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PCPD Officers and Civilian Employees assisted with the Drug Take Back Program at Household Hazardous Waste Day

Tuesday, April 26 by Lyman James

Ponca City Police Officers and Civilian Employees with the Ponca City Police Department assisted the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics with the Drug Take Back Program, during the Household Hazardous Waste Day in Ponca City on Saturday. Nearly 250 pounds of unused, expired and unneeded prescription medications were relinquished by Citizens of Ponca City. This program...

OSU professor and student wins OKC Men’s and Women’s Marathon races

Monday, April 25 by Lyman James

After two years of changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 22nd annual Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon made it’s comeback on Sunday. One of the winners from the different races Sunday was McKale Montgomery, a nutrition professor at Oklahoma State University and a Fairfax, Oklahoma native. According to KFOR-TV, when Montgomery was 15-years-old and living...

Ponca City Commission approves ice-skating rink and new 2-way radio communications equipment

Thursday, April 14 by Lyman James

Under New Business at Monday’s meeting, the City Commission approved a resolution by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Ponca City, Oklahoma pledging $25,000.00 from the Hotel/Motel Tax Fund for the purchase of a synthetic ice-skating rink to be operated by Ponca City Main Street as a tourist attraction to be combined...

April 6 and April 20 will be Distance Learning Days for Po-Hi freshmen, sophomores and seniors

Tuesday, April 5 by Lyman James

Ponca City Public Schools want to remind people that April 6 and April 20 will be Distance Learning Days for freshmen, sophomores and seniors. Only juniors will report to campus on those two days!!

Apply for Non Profit Assistance and Small Business Assistance Grants

Thursday, March 31 by Lyman James

The City of Ponca City announced that you can apply for Non Profit Assistance and Small Business Assistance Grants! Applications will be available beginning April 1st and are due April 30th. Please reach out to Kat Long at 765-7070 or at [email protected] and she’ll help you with any questions! Grant awards will range...

NOC Foundation establishes Mom and Pop Allen Scholarship Fund

Wednesday, March 23 by Lyman James

The Northern Oklahoma College Foundation, Inc. acknowledges the establishment of the Mom and Pops Allen Scholarship Fund. Earl and Roberta Allen served as Directors of Boehme Hall on the Tonkawa campus from 1989-1996. They were affectionately known as Mom and Pops to hundreds of NOC students. Mom and Pops loved each student as their own...

Nebraska couple and daughter killed in plane crash near Pond Creek on Thursday

Monday, March 21 by Lyman James

A Nebraska couple and their adult daughter were killed in the crash of a small plane in northwestern Oklahoma, according to an official at a funeral home the couple owned. William Lauber, 58, and his wife, Christine Lauber, 58, both of Milford, Nebraska, and their daughter Regan Lauber, 21, of Lincoln, Nebraska, all died in...