• NOC student Samantha Conley interns at Dearing House

    NOC student Samantha Conley interns at Dearing House - January 28, 2020

    Samantha Conley, a Behavioral Science major at Northern Oklahoma College from Ponca City, recently interned at Dearing House Child Advocacy Center. This nationally accredited Ponca City nonprofit p...

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  • Burns comments on four-day school week rules

    Burns comments on four-day school week rules - January 28, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Ty Burns (R-Morrison) on Tuesday commented on new rules released by the Oklahoma State Board of Education to govern schools wishing to continue four-day school weeks. Last year...

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  • Orchestra students participate in Southwestern College Honor Festival

    Orchestra students participate in Southwestern College Honor Festival - January 28, 2020

    WINFIELD, Kansas -- Eleven Ponca City High School Orchestra students participated in the 4th annual Southwestern College Honor Orchestra Festival in Winfield, Kansas. The orchestra was under the di...

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  • Fire Department to purchase new pumper truck

    Fire Department to purchase new pumper truck - January 28, 2020

    By Beverly Bryant/News Director The Ponca City Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of a Triple Combination Pumper Apparatus from Route 66 Emergency Equipment of Wagner, Oklahoma. Fire Chie...

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  • Holdenville woman charged in husband’s 2018 murder

    Holdenville woman charged in husband’s 2018 murder - January 28, 2020

    HOLDENVILLE, Okla. – This week, agents from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation arrested the wife of a Holdenville man in connection with his 2018 murder. Leslie Miller, 62, was taken into...

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  • Homebuyer Assistance, Special Services grant funds available

    Homebuyer Assistance, Special Services grant funds available - January 28, 2020

    By Beverly Bryant/News Director City Manager Craig Stephenson said Monday that grant funding is available for Homebuyer Assistance and Special Services/Interim Assistance through the City of Ponca ...

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  • Recordings of four calls to 911 released by police

    Recordings of four calls to 911 released by police - January 28, 2020

    Below are links to four calls recorded by the Ponca City Police Communications Center on Friday in relation to the shooting death of Shon DeLodge: [audio mp3="https://www.poncacitynow.com//wp-conte...

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  • Police update investigation, arrests made in shooting death

    Police update investigation, arrests made in shooting death - January 28, 2020

    By Beverly Bryant/News Director The Ponca City Police Department has updated its investigation into the shooting death of Shon Delodge. Police Captain Randy Tyner issued a statement on the arres...

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  • Transportation forum at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28

    Transportation forum at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28 - January 28, 2020

    United Community Action Program and Cimarron Public Transit will hold a community forum at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 28,  in the Barnes Room at City Hall. The forum is an opportunity for citizens to dis...

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  • Oklahoma authorities to probe chase that ended in death

    Oklahoma authorities to probe chase that ended in death - January 27, 2020

    BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has been asked to review a high-speed police chase that ended with a suspect fatally shooting himself. The Tulsa World report...

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