• Oklahoma City approves $25,000 excessive force settlement

    Oklahoma City approves $25,000 excessive force settlement - March 26, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma City Council has approved a $25,000 settlement in an excessive force lawsuit against a former police officer who is serving a 236-year sentence for rape and other...

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  • Preservationist hopes  to restore Boley bank hit by ‘Pretty Boy’ Floyd’s gang

    Preservationist hopes to restore Boley bank hit by ‘Pretty Boy’ Floyd’s gang - March 26, 2019

    BOLEY, Okla. (AP) — The founder of a historical preservation nonprofit says a building in central Oklahoma connected to one of the nation’s most infamous bank robbers of the 20th century could soo...

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  • Restaurant manager charged with killing abusive customer

    Restaurant manager charged with killing abusive customer - March 26, 2019

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Police say an Oklahoma restaurant manager has been charged with killing an abusive customer after reporting he spit on and threatened her, left and then returned. Tulsa County...

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  • Hunter announces $270 million settlement with opioid producer Purdue Pharma

    Hunter announces $270 million settlement with opioid producer Purdue Pharma - March 26, 2019

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter says a $270 million settlement with OxyContin producer Purdue Pharma is just “the first step” in the fight to end the opioid addiction c...

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  • Allbaugh applauds law enforcement after GPS walkaway arrest

    Allbaugh applauds law enforcement after GPS walkaway arrest - March 26, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Joe M. Allbaugh applauds the work of law enforcement officers from multiple agencies who worked together to bring a GPS walkaway into cust...

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  • City awards audit contract to Topeka CPA firm

    City awards audit contract to Topeka CPA firm - March 26, 2019

    The City of Ponca City awarded a contract for the audit of financial statements for Fiscal Year 2018-19 (year ending June 30, 2019) to Berberich Trahan & Co., P.A. Certified Public Accountants, of...

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  • RecPlex ordering 35 pieces of new equipment

    RecPlex ordering 35 pieces of new equipment - March 26, 2019

    The RecPlex has gotten approval from city commissioners to purchase 35 pieces of new cardio equipment from Push Pedal Pull of Tulsa for $223,387.02. In evaluating the existing equipment, 16 of 57 pie...

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  • Commissioners approve Turner Street improvements

    Commissioners approve Turner Street improvements - March 26, 2019

    City commmissioners approved a contract Monday night for improvements to Turner Street from Donner north  to Prospect Avenue, a total of 1,855 feet. The road will be reconstructed and will include ...

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  • Commissioners approve rezoning petition

    Commissioners approve rezoning petition - March 26, 2019

    Ponca City's Board of Commissioners approved a rezoning petition for 109 West Prospect Monday night to rezone the property from R-2 two-family residential to C-2 General Commercial. During a public ...

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  • Roustabout benefit show March 30

    Roustabout benefit show March 30 - March 26, 2019

    TONKAWA -- The Northern Oklahoma College Division of Fine Arts presents the Roustabouts Benefit Show Saturday, March 30 in the Kinzer Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. The show will consist of th...

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