Second Half Taxes In Kay County Due Before April 1
Kay County Treasurer Christy Kennedy would like to remind people tax payers that the 2nd half of their taxes are due before April 1 and that paying online with eCheck is free at kaycounty.org....
View ArticleTonkawa Post Office Celebrating 125th Birthday
Friday, March 9 might just sound like an ordinary day, but it’s a actually a special day for the community of Tonkawa. March 9 marks the 125th birthday of Tonkawa’s post office which opened in 1894...
View ArticleNewkirk Takedown Club Girls Place At State
The Newkirk Takedown Club Girls team attended the third annual OKWA Girls State Champions on February 15-16 and returned home to Newkirk as State Runners Up. The wrestling members for the Lady Tigers...
View ArticleNewkirk City Street Project On The Move Forward
There are a number of streets in Newkirk that are in need of repairs due to deterioration from the weather, as well as traffic and age. The city is one step closer to rehabilitating those streets as...
View ArticleTakedown Club Competes At State Tournament In Tulsa
The Newkirk Takedown Club team traveled Feb. 15-16 to attend the 41st Oklahoma Kids Wrestling Association State Tournament in Tulsa. Attending for the tigers were seven wrestlers who had to qualify the...
View ArticlePonca City Humane Society Holding Food Drive Through March
The Ponca City Humane Society is boosting its efforts to collect pet food through the end of March and is asking the public to help them feed animals in need. PCHS Director Patricia Amador said the...
View ArticleFirst Lutheran Student Named Semifinalist For GeoBee Competition
First Lutheran Seventh Grader Kyle King has been notified by the National Geographic Society that he is one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2019 National Geographic GeoBee State of...
View ArticleEast Middle School Students To Demonstrate Used Technology
The students at East Middle School in Ponca City will be demonstrating the technology they use on Tuesday, March 12. There will be snacks and random drawing giveaways. This is a part of Google Slam....
View ArticleLiles And Company Owner Recognized As ‘Achievers Under 40’
Liles and Company Boutique & Salon owner Terron Liles was named as one of Oklahoma’s “Achievers Under 40” by the Oklahoma City publication The Journal Record. 36-year-old Liles said that he stays...
View ArticleGuidlines Announced For Membership Show
The Ponca City Arts Center has recently announced the 2019 annual Membership Show guidelines. The opening reception will be on Thursday, April 11 from 5 until 7 p.m. at 819 East Central in Ponca City....
View ArticleFormer OSU Basketball Players Bought BB Guns Night Of Stillwater Incident
Affidavits from the Oklahoma State University Police Department released last Thursday indicated two teammates accused ex-Cowboy basketball player Kentrevious Jones as the main culprit in a string of...
View ArticlePayne County Considered For New Community Health Center
It will take land, a grant from the federal government and much community support, Payne County could possibly be in the front-running for a Community Health Center. Community Health Centers of...
View ArticlePonca Tribe Member Pleads Guilty To Involuntary Manslaughter
23 year-old Sage Atheakee Gomez, a member of the Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma, has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, announced Robert J. Troester of the U.S. Attorney’s Office. According to the...
View ArticleApply Early For Absentee Ballots
Voters in Kay County who want to have absentee ballots mailed to them for the April 2, School and Municipal Elections should apply now, County Election Board Secretary Chery Howard said today. Although...
View ArticleBlubaugh Elected AFR President
Scott Blubaugh of Tonkawa was elected as AFR/OFU president by voting delegates during the organization’s annual business session in Norman. Blubaugh is taking over after Terry Detrick, who served 10...
View ArticleLincoln Students Slime Assistant Principal
If you ever watched much Nickelodeon growing up, you might be familiar with “slime” being poured on people. Students at Lincoln Elementary School had a great time getting to “slime” their Assistant...
View ArticleHeavy Rains Create Flooding Concerns In Northern Oklahoma And Southern Kansas...
The good news is that Northern Oklahoma and Southern Kansas has received much needed rainfall Wednesday morning. The bad news is that the rain is likely to cause some flooding concerns throughout...
View ArticleMonday Night Fire At Continental Carbon Extinguished
A fire at Continental Carbon that at one point produced 40-foot flames was extinguished before doing any damage to the building infrastructure or equipment at the plant on Monday night. Ponca City Fire...
View ArticleBlackwell Parents And Friend Charged For Baby Abuse
Three Blackwell people are being charged with the abuse and neglect of three young children who are now in the care of DHS custody. According to KFOR-TV out of Oklahoma City, the investigation began...
View ArticleKansas Man Involved In Noble County Fatality Collision
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...
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