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Domestic Violence Homicides Spike in Oklahoma, Fatality Review Board Releases Annual Recommendations

Friday, February 21 by Ponca City Now

OKLAHOMA CITY (Feb. 20, 2025) – Oklahoma saw more domestic violence homicides in 2023 than any year on record, according to the annual report recently released by the Oklahoma Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board.Domestic homicide numbers spiked 16 percent from the previous year with a total of 122 victims in 2023. The board, which... Read More.

Police Investigating Home Invasion Fatality Sunday in Ponca City

Monday, June 3 by Lyman James

On Sunday evening, shortly after 7:00 pm, Ponca City Police Officers responded to the report of a home invasion with gun shots at 2200 W. Central. As officers arrived at the scene, they made contact with witnesses who told them a subject had been shot after trying to force his way into the residence... Read More.

Ponca Police Release Details of Weekend Shooting Fatality

Monday, April 1 by Lyman James

Officers with the Ponca City Police Department responded to the 300 block of North Pine on Saturday evening, shortly before 10:00 pm. When they arrived, they located an adult male suffering from a gunshot wound. The subject was transported by PCFD medical personnel to Integris Ponca City where he was pronounced deceased from his... Read More.

4 Vehicle Fatality Accident Early Sunday Morning

Monday, August 28 by Lyman James

A fatal collision occurred on Sunday, August 27th, at 5:34 AM on I-35 northbound, mile marker 221 in Blackwell.Involved in the collision was a 2014 Toyota Tundra driven by Byron Richmond, a 44-year-old white male from Edmond. Richmond was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Oklahoma State Medical Examiner.Also involved was a 2021... Read More.

Fatality Accident on Monday Morning

Monday, May 8 by Lyman James

A tragic fatality accident occurred on the morning of May 8th at around 7:18 on South Ranch Drive, half a mile north of West Cowboy Hill Road, about five miles south of Ponca City.The accident involved a single vehicle, a 2004 Nissan Armada, driven by 24-year-old Gabino Serralde Jr, a Hispanic male from Palestine,... Read More.

Kansas Man Involved In Noble County Fatality Collision

Thursday, March 14 by Lyman James

A fatality collision occurred on Wednesday, March 13 at 5:01 p.m. on Interstate 35 at mile marker 179 in Noble County south of Perry.What happened was that 70-year-old Candace Box of Perry was traveling northbound on Interstate 35 in her 2012 Lincoln. That was when the pedestrian 80-year-old Gary Hylton of Praire Village, KS.... Read More.