Kay County Health Department To Provide Presentation On COVID-19

Representatives from the Kay County Health Department will provide updates and presentations regarding COVID-19 and community efforts to help prevent the spread of the disease in Ponca City and surrounding areas. The public health forum is scheduled for Wednesday, March 11 at 1 p.m. inside the Kay County Health Department, 433 Fairview Ave. in Ponca... Read More.

Silver Alert Issued By Pawnee County Sheriff’s Office

A Silver Alert has been issued by the Pawnee County Sheriff's Office for Elvin Mills Jr., 61. Mills was last seen wearing blue checkered pajama bottoms, t-shirt, and a lightweight blue jacket. Mills was last located at 12 p.m. on March 8 at a gas station in Preston, OK in Okmulgee County. According to... Read More.

Former Kay County Commissioner Receives Nine Months

On Friday, March 6, A Payne County District Judge sentenced former Kay County Commissioner Dee Schieber to nine months in the Kay County Detention Center and must pay $45,208 in restitution. On Feb. 14, Schieber was found guilty on six misdemeanor charges of willful violation of law regulating official conduct. Schieber was found not guilty... Read More.
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Cowley County Event Cancelled Due To Suspected Coronavirus

Williams Newton Hospital in Winfield, KS had scheduled a grand opening celebration today, Sunday, but it has now been cancelled due to a suspected case of coronavirus in Cowley County.  Information on the hospital's Facebook page says the suspected case is being tested to determine if the case is, in fact, the COVID-19 strain... Read More.

Kay County Wrestlers Compete At State Tournament

Several wrestlers from high schools in Kay County participated in the Oklahoma High School State Wrestling Tournament in Oklahoma City. Schools represented include Blackwell, Tonkawa, Newkirk and Ponca City. Blackwell found out who their 90th State Champion was when Aiden Odell won his class. Other results for Blackwell include Mikey Riley finishing 2nd place, Christian... Read More.

Billings Man Killed In Fatal Logan County Accident

CRESCENT, Okla. - A Billings, OK man is dead following a fatal accident that occurred at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday morning on State Highway 51 westbound just west of Rockwell in Crescent, OK. Shawn O’Laughlin, 34, was driving a 1989 Dodge Ram when he departed the roadway to the left, hit an embankment, went airborne, hit... Read More.
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Kay County Secretary Reminds Not To Violate Election Laws

Persons violating election laws during the Tuesday, March 3, Presidential Preferential Primary Election can expect to be reported, election officials promised today. Cheryl Howard, Secretary of the Kay County Election Board, said that apparent violations will be reported to the appropriate law enforcement agencies. Howard pointed out that electioneering is prohibited within 300 feet of any... Read More.

Former County Commissioner Convicted

The Kay County District Court convicted former Kay County Commissioner Dwight Dee Schieber, 66, on Friday for six misdemeanor counts of willful violations of law regulating official conduct. Schieber was later found not guilty on the seventh count. Schieber received a sentence of six months in county jail on five of the six charges and nine... Read More.

Absentee Voters For Next Tuesday’s Can Vote At County Election Board Office

NEWKIRK - Registered voters in Kay County who want to vote by mail absentee ballot in next Tuesday’s Tonkawa Municipal Special Election, or the Newkirk School District I-125 Special Bond Election have missed the application deadline, County Election Board Secretary Cheryl Howard said today. “They aren’t out of luck, however,” Howard said. Voters who want... Read More.
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Winter Storm Watch For Grant County And Northwest Oklahoma

The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a Winter Storm Watch for Grant County and much of northwest Oklahoma from late Monday night until Tuesday afternoon. Other counties included in the watch are Harper, Woods, Alfalfa, Ellis, Woodward and Major. At this time, Kay County is NOT included. Heavy wet snow is possible. Total snow... Read More.

Medford Resident Injured in Grant County Accident Tuesday

POND CREEK, Okla. - A personal injury collision occurred at 7:56 a.m. Tuesday morning on U.S. 60, 0.2 miles north of Coal Road, approximately 3 miles west and 4 miles south of Pond Creek in Grant County. Robert William Taylor, 30, of Medford was driving a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt northbound on U.S. 60. The vehicle... Read More.