• Senior Diner menu for Aug. 20-23

    Senior Diner menu for Aug. 20-23 - August 15, 2019

    The Ponca City Senior Center offers noon meals on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Meals range in cost from $2 to $4 for area seniors. Reservations are required the day prior to the meal...

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  • Former Principal Chief indicted for bribery

    Former Principal Chief indicted for bribery - August 15, 2019

    MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) - The former principal chief of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation has been indicted for bribery. Federal prosecutors said Wednesday that 69-year-old George Phillip Tiger of Bristow i...

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  • Great start to school year reported by Ponca City Public School District

    Great start to school year reported by Ponca City Public School District - August 15, 2019

    The Ponca City Public School District reported a great start to the 2019-20 school year. Superintendent Shelley Arrott spent the day visiting schools, meeting students and teachers, and making sure...

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  • Tulsa church member shoots, wounds copper theft suspect

    Tulsa church member shoots, wounds copper theft suspect - August 15, 2019

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Police in Tulsa say a man apparently trying to steal copper from a north Tulsa church was shot and wounded by a church member. Police say there have been several copper thefts f...

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  • Police, deputies arrest stabbing suspect; woman accused of harboring felon

    Police, deputies arrest stabbing suspect; woman accused of harboring felon - August 15, 2019

    Officers and investigators from the Ponca City Police Department, assisted by deputies from the Kay County Sheriff’s Office,  arrested 24-year-old Ponca City resident Dylan Washington about 10:30 p...

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  • 3.4-magnitude earthquake rattles part of northern Oklahoma

    3.4-magnitude earthquake rattles part of northern Oklahoma - August 14, 2019

    MEDFORD, Okla. (AP) - No injuries were reported after a 3.4-magnitude earthquake shook a sparsely populated area of northern Oklahoma. The U.S. Geological Survey says that the quake was recorded at a...

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  • Oklahoma County jail inmate dies, was found unresponsive

    Oklahoma County jail inmate dies, was found unresponsive - August 14, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office says that it's investigating the death of a county jail inmate. The Sheriff's Office said in a Tuesday news release that 56-year-old Daryl Cl...

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  • Police apprehend suspect in fatal Oklahoma City shooting

    Police apprehend suspect in fatal Oklahoma City shooting - August 14, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Police in Oklahoma City say that a suspect is in custody in connection with the early morning shooting death of a 20-year-old man at an apartment complex on the city's northwest s...

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  • Prosecutors to seek death penalty in deaths of 2 in Texas

    Prosecutors to seek death penalty in deaths of 2 in Texas - August 14, 2019

    BELTON, Texas (AP) - Prosecutors in Texas say they will seek the death penalty for a professional MMA fighter accused in the deaths of two people whose bodies were found in a shallow grave in Oklahoma...

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  • California gang member accused of shipping guns from Oklahoma

    California gang member accused of shipping guns from Oklahoma - August 14, 2019

    FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) - Federal and local authorities say they've arrested a man in Oklahoma on suspicion of shipping firearms to his fellow gang members in Southern California. The Orange County Re...

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