• Volunteers helping incarcerated veterans

    Volunteers helping incarcerated veterans - September 08, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A volunteer-led effort is providing assistance to incarcerated veterans in Oklahoma. The program known as "Battle Buddies" was started in 2012 by retired Maj. Gen. Rita...

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  • Edmond North High School closed by flooding

    Edmond North High School closed by flooding - September 08, 2015

    EDMOND, Okla. (AP) - School officials in Edmond have canceled classes at Edmond North High School following a weekend water main break. Edmond Public Schools spokesperson Susan Parks Schlepp said Mon...

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  • Two die in Cleveland County crash

    Two die in Cleveland County crash - September 08, 2015

    NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - A woman and a girl are dead and a second girl is seriously injured after a car crashed into a ditch in Cleveland County. Authorities responded to reports of an accident about 1...

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  • Muskogee man killed in dispute over sunglasses

    Muskogee man killed in dispute over sunglasses - September 08, 2015

    MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) - Authorities in Muskogee have arrested a suspect in the shooting death of a Muskogee resident during a squabble over a pair of sunglasses. Officials say 65-year-old Kenneth Smit...

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  • Oklahoma lawmakers look at consolidating law enforcement

    Oklahoma lawmakers look at consolidating law enforcement - September 06, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma lawmakers are looking for ways to make state law enforcement agencies more efficient by consolidating services and resources to better control costs. Repub...

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  • More than 100,000 turn out for Cherokee National Holiday

    More than 100,000 turn out for Cherokee National Holiday - September 06, 2015

    TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) - A crowd estimated at more than 100,000 turned out in Tahlequah for the 63rd Cherokee National Holiday. The Tulsa World reports the three-day event includes a par...

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  • Area High School Football Scores

    Area High School Football Scores - September 05, 2015

    Scores from Friday September 4th Ponca City 42 Enid 14 Perry 16 Blackwell 14 Luther 58 Tonkawa 22 Pawnee 20 Morrison 0 Pond Creek 54 Medford ...

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  • Oklahoma leaders bracing for another steep budget shortfall

    Oklahoma leaders bracing for another steep budget shortfall - September 05, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - With oil prices hovering below $50 a barrel and an income tax cut scheduled to take effect on January 1st, Oklahoma's already bleak budget outlook for the upcoming fiscal ...

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  • Offices closed for holiday

    Offices closed for holiday - September 04, 2015

    The City of Ponca City will observe Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 7.: Residential Refuse will not be picked up Monday but will resume Tuesday. Contact: David Horinek, Solid Waste Supervisor, at ...

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  • Reconstruction to start on drainage channel

    Reconstruction to start on drainage channel - September 04, 2015

    Beginning Tuesday, September 8, work will begin to reconstruct approximately 1,250 linear feet of the concrete drainage channel from Elmwood Street east to the intersection of 14th Street and H...

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