PCPD Searching For Vehicle Thief
Sherry Bowers Between 10am and 11am on Friday October 14 three vehicles had their side window broken and items taken while parked at the YMCA in Ponca City. The suspect vehicle appears to be a two...
View ArticlePhillips 66 Donates ST Math Grant for Ponca City Public Schools
Mary Ladd The Ponca City Public School district received a grant in excess of $600,000 from Phillips 66 to purchase ST (Spatial Temporal) Math licenses for all students in prekindergarten through 7th...
View ArticleChamber-Welcomes More New Businesses (photos)
Donnetta Conley cuts the ribbon during the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Ponca City Nutrition located at 215 E. Grand Avenue. Holding the ribbon are Rhonda Skrapke and Autumn Circle. Go by...
View ArticleGet Ready For The ‘Shakeout’
Ponca City Emergency Management The Great ShakeOut is a program developed to encourage earthquake response and awareness. Being prepared for an earthquake in Oklahoma has become very important and the...
View ArticlePlane Crash In State Injures Two
The manager of McAlester Regional Airport says two men were injured when the airplane they were in apparently lost power and went off a runway at the airport. Butch Mellor told reporters the aircraft...
View ArticleFire Dangers Greater Today
Forecasters say unseasonably warm weather and gusty winds will put parts of Oklahoma at a high risk for wildfires. A red flag warning is in effect from noon until 7 p.m. today. The National Weather...
View Article‘Big 16’ Someday? Big 12 Expansion Meeting Today
The Big 12’s university presidents and commissioner Bob Bowlsby are meeting in Dallas to discuss the possibility of adding teams to the conference. A news conference is planned for 5:30 p.m. Monday...
View ArticlePonca City Public Schools Out for Fall Break
The Ponca City Public School District will be closed on the dates listed below. Classes will resume normal schedules on Monday, October 24. Please drive safely and watch for children playing during...
View ArticleChapman, Reed earn NOC student-athlete of the week honors
Mavericks soccer student-athletes of the week at Northern Oklahoma College Tonkawa are Ashleigh Chapman, women, and Bryson Reed, men. Head Women’s Coach Juan de Dios Castillo and Head Men’s Coach...
View ArticleTakedown Club Invites You To Load Up
Ponca City Takedown Club Time to gear up AND load up for wrestling! The Ponca City Takedown Club invites you to a special fundraising Loaded Baked Potato Dinner Friday, October 28th before the...
View ArticleLocal LEO Chase Leads To Arrest
Kay County deputies were led on a chase that led to an arrest on several charges. Bureau of Indian Affairs officers say 24-year-old Christian Crazybear was driving a vehicle displaying an improper tag....
View ArticleStudents-Need FAFSA Assistance?
High School seniors planning on attending college may want to consider filling out a Free Application For Student Aid, or ‘FAFSA’. Blackwell High School will host two FAFSA completion sessions...
View ArticleLamont Woman Is Miss NOC 2017
Tara Fredrick of Lamont was crowned Miss Northern Oklahoma College Tonkawa 2017 at the dual Miss NOC Tonkawa-Miss NOC Enid Scholarship Pageant held at NOC Tonkawa. A sophomore at NOC Tonkawa, she is...
View ArticleOne Flown To OKC After Collision
A Marland man was injured in an accident just east of Ponca City. 37 year old Joseph Brown was taken to Integris Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City via MediFlight with trunk and internal injuries. 21...
View ArticlePCDA Hosts ‘Manufacturers Day’
The Ponca City Development Authority will sponsor a special event Next Friday. Manufacturers Day will include lunch by Cookshack, updates on capital projects, and a special keynote address. The new...
View ArticleWind Farming-Hot Commission Topic
Kay County commissioners will meet Monday to discuss a special TIF for wind farming. Duke Energy has already provided 40 thousand dollars for a special study. The study would determine if a Tax...
View ArticleMiss NOC Tonkawa-In Pictures
Miss Northern Oklahoma College Tonkawa 2017 Tara Fredrick of Lamont receives her crown from Miss NOC Tonkawa 2016 Shelby Cargill of Perry with a little help from Oklahoma Star Hope Bradford at...
View ArticleOHP Vehicle hit
Less than two hours after the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation hosted a press conference reminding drivers to move over and slow down, the OHP received...
View ArticleMarland’s Grand Home Centennial Articles – October 2016 (2000 to 2010)
Note: Tenth in the series of twelve monthly articles on Marland’s Grand Home. Some, but not all, of the information was taken from past articles by the P.C. News. Name Changed On May 22, 2000, the City...
View ArticleMore ‘Quakes In The State
Several earthquakes have been recorded in northwest Oklahoma during the past two days, including one of magnitude 4.0. No injuries or significant damage have been reported. The U.S. Geological Survey...
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