• Convicted Racist Serial Killer Set To Die Wednesday

    Convicted Racist Serial Killer Set To Die Wednesday - November 16, 2013

    ST. LOUIS (AP) - A Missouri death row inmate suspected of killing an interracial couple in Oklahoma City in 1979 during a hate-fueled crime spree is scheduled to be executed next week. No one kno...

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  • Weekend Calendar Of Events

    Weekend Calendar Of Events - November 15, 2013

    Sunday, Nov. 17 Mama Won't Fly Ponca Playhouse 2 p.m. Teacher Art Exhibit Ponca City Art Center 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. ...

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  • Ponca City Middle School Students Make An Anti-bullying Pledge

    Ponca City Middle School Students Make An Anti-bullying Pledge - November 15, 2013

    Students at East Middle School sat quietly for almost two hours in the East Auditorium. Kirk Smalley spoke to them about the seriousness of bullying and his hope to end it forever. Smalley, a Dad ...

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  • Students Of The Month Awarded

    Students Of The Month Awarded - November 15, 2013

    Wildcat Academy teachers have selected the student of the month for August, September, October, and November. Each of these students exemplifies the qualities that compose a successful student. Ac...

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  • Comedic Production Hits Ponca Playhouse Stage

    Comedic Production Hits Ponca Playhouse Stage - November 15, 2013

    Has your Mom ever gotten on your last nerve or meddled in your life. If so you will relate to Ponca Playhouse's current production, Mama Won't Fly. The productions director Dave Guinn gives us...

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  • Okla. Death Row Inmate Seeks Clemency From Board

    Okla. Death Row Inmate Seeks Clemency From Board - November 15, 2013

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An Oklahoma death row inmate scheduled to die next month is asking the state Pardon and Parole Board for clemency. A hearing is scheduled before the board Friday for 48-year-old...

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  • Oklahoma Man Seeks Release From State Hospital

    Oklahoma Man Seeks Release From State Hospital - November 14, 2013

    SALLISAW, Okla. (AP) - An Oklahoma man committed to a psychiatric hospital for an eastern Oklahoma shooting rampage that left two dead and eight others wounded is asking a judge to release him from th...

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  • Arraignment Delayed For Tulsa Man Charged In Crash

    Arraignment Delayed For Tulsa Man Charged In Crash - November 14, 2013

    FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Arraignment has been delayed for a University of Arkansas student charged with two counts of manslaughter over a boating accident in northeast Oklahoma. John Stuart Deselms...

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  • Ponca City Sees Dramatic Increase In Graduation Rates

    Ponca City Sees Dramatic Increase In Graduation Rates - November 14, 2013

    Cap and gowns are becoming more in style in Ponca City. Graduation rates have increased 18 percent in the past three years. Only 64 percent of students graduated in 2011, this year 82 percent of s...

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  • Ponca City Elementary School Hires New Principal

    Ponca City Elementary School Hires New Principal - November 14, 2013

    One teacher at Liberty Elementary is stepping out from behind the podium and into the head honcho chair. Jill Henderson has been teaching special education at Liberty, but will become principal Ja...

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