• Ponca City Chamber News

    Ponca City Chamber News - January 16, 2015

    The Ponca Politics Committee will meet Friday at 11 a.m. and hear from Oteo-Missouria Chair John Shotton. We are excited that Chairman Shotton is going to visit with us about the great things happen...

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  • Sentinal investigation continues

    Sentinal investigation continues - January 16, 2015

    The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation stated Friday that an investigation into the shooting Thursday of the Sentinal, Okla., Police Chief is continuing. Chief Louis Ross was shot three times in...

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  • OSU Library joins HathiTrust

    OSU Library joins HathiTrust - January 16, 2015

    STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - The Oklahoma State University Library is the newest member of HathiTrust, a partnership of major academic and research libraries. Launched in 2008, HathiTrust has a growing m...

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  • Port of Catoosa tonnage lower

    Port of Catoosa tonnage lower - January 16, 2015

    CATOOSA, Okla. (AP) - The Tulsa Port of Catoosa says shipping tonnage last year was 334,000 tons lower than in 2013. The port says nearly all of the decline can be attributed to a lack of crude oil m...

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  • Bixby house fire kills one

    Bixby house fire kills one - January 16, 2015

    BIXBY, Okla. (AP) - Firefighters in Bixby say one person has been killed in a house fire. Fire Chief Bryan Wood says the blaze broke out this morning and firefighters found the entire home engulfed....

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  • Cause of kindergartener’s death may take months to determine

    Cause of kindergartener’s death may take months to determine - January 16, 2015

    OOLOGAH, Okla. (AP) - An Oklahoma health official says it could be months before the cause of death of an Oologah kindergartner is known. Six-year-old Jenny Yang died Jan. 5, hours after leaving scho...

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  • ‘Eat Better, Move More’ coming to Ponca City Library

    ‘Eat Better, Move More’ coming to Ponca City Library - January 16, 2015

    The Ponca City Library will participate in a partner program with Oklahoma Healthy Aging Initiative beginning in February. "Eat Better, Move More," a 12-week program, will be held ...

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  • Po-Hi orchestra to perform in Tulsa

    Po-Hi orchestra to perform in Tulsa - January 16, 2015

    The Ponca City High School Symphony Strings will present an Honor Concert for the Oklahoma Music Educators Association Convention on Jan. 23. Their performance will take place at 8:15 p.m. in...

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  • Martin Luther King holiday Monday

    Martin Luther King holiday Monday - January 16, 2015

    The City of Ponca City will observe Martin Luther King Day on Monday as a city holiday. City offices will be closed. Residential refuse will not be picked up Monday. Service resumes Tuesday. The Ma...

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  • ‘Don’t Dress for Dinner’ opens tonight

    ‘Don’t Dress for Dinner’ opens tonight - January 16, 2015

    The Ponca Playhouse presentation of "Don't Dress for Dinner," a farce of mistaken identities, opens tonight. The play runs Friday through Sunday and Jan. 23-25. Bernard plans a romantic w...

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