• Pioneer Kids Day Wednesday focuses on Native games, lore

    Pioneer Kids Day Wednesday focuses on Native games, lore - July 07, 2015

    The Pioneer Kids group will meet from 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Pioneer Woman Museum. This week's focus is on Native Games and Lore. Activities will include storytelling in a tipi, Native gam...

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  • 10 die in Oklahoma in  holiday accidents

    10 die in Oklahoma in holiday accidents - July 07, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY – Over the 2015 Independence Day holiday (6:00 p.m. Thursday, July 2, to 5:59 a.m. Monday, July 6) 10 people died as a result of traffic crashes in Oklahoma. These fatalitie...

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  • First Baptist Church robbed

    First Baptist Church robbed - July 07, 2015

    The Ponca City Police Department and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation are investigating a burglary at the First Baptist Church in Ponca City. The church, located at 218 South Sixth...

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  • Planning Commission to consider zoning change for convenience store

    Planning Commission to consider zoning change for convenience store - July 07, 2015

    By Beverly Bryant/News Director The Ponca City Planning Commission will consider and vote on a proposed ordinance rezoning a tract of land on the southwest corner of Highland Avenue and Waverly...

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  • Lawmakers file constitutional amendment attempt

    Lawmakers file constitutional amendment attempt - July 07, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A group of Oklahoma lawmakers has filed a constitutional amendment to remove language from the state constitution that the Supreme Court says prohibits a Ten Commandments monumen...

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  • OSU researcher working on more effective antivenom

    OSU researcher working on more effective antivenom - July 07, 2015

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A biochemistry professor at Oklahoma State University's Center for Health Sciences is trying to create a more effective antivenom for people who have been bitten by a poisonous sna...

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  • Oklahoma City police identify taxi driver

    Oklahoma City police identify taxi driver - July 07, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Authorities have identified a taxi driver whose body was found slumped over the wheel of his cab in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma City police say 33-year-old Adam Abaker was found dead...

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  • Officials to use explosives in rock slide area

    Officials to use explosives in rock slide area - July 07, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma transportation officials plan to set off explosives in an effort to prevent more rockslides along Interstate 35 in the Arbuckle Mountains. The Oklahoman (http://bit.ly/1...

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  • Residents sign protest against convenience store

    Residents sign protest against convenience store - July 06, 2015

    A group of residents in Ponca City's Selvy addition have signed a protest and presented it to the City of Ponca City to protest a planned convenience store on the southwest corner of Highland Avenue ...

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  • Former head of regents raises $500,000 for scholarships

    Former head of regents raises $500,000 for scholarships - July 06, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The former chairman of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education has raised more than $500,000 to help reduce student debt. Mike Turpen issued the challenge in September ...

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