• Parks and Recreation Board to meet on Thursday

    Parks and Recreation Board to meet on Thursday - August 12, 2019

    The Ponca City Parks and Recreation board will have its monthly meeting at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 15 in the Barnes Room on the second floor of City Hall, 516 East Grand Avenue. The agenda includes communic...

  •  
     
  • School registration center open on Tuesday; classes start Wednesday

    School registration center open on Tuesday; classes start Wednesday - August 12, 2019

    The Ponca City Public Schools Registration Center will be open from  8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13. Last-minute elementary registrants need to enroll before noon Tuesday in order for students ...

  •  
     
  • Gov. Stitt signs Dahm, Hilbert bill to track federal dollars in state agencies

    Gov. Stitt signs Dahm, Hilbert bill to track federal dollars in state agencies - August 12, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY – Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill to improve government transparency in a ceremony at the State Capitol last week. Senate Bill 271 was authored by Sen. Nathan Dahm (R-Broken Arrow) and ...

  •  
     
  • Healthcare Working Group to meet Wednesday

    Healthcare Working Group to meet Wednesday - August 12, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY – The bi-partisan, bi-cameral Healthcare Working Group created by House of Representatives Speaker Charles McCall (R-Atoka) and Senate President Pro-Tempore Greg Treat (R-Oklahoma City...

  •  
     
  • Lawmaker seeks public vote on overturning open carry law

    Lawmaker seeks public vote on overturning open carry law - August 12, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A Democratic lawmaker from Oklahoma City is joining forces with gun safety advocates seeking a public vote on whether to overturn a state law that will allow people in the state t...

  •  
     
  • FEMA or SBA May Cover Your Uninsured Losses

    FEMA or SBA May Cover Your Uninsured Losses - August 12, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahomans who have experienced damage during the recent severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding between May 7 – June 9 should apply for FEMA assistance ev...

  •  
     
  • Trout staff “Teach Like a Pirate”

    Trout staff “Teach Like a Pirate” - August 12, 2019

    Teach Like A Pirate was the foundation for professional development on Friday for Ponca City Public Schools teachers at Trout Elementary. They used Kagan strategies to integrate the book, Teach Like A...

  •  
     
  • New AMC drama follows Japanese American internment horror

    New AMC drama follows Japanese American internment horror - August 11, 2019

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The second season of an AMC-TV drama series follows the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II and a number of bizarre deaths haunting a community. "The Terror:...

  •  
     
  • OETA ex-fundraising arm to be audited as expenses questioned

    OETA ex-fundraising arm to be audited as expenses questioned - August 11, 2019

    (Information from: The Oklahoman, http://www.newsok.com) OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The former fundraising partner for the Oklahoma Educational Television Network will undergo a state audit after the OETA ...

  •  
     
  • 2 ordered to trial in slaying of former sheriff’s son

    2 ordered to trial in slaying of former sheriff’s son - August 11, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Two Oklahoma City men are being ordered to stand trial on first-degree murder charges in the fatal shooting of the son of a former southeastern Oklahoma sheriff. The Oklahoman re...

  •