The Ponca City East Middle School Band earned one Superior rating and two Excellent ratings (resulting in an overall Excellent rating) and a Superior rating in Sight-Reading at the OSSAA State Middle School Contest held at Edmond Santa Fe High School. The group performed The Cliffs of Mendocino by Alan Lee Silva and Excelsior!... Read More.
Pictured is the combined choir from East and West Middle Schools performing on stage at Deer Creek High School. Katie Nichols is directing and Chad Keilman is the piano accompanist. (Photo credit: Isabel Mazurier, Po-Hi Yearbook Editor)
On Tuesday, March 11, the combined Ponca City East and West Middle School choir achieved outstanding success at... Read More.
TULSA, Okla. -A Tulsa County judge overruled a previous decision to dismiss the charges against three Sperry High School students accused of rape by instrumentation.On Friday, prosecutors appealed a previous decision to dismiss the case and the district judge agreed saying that prosecutors had the discretion to charge the students as... Read More.
The Ponca City East Middle School Orchestra earned two superior ratings and one excellent rating (resulting in an overall superior rating) and a superior rating in sight-reading Tuesday afternoon at the OSSAA District Orchestra Contest held at Edmond Santa Fe High School. Since the orchestra received superior ratings in both the stage performance and... Read More.
The Ponca City High School Symphonic Orchestra earned straight superior ratings on stage and in sight-reading Wednesday afternoon at the OSSAA State Orchestra Contest held at Edmond Santa Fe High School. Since the orchestra received superior ratings at their fall contest, the group has earned the OSSAA Sweepstakes Award. This award is the highest... Read More.
A Hugo Middle School teacher has been arrested and accused of abusing students with special needs, according to the Choctaw County Sheriff's Office.Court records show Yolanda Dunbar is facing two counts of child abuse.Authorities say Dunbar is one of five teachers caught on camera hitting, slapping, pinching, and kicking a 12-year-old and a 14-year-old student.It remains unclear... Read More.
BLAIR, OKLA (KOKH) — A former high school teacher was arrested for second-degree rape in Blair, Oklahoma.The Blair Police Department requested the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation's (OSBI) help in an investigation involving possible misconduct between a student and a teacher at Blair High School.A search warrant was executed at 30-year-old Brittany Lee Gray's residence.She... Read More.