• Woman charged in ricin case released on house arrest

    Woman charged in ricin case released on house arrest - July 11, 2017

    U.S. District Court documents filed Tuesday  show Ponca City resident Danielle Dana Layman, charged with using interstate or foreign commerce with intent to commit a murder, waived her preliminary h...

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  • Osage County Sheriff’s Office investigating death of motorcyclist

    Osage County Sheriff’s Office investigating death of motorcyclist - July 11, 2017

    The Osage County Sheriff's Office reports that a caller reported a possible motorcycle accident at 10:29 a.m. Tuesday on Highway 99, south of Highway 11. Upon arrival, officers located a man who di...

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  • Reports say Ponca City woman being moved to house arrest

    Reports say Ponca City woman being moved to house arrest - July 11, 2017

    From KOCO-5: A Ponca City woman accused in a murder-for-hire plot will be moved to house arrest, KOCO 5 learned Tuesday. Danielle Dana Layman was arrested after FBI officials said she tried to h...

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  • Median work continues at Prospect and 14th

    Median work continues at Prospect and 14th - July 11, 2017

    Work continues on a project to modify the medians on Prospect Avenue and 14th Street. The $122,233 contract with Do-U-Right Construction was awarded in April with construction starting a little ove...

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  • Work begins on building for monument company

    Work begins on building for monument company - July 11, 2017

    A crew from Old School Plaster and Stucco works on remodeling a building on the southeast corner of Hartford Avenue and Fifth Street on Tuesday morning. The building previously has housed a dry cle...

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  • Young Park splash pad now open!

    Young Park splash pad now open! - July 11, 2017

    The newest splash pad in Ponca City opened Monday! This morning children Paisley Bruce, Daxten and Finley Gifford enjoyed a game of follow-the-leader through the many pieces of equipment designed to h...

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  • Inmates take 2 guards hostage in Oklahoma prison riot

    Inmates take 2 guards hostage in Oklahoma prison riot - July 11, 2017

    HINTON, Okla. (AP) - Authorities say hundreds of inmates rioted at an Oklahoma federal prison, taking two guards hostage and refusing to return to their cells. Caddo County Sheriff Lennis Miller sa...

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  • GateHands awarded Pioneer Technology Center incubator space

    GateHands awarded Pioneer Technology Center incubator space - July 11, 2017

    After winning the Business Plan Competition and Pitch-Off with the Ponca City Development Authority and Pioneer Technology Center, KB Enterprises has moved in to the PTC Business Incubator. KB Ente...

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  • ATF agents looking for video of explosion site

    ATF agents looking for video of explosion site - July 11, 2017

    BIXBY, Okla. (AP) - Federal authorities are searching for surveillance video of a commercial area that houses an Oklahoma Air Force recruiting center where an explosive device was set off. Bureau ...

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  • Board of Commissioners lacks quorum for meeting

    Board of Commissioners lacks quorum for meeting - July 11, 2017

    For the first time in years, Mayor Homer Nicholson was unable to call the Ponca City Board of Commissioners to order Monday night because of a lack of a quorum. With five members on the board, thre...

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