examiners – Ponca City Now

Medical Examiner’s Office Seeks $3.5 Million Increase in Budget to Regain Accreditation

Tuesday, January 28 by KOKH

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KOKH) — Oklahoma agencies are asking lawmakers for more than $13 billion in appropriated budget requests for FY26. The Oklahoma Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is asking for a budget increase of 21%, or $3.5 million, from... Read More.

Medical Examiners Office identifies skeletal remains found in Ponca City

Monday, April 6 by Lyman James

After skeletal remains were found on April 2, 2020 west of Boomer Tire and Ponca Nursing and Rehabilitation on the northwest side of Ponca City, the Medical Examiners Office in Oklahoma City on Monday has positively identified the remains as those of 32 year old Joshua K. Battiest. Battiest was reported missing in January of... Read More.