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Crime Stoppers offers reward to identify individual - June 12, 2019
On June 2, 2019, at approximately 9:29 hours, this male entered Wal-Mart at 1101 E. Prospect Ave. and used a stolen debit card. Officers are asking for the public's assistance in identifying the indi...
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U.S. to use Army base in Oklahoma to shelter migrant children - June 12, 2019
LAWTON, Okla. (AP) - The federal government will be opening a facility at an Army base in Oklahoma to house migrant children and is considered a customs port in southern New Mexico as another option a...
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Voters approve tax for Public Safety Center - June 11, 2019
Ponca City voters gave a wide majority of "yes" votes to fund the proposed Public Safety Center. With all precincts, absentee mail ballots and early voting ballots counted at 7:55 p.m. Tuesday, the...
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Some residents protest Tulsa County immigration contract renewal - June 11, 2019
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Some residents are protesting the Tulsa County Sheriff's decision to renew a partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to investigate people suspected of being in t...
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Mayor Nicholson Receives APPA’s Public Official Award - June 11, 2019
Mayor Homer Nicholson received the Spence Vanderlinden Public Official Award at the American Public Power Association’s national conference in Austin, Texas. This award recognizes elected or appoint...
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Two companies proposing a $1.6 billion pipeline to move North Dakota crude oil - June 11, 2019
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Two companies are proposing a $1.6 billion pipeline to move North Dakota crude oil, though the route has not been disclosed. The proposed pipeline would be the biggest such pr...
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Free Friday Family Films to continue on June 14 in Newkirk - June 11, 2019
NEWKIRK — The 2019 Outdoor Family Movie Series will continue June 14 in Newkirk with a showing of a Disney hit on the Kay County Courthouse lawn, 201 S. Main St. The 2018 animated feature “Ralp...
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Services Friday for Fred Boettcher - June 11, 2019
Frederick Lawrence “Fred” Boettcher, long-time Ponca City resident, community leader and philanthropist, died peacefully Sunday, June 9, 2019, at his home surrounded by his family. He was 80. A...
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Three Arkansas City residents arrested for methamphetamine - June 11, 2019
ARKANSAS CITY, Kansas — The Arkansas City Police Department arrested three Arkansas City residents Wednesday on suspicion of drug charges after executing a search warrant. Branden Diane Eagan, 3...
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Ponca City voters go to the polls Tuesday on Public Safety Center - June 10, 2019
Ponca City voters will vote on an ordinance imposing a 0.833 percent excise tax (sales and use tax) to be used to fund public safety capital expenditures. The tax would be in addition to all presen...