• Oklahoma state senator plans to resign, attorney says

    Oklahoma state senator plans to resign, attorney says - March 21, 2017

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The attorney for a Republican state senator from Oklahoma City charged with felony child prostitution says his client plans to resign by Wednesday evening. Attorney Ed Blau tol...

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  • Oklahoma wildfire destroys 9 homes, forces evacuations

    Oklahoma wildfire destroys 9 homes, forces evacuations - March 21, 2017

    LONGTOWN, Oklahoma (AP) - Fire officials are suggesting a blaze that has destroyed at least nine homes in eastern Oklahoma and forced the evacuation of more than 100 others may have been intentionally...

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  • Osage Nation voters approve redefinition of marriage

    Osage Nation voters approve redefinition of marriage - March 21, 2017

    PAWHUSKA, Okla. (AP) - The Osage Nation has voted to change the definition of marriage in an election that drew an overwhelming number of absentee ballots. The tribe will now define marriage as a u...

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  • Golf & Guitars fundraiser this Friday

    Golf & Guitars fundraiser this Friday - March 20, 2017

    The Ponca City Arts and Humanities Council will host its annual Golf & Guitars fundraiser and concert on Friday, March 24, at Wentz Golf Course, 2928 L.A. Cann Drive, in Ponca City. The four-p...

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  • Tulsa officer kills woman with patrol car during gun battle

    Tulsa officer kills woman with patrol car during gun battle - March 20, 2017

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A Tulsa police officer used a patrol car to run over and kill a woman who was in a shootout with police. Sgt. Dave Walker told reporters that 21-year-old Madison Sueann Dickson ...

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  • Report cites Oklahoma veterans center, staff in man’s death

    Report cites Oklahoma veterans center, staff in man’s death - March 20, 2017

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A report on the death of a U.S. Navy veteran at the Oklahoma Veterans Center in Talihina says the center didn't properly protect him and the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs...

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  • ORU students log 3 billion steps on Fitbit devices

    ORU students log 3 billion steps on Fitbit devices - March 20, 2017

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Oral Roberts University says the use of Fitbit activity trackers has proven to be a good fit within the school's requirement that students take part in health and fitness activitie...

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  • Chamber Chat

    Chamber Chat - March 20, 2017

    Friday we will have our Ponca Politics Forum with our Oklahoma legislators Sen. Eddie Fields, Rep. SteveVaughan and Rep. John Pfeiffer at noon in the City Commission Chambers at City Hall. E...

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  • Norman police issue arrest warrant in fatal shooting

    Norman police issue arrest warrant in fatal shooting - March 19, 2017

    Norman police issue arrest warrant in fatal shooting NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - Police in Norman have issued an arrest warrant for a 19-year-old man in connection with a fatal shooting at an apartment comp...

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  • Vacant Oklahoma home where 5 family members killed burns

    Vacant Oklahoma home where 5 family members killed burns - March 19, 2017

    Vacant Oklahoma home where 5 family members killed burns BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) - The two-story vacant home where five family members were murdered has been heavily damaged in an early-morning fire...

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