• Oklahoma oil tank battery explosion kills one

    Oklahoma oil tank battery explosion kills one - January 20, 2017

    WAUKOMIS, Okla. (AP) - Officials say one person has died in an oil tank battery explosion west of Waukomis in Garfield County. The explosion occurred Wednesday evening. The Enid News and Eagle report...

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  • Body of missing 52-year-old woman found in Grand Lake

    Body of missing 52-year-old woman found in Grand Lake - January 20, 2017

    LANGLEY, Okla. (AP) - The body of a 52-year-old woman has been recovered from Grand Lake in eastern Oklahoma. The Grand River Dam Authority Police Department said in a news release that the woman's b...

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  • Flu-related death toll in Oklahoma rises by 1, total now 6

    Flu-related death toll in Oklahoma rises by 1, total now 6 - January 20, 2017

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The number of Oklahomans who've died due to the flu this flu season has risen to six with one additional death during the past week. The Oklahoma State Department of Health on Th...

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  • Bill would end use of electric chair in Oklahoma executions

    Bill would end use of electric chair in Oklahoma executions - January 20, 2017

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Use of the electric chair in Oklahoma executions would end under a bill filed in the state House. The bill filed Thursday by Republican Rep. Harold Wright lists which execution m...

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  • Report shows state improving in school internet access

    Report shows state improving in school internet access - January 20, 2017

    OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Mary Fallin on Thursday expressed appreciation for ongoing efforts to bring high-speed internet to more schools and students statewide as part of her Oklahoma Connect and...

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  • Aviation Foundation donates funds to two schools

    Aviation Foundation donates funds to two schools - January 19, 2017

      Lincoln Elementary School and West Middle School both recently received donations from the Ponca City Aviation Foundation. Steve McGuire, Chairman of the Charitable Giving Committee of th...

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  • Kaw Lake Ultimate Eagle Watch Saturday

    Kaw Lake Ultimate Eagle Watch Saturday - January 19, 2017

    10:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Eagle Viewing by Horseback (Sarge Creek Campground) Eagle Viewing by Horseback (Guides Rick Boyd and Lori Young) Bring a sack lunch and your horse! 7:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Eagle V...

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  • Misusing handicapped parking spaces will bring citations

    Misusing handicapped parking spaces will bring citations - January 19, 2017

    Citations will be written when a vehicle is found parked in a properly marked parking space, designated for those with physical disabilities, and no placard or proper license plate is visibl...

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  • New morning exercise class to begin Feb. 2

    New morning exercise class to begin Feb. 2 - January 19, 2017

    Fitness for Health, a new exercise class sponsored by the Pona City  Parks and Recreation Department, begins in February. The class will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, fro...

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  • Beekeeping club celebrating first anniversary with workshop

    Beekeeping club celebrating first anniversary with workshop - January 19, 2017

    Michael Bush, author of Practical Beekeeping, will present a workshop from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, as part of the one-year anniversary celebration/pot luck of the Western Osage C...

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