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Ponca City Senior Center having lunch and special presentation Friday

Wednesday, July 14 by Lyman James

The Ponca City Senior Center would like to invite community seniors to lunch and a special presentation from members of the Ponca City Police Department, on Friday July 16th.The presentation on cyber awareness will inform seniors about some of the pitfalls that exist online and how best to avoid them. Seniors are increasingly targeted... Read More.

New system at Ponca City Library going live today

Wednesday, July 14 by Lyman James

The new system at the Ponca City Library will go live today! All library users had their pin numbers reset and the new pin number will be the last 4 digits of their library cards. The pin number is for the libraries online catalog as well as Oklahoma Virtual library/overdrive.

Oklahoma COVID-19 update for July 12

Tuesday, July 13 by Lyman James

The Oklahoma State Department of Health has reported more than 1,200 new COVID-19 cases since Friday. 384 is Monday's 7-day rolling average for the state's daily number of new cases as the Delta variant has become the more dominant.The CDC reports that overall, Oklahoma has seen 461,293 COVID-19 cases and 8,641 provisional deaths. There... Read More.

Ponca City Man accused of choking convenience store cashier facing 25 years in prison

Tuesday, July 13 by Lyman James

A Ponca City Man that's accused of strangling a convenience store cashier faces 25 years in prison with all but 15 years suspended.Luciano Cerda, 50, attacked a cashier at a Conoco station at 425 South 14th Street back on March 12. According to Ponca City News in April, court documents stated that the cashier... Read More.

Online enrollment open for returning PCPS students

Tuesday, July 13 by Lyman James

Ponca City Public Schools announced that online registration is now open for returning wildcats. Enroll as soon as possible to secure spots at elementary sites. Learn more by going to PowerSchool.PCPS.US/Public..

Planned power outage set for early Tuesday for sections of Blackwell

Monday, July 12 by Lyman James

A scheduled electric outage is planned for portions of Blackwell on Tuesday. The area of Southwest Boulevard to Hubbard and Main Street west to 3rd Street, also Main Street east to Urbana will be out of power between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. for Maintenance.

Arkansas City man killed in accident north of Newkirk Saturday

Monday, July 12 by Lyman James

An Arkansas City, Kansas man was killed in a one-vehicle accident just before 6:30 a.m. Saturday morning on U.S. 77 and State Line Road, about 7.5 miles north of Newkirk in Kay County.According to KFOR-TV, Andrew Banta, 28, was pronounced dead at the scene. According to Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Andrew was driving a 2016... Read More.

Ponca City man survives fatal accident at Lake Texoma

Monday, July 12 by Lyman James

One Ponca City man was involved in a collision on Lake Texoma in Marshall County around 7:30 a.m. Saturday morning.According to The Duncan Banner and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the collision happened between Wood Island and Sanders Island View area.Clifford Eugene Hines, 67, was driving a 1999 Falcon Striper boat with two passengers, Devered... Read More.

Ponca City Energy takes first place at OMA Electric Safety Competition

Monday, July 12 by Lyman James

The Oklahoma Municipal Alliance recently sent out a congratulations to Ponca City Energy who placed first at the OMA Annual Electric Safety Competition in Oklahoma in the category for cities with a population over 10,000.The crew delivered a perfect safety record for 2020. The utility’s personnel went the year without a reportable lost work... Read More.

Ponca City Parks and Recreation developing tree farm

Monday, July 12 by Lyman James

The Ponca City Parks and Recreation Is very excited to be developing their very own tree farm in Ponca City! They are going to replace the urban forest at a fraction of the cost of buying mature trees! Ponca City Parks and Recreation wants to give a huge thanks to Phillips 66 for their... Read More.