• Oklahoma prosecutor to review Feed The Children inquiry

    Oklahoma prosecutor to review Feed The Children inquiry - March 04, 2017

    Oklahoma prosecutor to review Feed The Children inquiry (Information from: The Oklahoman, http://www.newsok.com) OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An Oklahoma prosecutor says he will act as special prosecutor an...

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  • The Latest: Fires evacuees in Norman return to homes

    The Latest: Fires evacuees in Norman return to homes - March 04, 2017

    The Latest: Fires evacuees in Norman return to homes NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - Residents who were forced out of their homes because of a wildfire in northeast Norman have been allowed to return. About 10...

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  • Several street projects to start on Monday, March 6 - March 03, 2017

    A project to mill and overlay several city streets will begin on March 6, 2017. The City of Ponca City has a contract with Evans and Associates Construction Company to perform the work on Fifth Str...

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  • New Parks and Recreation director named

    New Parks and Recreation director named - March 03, 2017

    City Manager Craig Stephenson announces that Eric Newell has been named to fill the vacant position of Parks and Recreation Director for the City of Ponca City. “We conducted a national search an...

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  • Fire Weather Watch, Red Flag Warning in effect

    Fire Weather Watch, Red Flag Warning in effect - March 03, 2017

    The National Weather service has issued a Fire Weather Watch through 8 p.m. Friday, resuming from noon to 7 p.m. Saturday. Critical fire weather conditions exist this afternoon and are expe...

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  • K9 officer detects marijuana in car on I-35

    K9 officer detects marijuana in car on I-35 - March 03, 2017

    On Wednesday, the Kay County Sheriff's Office K9 Unit, assigned to the District 8 Drug Task Force, stopped a vehicle traveling from Wichita, Kansas, to Oklahoma City on Interstate 35 for a minor traf...

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  • Former sheriff takes the stand in federal civil rights trial

    Former sheriff takes the stand in federal civil rights trial - March 03, 2017

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A former Tulsa County sheriff says an inmate who died after five days in the Tulsa Jail in 2011 wasn't mentally assessed because he was "acting up." The Tulsa World reports former...

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  • Ohio company recalls more than 40,000 pounds of veal

    Ohio company recalls more than 40,000 pounds of veal - March 03, 2017

    CRESTON, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio company has issued a recall on more than 40,000 pounds of meat. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Thursday that Ohio Farms Packing Co. is recalling severa...

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  • Texas man convicted in 2006 killing of Oklahoma man

    Texas man convicted in 2006 killing of Oklahoma man - March 03, 2017

    PURCELL, Okla. (AP) - A Texas man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2006 killing of a 74-year-old Oklahoma man. A jury in McClain County convicted 56-year-old Howard Mason...

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  • Oklahoma tribe sues oil companies in tribal court over quake

    Oklahoma tribe sues oil companies in tribal court over quake - March 03, 2017

    By SEAN MURPHY The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An Oklahoma-based Indian tribe whose historic buildings were damaged last year in the state's largest recorded earthquake has filed a lawsuit...

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