• Senior Diner menus for Aug. 27-30

    Senior Diner menus for Aug. 27-30 - August 22, 2019

    The Senior Diner, which provides lunches at the Ponca City Senior Center, has posted menus for Aug. 27-30. Lunch is served at 11:30 a.m. each day. The center is at 319 West Grand Avenue. TUESDAY, A...

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  • Police seek suspect vehicle in Saturday night hit-and-run accident

    Police seek suspect vehicle in Saturday night hit-and-run accident - August 22, 2019

    ARKANSAS CITY, Kan.  — The Arkansas City Police Department is seeking a suspect vehicle in connection with a hit-and-run accident Aug. 17 on 11th Street in Arkansas City. A dark blue 2000 to 200...

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  • It’s critical to monitor children’s online activity

    It’s critical to monitor children’s online activity - August 22, 2019

    By Ponca City Police Chief Don Bohon As law enforcement officers, we have seen the questions we are asked, and the topics we are asked to talk about most frequently, change over time. Over the ...

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  • Bicyclist injured in accident dies

    Bicyclist injured in accident dies - August 22, 2019

    The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports that Trenton Hayes Riff, 23, of Ponca City, has died of injuries he suffered when his bicycle was struck by a vehicle on Aug. 12. Riff had been transported to We...

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  • Two Kay County roadways shut down by rain damage

    Two Kay County roadways shut down by rain damage - August 22, 2019

    Two Kay County roadways that have been shut down due to damage from the rains the last two days. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports T Street between Coleman Road and Hubbard Road is closed becaus...

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  • Tonkawa crews working to restore power

    Tonkawa crews working to restore power - August 22, 2019

    TONKAWA --A power outage caused by significant storm damage has affected the 400 to 600 blocks of North Sixth Street and North Seventh Street in Tonkawa, Tonkawa Police announced about 7:30 this morni...

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  • Attorney who represented Timothy McVeigh disbarred

    Attorney who represented Timothy McVeigh disbarred - August 21, 2019

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - The Colorado attorney who represented Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh has been disbarred. The Gazette reported Tuesday that the Colorado Office of Attorney Regul...

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  • Judge expected to rule Monday in opioid case

    Judge expected to rule Monday in opioid case - August 21, 2019

    NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - An Oklahoma judge is expected to rule next week on whether consumer products company Johnson & Johnson helped fuel the state's opioid epidemic in the first such case against a...

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  • Prosecutors seek death sentence in deputy’s shooting

    Prosecutors seek death sentence in deputy’s shooting - August 21, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Prosecutors are asking jurors to return a death sentence for a man convicted of shooting an Oklahoma sheriff's deputy to death. The sentencing phase of the trial of 47-year-old...

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  • Former councilman pleads guilty to not filing tax returns

    Former councilman pleads guilty to not filing tax returns - August 21, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A former Oklahoma City councilman accused of not filing state income tax returns for nine years has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of failing to file income tax returns. ...

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