• Chamber holds ribbon cutting for RCB Bank Express Branch

    Chamber holds ribbon cutting for RCB Bank Express Branch - May 17, 2018

    The Ponca City Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony for RCB Bank Express Branch, located at Second Street and Chestnut Avenue. Cutting the ribbon is Jeff Cowan, along with Ike Gl...

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  • Emergency crews respond to pedestrian accident

    Emergency crews respond to pedestrian accident - May 17, 2018

    Ponca City emergency crews responded to First Street and Highland Avenue about 10 a.m. Thursday in response to a pedestrian accident. A woman fell from the overpass crossing Highland Avenue into th...

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  • Perry man injured in collision near Tonkawa

    Perry man injured in collision near Tonkawa - May 17, 2018

    TONKAWA - A driver in a one-vehicle collision was injured about 6:30 a.m. Thursday  on U.S. 77 south of Oakland, just south of the Tonkawa city limits. Moss Coleman Cook, 26, of Perry, was driving...

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  • Oklahoma City trust approves incentives for Amazon center

    Oklahoma City trust approves incentives for Amazon center - May 16, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An Oklahoma City trust has approved $1.7 million worth of incentives for Amazon in exchange for job creation and capital investment at the company's new order-fulfillment center. ...

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  • Oklahoma child welfare director resigns, citing stress

    Oklahoma child welfare director resigns, citing stress - May 16, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma's director of child services says she's resigning because of the stress of her job and the pressure of implementing a 2012 legal agreement. The Oklahoman reports that ...

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  • Dirt work continues at Jiffy Trip location

    Dirt work continues at Jiffy Trip location - May 16, 2018

    Construction workers continue with dirt work at the site of the future Jiffy Trip convenience store. It will be located at the northeast corner of the intersection of Fourteenth Street and Prospect Av...

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  • Work continues on new football locker room

    Work continues on new football locker room - May 16, 2018

    Work on the new football locker room continues at Ponca City High School. The revised district budget for construction is $3,250,000, with a Guaranteed Maximum Price of $3,049,184.50. This is also ...

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  • Sign placed for Ponca City Schools Concert Hall

    Sign placed for Ponca City Schools Concert Hall - May 16, 2018

    The sign naming the Ponca City Schools Concert Hall  has been placed in front of the new structure south of the Ponca City High School. Construction will continue on the building through the summer....

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  • OSBI arrests Pushmataha County correctional officer for second-degree rape

    OSBI arrests Pushmataha County correctional officer for second-degree rape - May 16, 2018

      On Tuesday, Pushmataha County Sheriff BJ Hedgecock requested OSBI investigative assistance due to allegations of a Pushmataha County Correctional Officer having sex with an inmate. After ...

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  • Library installing bike rack, pump station and water fountain

    Library installing bike rack, pump station and water fountain - May 16, 2018

    The Ponca City Library is installing new bike racks by the Grand Avenue entrance between Fifth Street and Sixth Street. Librarian Holly LaBossiere said the bike racks will include artistic letterin...

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