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Main Street Executive Director updates investment in downtown area - March 13, 2019
Ponca City Main Street Executive Director Chelsea McConnell presented an update Monday night to the City Commission on the agency's achievements in 2018. She said 2018 reinvestment figures showed 1...
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Walkaway prisoner captured - March 13, 2019
ATOKA, Okla. -- Oklahoma Department of Corrections Fugitive Apprehension and Investigations agents located Howard McLeod Correctional Center walkaway James E. Smith around 3 p.m. Tuesday. Smith, 39, ...
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Collections for state’s main operating fund continue to climb - March 13, 2019
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma finance officials say collections to the state's main operating fund continued to exceed projections last month, outpacing both the official estimate and last year's coll...
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Jury selection underway in murder-for-hire plot - March 13, 2019
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Jury selection is underway for an ex-Oklahoma zookeeper and former candidate for governor who's charged in an attempted murder-for-hire plot. Prospective jurors in the trial of...
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City approves variance to permit BrewFest May 4 - March 12, 2019
City Commissioners approved a request from Ponca City's Main Street Program Monday night which will allow for the serving of 2-ounce craft beer samples during BrewFest, a new event to be held May 4. ...
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No school Friday, and next week is Spring Break! - March 12, 2019
All Ponca City Public Schools and offices will be closed for spring break March 18-22. There will also be NO SCHOOL on Friday, March 15. This is a scheduled professional development day for designated...
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Mayor proclaims Arbor Day 2019 - March 12, 2019
Parks and Recreation Department Director Eric Newell and Mayor Homer Nicholson shake hands after Nicholson declared Arbor Day and Arbor Week in Ponca City. Arbor Day is an annual declaration in Pon...
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Spencer Schickram named Wildcat of the Week - March 12, 2019
Po-Hi Senior Spencer Schickram is the seventh Wildcat of the Week. “Spencer recently won the Oklahoma Wrestling State Championship in the 138 pound weight class," Superintendent Shelley Arrott sa...
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YMCA board to meet Thursday - March 12, 2019
The Board of Directors of the YMCA of Ponca City will hold a special meeting at noon Thursday at 811 East Grand Ave. The board's agenda begins with a request for an executive session with the YMCA'...
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Agents looking for missing inmate - March 12, 2019
ATOKA, Okla. -- Oklahoma Department of Corrections agents and security staff are searching for a man who walked away from the minimum-security Howard McLeod Correctional Center Monday night. At aroun...
