Local schools receiving incentive grants from Oklahoma to fight COVID-19

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister on July 1 awarded incentive grants totaling $16 million to 150 Oklahoma school districts to help mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on student learning and ensure that students have learning opportunities in the upcoming 2020-21 school year.A total of 360 school districts applied for the... Read More.

NOC Virtual Graduation set for Aug. 8

 The Northern Oklahoma College Class of 2020 will be celebrated with a Virtual Commencement Ceremony held Saturday, Aug. 8.  The ceremony is not live, but the link to the virtual commencement will be made active at www.noc.edu Aug. 8 at 9:30 a.m.   The ceremony will celebrate Fall 2019 graduates as well as Spring and... Read More.

Ponca City at a 62 percent response rate to U.S. Census

Households that receive the 2020 Census invitation packets are strongly encouraged to respond promptly to the 2020 Census using the census ID included in the questionnaire packet. People can respond online, by phone, or by completing and returning the paper form by mail. Responding with the census ID or by completing and returning the... Read More.
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Read for Adventure program at the Ponca City Library

The Ponca City Library proudly hosts another year of the Read for Adventure program.The Read for Adventure program “aims to promote literacy within families, increase their contact with the outdoors and provide an outlet for invaluable, nature-inspired discoveries.” The Oklahoma City Zoo’s mission is to educate Oklahomans about wildlife and wild places. By partnering... Read More.

Pawnee man killed in accident near Morrison

A fatality collision occurred at 2:13 p.m. Tuesday on U.S. 177 near Harvest Road southbound, approximately 3.45 miles southwest of Morrison in Noble County.Dennis R. Southern, 68, of Pawnee, was driving a 1997 Chevy truck southbound on U.S. 177. A 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee, driven by George A. Deweese Jr., 29, of Ponca City,... Read More.
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434 new positive COVID-19 cases reported Monday in Oklahoma

The number of COVID-19 cases for Oklahoma took another big jump on Monday, July 7, as the Oklahoma State Department of Health reported 434 new positive COVID-19 cases. This puts the state's overall total of cases to 16,362 since the start of the pandemic, and 3,930 cases are active.For new cases in local counties,... Read More.