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City of Ponca City provides update on Broadband service

Wednesday, April 20 by Lyman James

The construction bid for Phase 4 and 5 has been awarded to Trans-Tel Central, LLC, headquartered in Norman, OK. They are in the process of setting up the offices and warehouse, and anticipate beginning the actual construction process on 4/25/22. Phase 4 and 5 consist of all homes and businesses on the East side of... Read More.

OSDH releases COVID-19 update

Thursday, February 10 by Lyman James

The Oklahoma State Department of Health released new information regarding COVID-19 cases for this week.Kay County's seen 309 new COVID-19 cases. Kay County's seen 11,768 COVID-19 cases since March 2020. As of February 9, 53% of Kay County's age 5+ population, as well as 85.2% of the age 65+ population, have received at least... Read More.

PCPS Superintendent Shelley Arrott shares COVID-19 update

Tuesday, January 18 by Lyman James

PCPS Families,After a tumultuous week last week with Omicron, we have many students and staff members returning to school tomorrow, January 18, 2022. Unfortunately, we are beginning to receive a great deal of information of additional students and staff who have tested positive over the weekend, or who are symptomatic. We continue to analyze... Read More.

Important update for this weekend’s Top of OK Jamboree

Tuesday, October 5 by Lyman James

The Top of OK Jamboree has shared this important update for this weekend's event in Blackwell: The Top of Oklahoma Jamboree is dedicated to the health & safety of fans, staff and artists. Providing as close to a normal music event experience as possible is our goal while also maintaining everyone's safety. We are closely... Read More.

PCPS reports 33 new COVID-19 cases in weekly update

Monday, August 30 by Lyman James

Ponca City Public Schools shared a COVID-19 weekly update on Sunday, and 33 new positive cases were reported between August 23-27. PCPS also noted 181 close contacts and 214 total affected. A total of 10 PCPS staff members are out due to COVID as of August 29. This includes two for Po-Hi and one each... Read More.

Stakeholders meet to discuss Hazard Mitigation Plan update

Thursday, July 29 by Lyman James

Stakeholders of the Ponca City Hazard Mitigation Plan committee met Monday to discuss the City of Ponca City’s and Ponca City Public School systems Hazard Mitigation Plan update. Stakeholders discussed hazards with the greatest concern in our community as well as ways to provide tools, resources and data to a make our community more resilient... Read More.

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.

OSDH COVID-19 Update For Tuesday, June 29

Wednesday, June 30 by Lyman James

The Oklahoma State Department of Health documented 85 new COVID-19 cases and two provisional deaths statewide for Tuesday.Oklahoma has seen an overall total of 457,575 COVID-19 CDC cases, 8,600 provisional deaths and 26,806 hospitalizations. The latest data shows that there are 1,505 active COVID-19 cases in the state.Out of the 1,505 active COVID-19 cases,... Read More.

COVID-19 update from OSDH

Tuesday, June 22 by Lyman James

The Oklahoma State Department of Health on Monday reported 151 new COVID-19 cases statewide to put the overall total of cases since March 2020 to 455,535. Statewide, there are 1,291 active cases. The statewide death toll is at 7,354.OSDH on Monday reported that Kay County ranks 18th in the state in total of of... Read More.

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.