• School district to offer after-school daycare services

    School district to offer after-school daycare services - June 10, 2019

    Since the closure of the Ponca City YMCA, the Ponca City Public School System has recognized the need in the community for after-school daycare services for working parents. The district has decide...

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  • Helicopter pilot dies in Manhattan crash

    Helicopter pilot dies in Manhattan crash - June 10, 2019

    NEW YORK (AP) - The New York City Fire Department says the pilot of a helicopter that crashed on a Manhattan skyscraper rooftop has died. The Fire Department says the helicopter crash landed on the...

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  • Ponca City man to serve 40 years for child pornography

    Ponca City man to serve 40 years for child pornography - June 10, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY -- Steven Mario Alford Orecchio, 46, of Ponca City, has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for distributing on the Internet videos of his own graphic sexual abuse of minors, an...

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  • Rider of motorized bicycle transported to OU Medical Center after accident

    Rider of motorized bicycle transported to OU Medical Center after accident - June 10, 2019

    The rider of a motorized bicycle who was struck by another vehicle about midnight Monday was transported to an Oklahoma City hospital in critical but stable condition, Ponca City Police Captain Randy ...

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  • Alicia Andrews elected chair of state Democratic Party

    Alicia Andrews elected chair of state Democratic Party - June 10, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma Democratic Party has elected a Tulsa real estate agent as its new chairman, the first time an African American has been elected leader of the party in the state. A...

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  • Seven more counties approved for federal disaster assistance

    Seven more counties approved for federal disaster assistance - June 10, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt says federal disaster assistance has been approved for seven more counties affected by severe storms, flooding and tornadoes. Stitt says residents and...

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  • Oklahoma City Police fatally shoot man firing at vehicles on I-35

    Oklahoma City Police fatally shoot man firing at vehicles on I-35 - June 10, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Police in Oklahoma City say they fatally shot a man who was shooting at vehicles along an interstate. Investigators say at least four vehicles on Interstate 35 were struck by g...

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  • Audrey Schmitz exhibits art at Wichita National Exhibition

    Audrey Schmitz exhibits art at Wichita National Exhibition - June 10, 2019

    TONKAWA -- Five new ceramic works by Tonkawa artist Audrey Schmitz were selected by jurors Marko Fields and Diego Valles for “Art of Clay - Wichita National Exhibition” currently on view at Mark A...

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  • Chamber Chat

    Chamber Chat - June 10, 2019

    Please VOTE Yes on Tuesday for the new Police Station. We will have a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at 2 p.m. Friday, June 14, for Gamemasters Guild located at 109 North First Street. Please join us an...

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  • Albuquerque eyes Route 66 upgrades in ‘forgotten’ part

    Albuquerque eyes Route 66 upgrades in ‘forgotten’ part - June 09, 2019

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico's largest city is upgrading its portion of the historic Route 66 Highway. KRQE-TV reports that officials in Albuquerque want to see improvements to a barren stretc...

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