• Mother sentenced to life in attack on daughter

    Mother sentenced to life in attack on daughter - May 17, 2019

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma woman accused of stabbing her 11-year-old daughter 50 to 70 times, hitting her in the head with an ax and then setting their home on fire has been sentenced to life i...

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  • The 2019 Class of Ponca City High School graduates tonight!

    The 2019 Class of Ponca City High School graduates tonight! - May 17, 2019

    The Ponca City High School Graduating Class of 2019 is proud to announce Joshua Grant Fairbanks as the Valedictorian and Shae Angelina Burden and Katherine Laine Parr as the Salutatorians. Graduatio...

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  • Prekindergarten Class Wins Attendance Competition

    Prekindergarten Class Wins Attendance Competition - May 17, 2019

     Washington Prekindergarten Center held an attendance competition this year.  Mrs. Soutter’s class won with the most perfect days of whole class attendance.  Their reward was a trip to the donut ...

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  • Remembering Fallen Officers

    Remembering Fallen Officers - May 17, 2019

    In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed Public Law 87-726 designating May 15 as Peace Officers' Memorial Day, and the week in which May 15 falls as National Police Week. According to the Officer ...

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  • Today’s the deadline to register to vote for Ponca City Special Election

    Today’s the deadline to register to vote for Ponca City Special Election - May 17, 2019

    Friday, May 17, is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the June 11, 2019, Ponca City Municipal Special Election in Kay County, Election Board Secretary Cher...

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  • OU Regents say Law School Dean Joseph Harroz Jr. will serve as interim president

    OU Regents say Law School Dean Joseph Harroz Jr. will serve as interim president - May 17, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A law school dean will serve as University of Oklahoma's interim president following the sudden resignation of the school's current leader, who'd served less than a year in his ro...

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  • NOC Regents renew contract with President Cheryl Evans

    NOC Regents renew contract with President Cheryl Evans - May 17, 2019

    ENID --   The Northern Oklahoma College Board of Regents met on Tuesday at their monthly Regents meeting at NOC Enid. Chair Chad Dillingham presided over meeting with Regents Jeff Cowan, Jodi Cline,...

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  • Tonkawa experiencing low water pressure - May 17, 2019

    The Tonkawa Police Department has issued an alert for Tonkawa residents: "You may experience low water pressure while a water main is being repaired. We will have it fixed as soon as possible. Than...

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  • Carla Fry named OAESP 2019 State Principal of Excellence 

    Carla Fry named OAESP 2019 State Principal of Excellence  - May 16, 2019

    Carla Fry, principal at Trout Elementary, has been selected as the OAESP State Principal of Excellence, the Ponca City Public School district has been notified. Fry was named a finalist for this pr...

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  • School board schedules special meetings

    School board schedules special meetings - May 16, 2019

    The Ponca City Board of Education has tentatively scheduled a special board meeting for Monday, May 20, 2019, at noon. The primary purpose of the meeting is to approve an encumbrance for emergency ...

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