Fundraising Continues For Downtown Mural Design
PONCA CITY – Fundraising continues for the proposed mural design on Ponca City’s downtown grain elevator. A total of $87,125 has been raised with $12,875 left to raise as the goal is $100,000. Anyone...
View ArticleMore Debit Card Frauds Reported To Ponca City Police
PONCA CITY – The Ponca City Police Department continues to receive multiple complaints from local citizens of fraudulent ATM withdrawals or attempts at fraudulent ATM withdrawals showing up on debit...
View ArticlePeckham School Board Names Interim Superintendent
PECKHAM – The Peckham school board made the announcement at a meeting on Wednesday to select Johnie Decker as the interim school superintendent. This decision follows after allegations were brought up...
View ArticlePonca City Police Assist In Arresting Fugitive Wednesday Evening In Kaw City
NOTE: Photo of Zachary Bethel courtesy of the 8th District Attorney Office. KAW CITY -A Shidler man facing multiple felony charges in Kay and Osage counties in Oklahoma, and in the states of Texas and...
View ArticleCompete In OBI’s Bedlam Blood Battle
KAY COUNTY ─ It’s time to kick off football season and the Bedlam Blood Battle, featuring your favorite coaches on new Bedlam-themed t-shirts, free for Oklahoma Blood Institute blood donors! Healthy...
View ArticlePerry Funeral Home Asking For Public Attendance For Late Oklahoma World War...
PERRY, Okla. – Brown Dugger Funeral Home in Perry is inviting the public to attend funeral services for Herman Augusta White, a late Oklahoma World War II veteran with no surviving family. Funeral...
View ArticleFirst Week Of High School Football For Northern Oklahoma
PONCA CITY – As August comes to a close, that means it’s the time of year where pads are popping and touchdowns are scored. This Friday, Aug. 30, will feature the first high school football games...
View ArticleVendor Space Available For Newkirk’s Charlie Adams Day.
NEWKIRK – The Newkirk Chamber of Commerce is searching for a few more vendors for the upcoming Charlie Adams Day on Saturday, September 14. Booths will be open from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. with setup beginning...
View ArticleOklahoma City Woman Appears In Kay County District Court
NEWKIRK – An Oklahoma City Woman found in a Ponca City resident appeared in the Kay County District Court on Monday, August 26. According to court records, Kirsten Denise Ditata, 30, was arrested by...
View ArticleFresh Colorado Peaches In Ponca on Wednesday Morning
Cunningham Peaches, from Palisade Colorado, will be offering their fresh peaches in Ponca City on Wednesday September 4th. Peaches will be available in the Lowe’s parking lot, at 3500 North 14th from...
View ArticlePonca City Public School District Saddened Over Death of Senior High School...
PONCA CITY – The Ponca City Public School district is sad to report the death of one of its students, Braydon Aaron Rutz, on Friday, August 30, 2019. Superintendent Shelley Arrott said, “We are very...
View ArticleTexas Residents Injured In Motorcycle Collision Near Braman
BRAMAN – Four Texas residents were involved in a motorcycle collision that occurred at approximately 9:16 a.m. Monday morning on the I-35 southbound exit ramp at exit 231(US-177) 1.3 miles northwest...
View ArticlePonca City Public School Board of Education Approves Salary Increases for All...
PONCA CITY – The Ponca City Public School Board of Education voted unanimously to approve salary increases for all district employees due to additional common education funding set forth by HB 2765....
View ArticlePonca City Woman In Jail Following Charges Of Abuse And Neglect By Caretaker
NEWKIRK – A Ponca City woman was booked into the Kay County Jail on Tuesday following felony charges were filed against her. Sunshine Dawn Scott, 42, was charged on Aug. 26 with abuse and neglect by...
View ArticleWalnut Valley’s “Bob’s Place” Set to Open to Public on September 11
WINFIELD, Kan. – Organizers of the Walnut Valley Festival recently announced that Bob’s Place, at 920 west Main in Winfield, Ks., will open to the public on Sept. 11. A short ribbon-cutting ceremony...
View ArticleAcoustic Kids Showcase Continues 29-Year Tradition At Walnut Valley Festival
WINFIELD, Kan, – Sept. 20-22, the Walnut Valley Festival will give young musicians in its audience the opportunity to perform on its festival stages in Andy May’s Acoustic Kids Showcases – as it has...
View ArticleStillwater Police Asking Public To Lookout For Missing Teen
STILLWATER – Stillwater Police are asking the public to be on the lookout for Maria Elizabeth Rios, 13, of Stillwater. Rios went missing on Sept. 2, 2019, and was last seen wearing a black shirt,...
View ArticleTonkawa Fire Department/EMS Awarded New Ambulance
TONKAWA – After years of attempts, the Tonkawa Fire Department/EMS received a grant in the amount of $99,388.00 to remount a 2003 model ambulance, giving it a much-needed upgrade. Photo: Tonkawa...
View ArticleAbsentee Voting Board To Be On Duty At Tonkawa School District I-87 Election
NEWKIRK – Registered voters in Kay County who want to vote by mail absentee ballot in next Tuesday’s Tonkawa School District I-87 Special Election have missed the application deadline, County Election...
View ArticleOHP Responds To Partially Overturned Tractor In Grant County
POND CREEK – Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Trey Matthews responded to a tractor partially overturned in Grant county Wednesday afternoon. The incident happened at the intersection of Red Hill Road...
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