• Local Retired Educators attend state conference

    Local Retired Educators attend state conference - November 22, 2019

    Four members of the Kay County Retired Educators Association attended the annual conference of the Oklahoma Retired Educators Association in Tulsa recently. Keynote speaker was Robert Blancat...

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  • Dickens sought in acid attack

    Dickens sought in acid attack - November 22, 2019

    The Ponca City Communications Center received a call about 8:14 a.m. Friday reporting a person at Bridgeway, 620 W. Grand Ave., with acid burns. Ponca City Police Officers and an ambulance responded ...

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  • School board approves new bus, lighting and sound equipment

    School board approves new bus, lighting and sound equipment - November 22, 2019

    The Ponca City Board of Education approved the purchase of a bus from National Bus Sales on Thursday. The bus is a 2020 Ultra Coachliner SE Bus which will be the District’s new Wildcat Bus. The purc...

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  • Keeping the charm and preserving history at Wentz Camp

    Keeping the charm and preserving history at Wentz Camp - November 22, 2019

    Park and Recreation Director Eric Newell spoke to Ponca City's Historic Preservation Advisory Panel Thursday with an update on restoration work underway at Wentz Pool and Camp. Newell said an urgent...

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  • Charity Angels Ambucs propose adding equipment to park

    Charity Angels Ambucs propose adding equipment to park - November 22, 2019

    Members of Charity Angels Ambucs presented a proposal to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Thursday night to donate new equipment to the Ambuc Park at Lake Ponca. Wendy Bond presented renditi...

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  • Blackwell Police Lt. John Mitchell indicted in May shooting death

    Blackwell Police Lt. John Mitchell indicted in May shooting death - November 22, 2019

    BLACKWELL -- Blackwell Police Lieutenant John Mitchell was indicted on a count of second-degree murder Thursday by a multi-county grand jury. The indictment accuses Mitchell, 40, of causing...

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  • State to appeal Judge Balkman’s final order in opioid case

    State to appeal Judge Balkman’s final order in opioid case - November 22, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter on Thursday announced that the state intends to appeal Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman’s final order issued last Friday in the trial again...

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  • Murder conviction of Tulsa woman upheld by appeals court

    Murder conviction of Tulsa woman upheld by appeals court - November 21, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld the murder conviction and life in prison sentence of a Tulsa woman in the fatal shooting of her husband. The court on Thursday d...

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  • Ree Drummond book signing moved to 4 p.m. Dec. 10

    Ree Drummond book signing moved to 4 p.m. Dec. 10 - November 21, 2019

    Ree Drumond has had to reschedule her Brace Books appearance! She will now be coming to Brace Books at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10. This is exactly one week before her previous date. Brace still has...

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  • Thanksgiving and Bedlam Game Day Traffic Advisory

    Thanksgiving and Bedlam Game Day Traffic Advisory - November 21, 2019

    *** REMINDER – Oklahoma Department of Transportation offices will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 28 - 29 for Thanksgiving. *** The following construction projects will impact travel on major h...

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