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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...
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Oklahoma lawmakers mull using trust funds for teacher raises - March 12, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma lawmakers are looking into giving teachers pay raises or bonuses without raising taxes by tapping into $2.4 billion in trust funds managed by the Commissioners of the Lan...
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OSBI Offers Reward in Okemah 2012 Homicide Case - March 12, 2018
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is renewing a reward in a homicide case in Okemah, hoping the money will encourage someone with knowledge of the crime to come forward. On Octob...
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Ponca City Board of Education supports teachers; to discuss possible walkout - March 12, 2018
The Ponca City Public Schools Board of Education will vote on a resolution at their meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, March 12, to support a salary increase for public school teachers and encourage the Oklaho...
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Man’s body discovered Saturday - March 12, 2018
The discovery of a deceased’s man’s body was reported to the Ponca City Police Department at approximately 4:20 p.m. Saturday behind businesses in the wooded area of the 1100 block of East Prospec...
