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City celebrates Arbor Day - March 13, 2018
Mayor Homer Nicholson presented an Arbor Day proclamation to Park and Recreation Director Eric Newell at Monday night's City Commission meeting. The proclamation recognizes Ponca City's celebration...
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Main Street Program wins two reinvestment awards from state program - March 13, 2018
The Ponca City Main Street Program was presented two reinvestment awards Monday night from the Oklahoma Main Street program during the City Commission meeting. Buffy Hughes, head of Oklahoma Main S...
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Ryan Austin chosen as vice mayor - March 13, 2018
City Commissioner Ryan Austin, who was recently sworn in for his second three-year term, was chosen to serve as vice mayor at Monday's commission meeting. Austin was chosen to serve by a unanimous ...
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OSBI arrests Ponca City man for death threats - March 13, 2018
Monday afternoon, special agents with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation arrested a Ponca City man for making death threats to Kay County District Attorney Brian Hermanson. Agents arrested ...
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Project Amnesty continues through March 31 - March 13, 2018
Ponca City’s Project Amnesty runs through March 31, for anyone with outstanding warrants or fines dated on or before Dec. 31, 2017. This is the third amnesty program for the City of Ponca City�...
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Citywide Garage Sale Day, annual Spring Cleanup dates set - March 13, 2018
Ponca City's annual Citywide Garage Sale Day and annual Spring Cleanup dates are set for April. The Garage Sale Day will be April 14. The $5 permit fee for garage sales will be waived that day in c...
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Irish Prime Minister visits Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma; announces scholarship - March 12, 2018
DURANT – Gov. Mary Fallin on Monday helped welcome Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar to Oklahoma, where he visited with members of the Choctaw Nation, to thank their ancestors for donating mon...
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Second lawsuit filed over fatal Oklahoma gas rig explosion - March 12, 2018
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - A second wrongful death lawsuit has been filed over a natural gas rig explosion in Oklahoma that killed five men - three from Oklahoma, one from Texas and one from Colorado. ...
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Two dead, one injured in apparent slaying-suicide - March 12, 2018
WEWOKA, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma investigators say two people are dead and another injured after an apparent slaying-suicide. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says that Baylie Goodwin told p...
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Longest-serving Police Officer retires from Ponca City Police Department - March 12, 2018
Regeneia Van Arsdale’s retirement reception was held Friday afternoon at the Public Safety Center. Van Arsdale began her employment with the Ponca City Police Department in May of 1982 as a dispa...