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PCPS provides COVID-19 update for May 10

Tuesday, May 11 by Lyman James

During the week of May 2, PCPS had three Contact Tracing Investigations.West Middle School had a Weekend Contact Tracing Investigation on May 1 and another investigation on May 5. WMS saw 35 individuals affected in total. Ponca City High School had a Contact Tracing Investigation on May 3, involving an activity, which also affected... Read More.

Cat Care Students Make Mother’s Day Gifts

Tuesday, May 11 by Lyman James

Washington PreK Cubs who attend Cat Care, the district’s after school child care service have been hard at work creating Mother’s Day Gifts. Students worked the week before Mother’s Day to create personalized flower bouquets using their sweet little handprints. The district is so thankful for all the Cat Care workers in the district that... Read More.

Capitol Update from Rep. Luttrell

Monday, May 10 by Lyman James

Below is the shared Capitol update from Rep. Ken Luttrell. "We are three weeks away from our constitutionally required end date for this year’s legislative session. The Capitol has been flurry of activity with bills being sent to the governor for review and approval and others going into joint conference committees of the House and... Read More.

Mavs’ baseball sweeps Murray State

Monday, May 10 by Lyman James

Mavs' baseball got a bit of revenge Saturday, sweeping Murray State on Saturday 12-1 and 10-5 on the final regular season series of the season. NOC Tonkawa (30-25) improved to 10-18 in conference while Murray (29-25) fell to 16-12. Murray had swept the Mavs last Thursday. NOC outscored the Aggies 22-6 and outhitting... Read More.

Po-hi Senior Scholarship Celebration held Thursday

Monday, May 10 by Lyman James

The Ponca City High School Senior Scholarship Celebration was held, Thursday, May 6, in the Ponca City Schools Concert Hall. Forty-nine seniors were presented with scholarships to support continued learning. In attendance were scholarship presenters and each senior’s special guests. The following scholarships were award to senior recipients: A.H. “Pete” Long Instrumental Scholarship (Morgan... Read More.

Ponca City’s East Middle School transition meeting video for upcoming 8th graders

Monday, May 10 by Lyman James

Ponca City's East Middle School will have a transition meeting video parents and their students going into 8th grade for next year.The video will be shown on the West Middle School Facebook page. It will start at 6 p.m. Tuesday and will go for 20 minutes.

OBN serves Search Warrant at unlicensed medical marijuana business in Blackwell

Monday, May 10 by Lyman James

The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics served a Search Warrant Thursday morning at an unlicensed medical marijuana business in Blackwell."This medical marijuana business let their OMMA license expire last June and their OBN license expired in October. They continued to grow marijuana while making no effort to get into compliance with state law."---Mark Woodward, OBN... Read More.

Motorcycle hits deer west of Hominy Saturday night

Monday, May 10 by Lyman James

A personal injury collision occurred at 10 p.m. Saturday evening on State Highway 20 and County Road 5575, 1.2 miles north and 6.7 miles west of Hominy in Osage County.Carl Ray Lewis, 38, of Ralston was driving a 2007 Yamaha motorcycle westbound on SH-20. A deer entered the roadway from the south. The motorcycle... Read More.

Pioneer Tech Holds NTHS Ceremony

Friday, May 7 by Lyman James

Pioneer Technology Center's (PTC) National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) inductees and their families attended a ceremony recognizing their accomplishments during the school year. Shelley Arrott, Ponca City School Superintendent, spoke to the inductees about leadership and learning from your mistakes. The inductees are pictured third row from left to right: Brenna Leonard (Ponca City); Brexten... Read More.

Mavs’ baseball at Murray State

Friday, May 7 by Lyman James

TISHOMINGO, Oklahoma -- The NOC Mavs dropped two to Murray State Thursday afternoon 8-4 and 6-5. NOC (28-25) fell to 8-18 in conference while Murray (29-23) improved to 16-10. In Game 1, Murray led 4-3 in the fifth and then scored four runs to earn an 8-4 win. Carter Hines had two doubles, Bo... Read More.

PCPS Girls Tennis compete at OSSAA Regionals Tournament

Friday, May 7 by Lyman James

Ponca City Girls Tennis recently competed at the OSSAA Regional Tournament held at Tulsa Union. Qualifiers for the State Tournament are sophomores Haley Mills and Savannah Valgora in #2 Doubles. The State Tournament will be held at the OKC Tennis Center on May 7 & 8. “We are truly proud of all the girls... Read More.

PCPS GOLFER ADVANCES TO 6A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

Friday, May 7 by Lyman James

Ponca City Public Schools junior Brady Wicker shot consistent rounds of 77-76 at Muskogee Country Club to advance to the 6A State Championships. The State tournament will take place at Forest Ridge Golf Course in Broken Arrow on May 10 & 11. Forest Ridge is a 5-hole event with 36 holes played on Monday,... Read More.