Couple Archives - Ponca City Now

Pryor couple convicted for embezzling charitable funds

Thursday, October 2 by Ponca City Now

OKLAHOMA CITY – A Pryor couple has been convicted by a Tulsa County jury for embezzling funds from the Reckless Saints of Nowhere, a non-profit addiction recovery program they operated from 2017 to 2023. Jordan and Vanessa Parker were each convicted of two counts of embezzlement and one count of pattern of criminal offenses. The... Read More.

21 children – all with surrogate mothers – taken from SoCal couple amid investigation

Thursday, July 17 by ABC7News

ARCADIA, Calif. -- A Southern California couple's 21 children - all from surrogate mothers - have been placed in protective custody amid an investigation. Arcadia police stumbled upon a house on Camino Real Avenue while investigating a child abuse case involving a 2-month-old suffering a traumatic head injury. After getting a search warrant, detectives seized security cameras... Read More.

Stillwater Police Department arrest individual who attempted to scam an elderly couple

Thursday, April 7 by Lyman James

On Tuesday, the Stillwater Police Department arrested an individual who attempted to scam an elderly Stillwater couple. The male suspect was in the course of defrauding the couple of $12k. He told the couple the funds would be used for bond money to free a relative from jail in Florida. Fortunately, this alert couple was suspicious... Read More.

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... Read More.

Ponca City couple with animal abuse charges fail to appear in court for second time

Monday, July 13 by Lyman James

A Ponca City couple accused of animal cruelty back in May 2019 have failed to appear in the Kay County District Court for a second time. Daniel James Moran, 54, and Patricia Lynn Moran, 51, both of Ponca City, were both charged after Kay County Deputy Jason Bell discovered 5 dead pigs on the... Read More.