• Deputy switches from gun to Taser to drop knife-wielding man

    Deputy switches from gun to Taser to drop knife-wielding man - December 13, 2017

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A quick-thinking Oklahoma sheriff's deputy is being praised after using her Taser instead of a handgun to subdue a knife-wielding man who later said he was trying to provoke a shoo...

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  • Holiday reminders …

    Holiday reminders … - December 13, 2017

    Until Dec. 31, the Festival of Angels Light Display throughout Ponca City and at Cann Gardens and around the Lake Ponca Duck Ponds will be available for viewing The deadline for Santa's mailbox...

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  • Campaign aims to create USS Oklahoma City submarine tribute

    Campaign aims to create USS Oklahoma City submarine tribute - December 13, 2017

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A campaign has been launched to create a tribute to Oklahoma's naval history featuring the USS Oklahoma City submarine. The Oklahoman reports that architect Don Beck will be pr...

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  • Two take City Commission seats without election - December 13, 2017

    Two members of Ponca City's Board of Commissioners will be seated in March without an election. Commissioner Ryan Austin, who holds Seat 4, did not face an opponent when filing for the office close...

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  • Time capsule to be buried at Marland’s Grand Home

    Time capsule to be buried at Marland’s Grand Home - December 13, 2017

    The Friends of Marland’s Grand Home invite the public to attend the burial of a time capsule at Marland’s Grand Home, 1000 East Grand Avenue at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16. The capsule will be bur...

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  • Santa’s Stash clues for Dec. 13

    Santa’s Stash clues for Dec. 13 - December 13, 2017

    Each day we will update this list of clues until someone wins the Santa Stash Contest. Call in during the morning shows on KLOR (99.3 FM)  and KPNC (100.7 FM) between 8:30 and 9 a.m. when you hear t...

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  • NOC continues Greater Gifts campaign

    NOC continues Greater Gifts campaign - December 12, 2017

    TONKAWA -- The Northern Oklahoma College Foundation is continuing to grow, thanks to financial support from those who provide assistance to students and programs at NOC. The Greater Gifts Drive is...

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  • Singer of novelty song welcomes hippopotamus to Oklahoma

    Singer of novelty song welcomes hippopotamus to Oklahoma - December 12, 2017

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma City native Gayla Peevey has welcomed another hippopotamus to the city's zoo, more than 60 years after her song about wanting one for Christmas helped the facility purcha...

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  • Connie Johnson to Speak to Kay County Democratic Party

    Connie Johnson to Speak to Kay County Democratic Party - December 12, 2017

    The Kay County Democratic Party will meet at 7 p.m. Dec. 21 at the Fireside Room in the Carolyn Renfro Event Center, 441 Fairview in Ponca City. The guest speaker for the meeting is candidate for gov...

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  • City of Ponca City offers amnesty program on warrants

    City of Ponca City offers amnesty program on warrants - December 12, 2017

    Project Amnesty will be held Feb. 1, 2018, through March 31, 2018, for anyone with outstanding warrants or fines dated on or before Dec. 31, 2017. This is only the third amnesty program for the Cit...

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