• YMCA memberships half off in January

    YMCA memberships half off in January - January 04, 2018

    The Ponca City YMCA is currently offering 50 percent off memberships for new members who join in January. New members who sign up for at least three months, will receive the 50 percent discount spe...

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  • Oklahoma utility regulators consider request for rate cut

    Oklahoma utility regulators consider request for rate cut - January 04, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma utility regulators are considering a request by the state's attorney general to reduce customer rates from electricity and natural gas providers who could save up to $100...

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  • Missing pilot was unresponsive, NORAD reports

    Missing pilot was unresponsive, NORAD reports - January 04, 2018

    FREEPORT, Texas (AP) - Officials say the pilot of a small plane that disappeared over the Gulf of Mexico was unresponsive and may have been suffering from a lack of oxygen. He took off from Oklahom...

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  • Route being finalized for $4.5 billion Oklahoma wind farm project

    Route being finalized for $4.5 billion Oklahoma wind farm project - January 04, 2018

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - The route for a $4.5 billion wind farm project in Oklahoma is being finalized. The Wind Catcher Energy Connection project includes a wind farm, a 350-mile power line and two sub...

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  • Coast Guard searching Gulf of Mexico for missing plane

    Coast Guard searching Gulf of Mexico for missing plane - January 04, 2018

    FREEPORT, Texas (AP) - The U.S. Coast Guard is searching the Gulf of Mexico for a small plane that didn't land at its scheduled location in Central Texas and stopped responding to air traffic controll...

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  • Bridge project to close Hubbard Road for up to six months

    Bridge project to close Hubbard Road for up to six months - January 03, 2018

    A bridge replacement project on Hubbard Road, west of Waverly Street, will close Hubbard Road for up to six months, beginning Jan. 9. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation has contracted with B...

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  • Police seek two suspects in Lowe’s robbery

    Police seek two suspects in Lowe’s robbery - January 03, 2018

    Two men entered the Lowe’s store in Ponca City at approximately 2:10 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. Once inside, they acted together to take a Porter Cable Tool Combo Kit and a Hitachi Tool Co...

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  • State Health Department submits plan for budget cuts

    State Health Department submits plan for budget cuts - January 03, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma State Department of Health has proposed large budget cuts through layoffs and program cuts. The Oklahoman reports that the proposal would cut the department's budg...

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  • Man’s body found in frozen Oklahoma pond

    Man’s body found in frozen Oklahoma pond - January 03, 2018

    ADA, Okla. (AP) - An Oklahoma sheriff says the body of a 20-year-old man who was last seen at a New Year's Eve party was found in a frozen pond near Ada. Pontotoc County Sheriff John Christian tell...

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  • Costs at new Tulsa jail expected to jump

    Costs at new Tulsa jail expected to jump - January 03, 2018

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Tulsa officials say the city's new jail may cost hundreds of thousands of dollars more a year to operate than originally predicted when it opens in March. A spokeswoman from May...

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