman, Brandi Ochoa, was shot o...

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  • Bryant not required to register, police confirm

    Bryant not required to register, police confirm - January 11, 2016

    A list of delinquent offenders was released last week. Those offenders, due to the conditions of their sentencing or probation on a previous conviction, are required by the Department of Corrections...

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  • Shooting suspect turns himself into PCPD

    Shooting suspect turns himself into PCPD - January 10, 2016

    From Sherry Bowers with the Ponca City Police Department 19 year old Alexis Chavez aka Ochoa is in custody. The suspect from the early Saturday morning shooting turned himself in Sunday afternoon...

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  • Four men sought for failure to register with police

    Four men sought for failure to register with police - January 09, 2016

    Occasionally, offenders are required by the Department of Corrections to register with the Ponca City Police Department as part of their release program. These four local residents have failed to ...

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