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Swim season nearly over - August 22, 2016
Wentz Pool is nearing the end of swimming season! The pool is open just for the next two weekends -- Aug. 27-28 and Sept. 3-4. It will not be open on Labor Day. Cost is $2 for adults and $1 for...
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OSBI investigating woman’s death in Vinita - August 22, 2016
At approximately 7:30 a.m. Monday, a juvenile male entered the Vinita Police Department and reported he had killed his stepmother at their Vinita home. Officers went to the home and found Laura Bet...
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Stolen school vehicle recovered - August 22, 2016
A Ponca City Schools truck was located in the 700 block of Marland Drive at 8:33 a.m. Saturday, Ponca City Police reported. The Communications Center had received a call from the school maintenance...
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Pepperettes Mother-Daughter Event set for Sunday - August 22, 2016
The annual Pepperette Mother-Daughter Event, which this year is a Luau, will be held from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday Aug. 28 at the Po-Hi Commons. Pepperettes is a social and service club for eighth an...
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Analysis shows Clinton leading the run to the White House - August 22, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hillary Clinton heads into the fall out front in enough states to give her at least a tie in the Electoral College, meaning that a victory in any of the several states now considere...
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Judge in Texas temporarily blocks Obama transgender rules - August 22, 2016
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A federal judge in Texas is blocking for now the Obama administration's directive to U.S. public schools that transgender students must be allowed to use the bathrooms and lo...
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Chamber Chat - August 22, 2016
All Chamber Members are invited to join us Friday at 11 a.m. at City Hall in the McFadden Room for our Ponca Politics Committee Meeting. During the meeting we will hear from Don Jones, the Kay Coun...
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Claremore man dies in motorcycle collision - August 22, 2016
A Claremore man was killed in a collision Sunday afternoon five miles west of Ringwood in Major County, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports. David Lyndale Dorsey, 62, of Claremore was driving a 201...
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Quinton man drowns in Skiatook Lake after jumping from boat - August 21, 2016
SKIATOOK, Okla. (AP) - The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a Quinton man has drowned in Skiatook Lake. The OHP says 30-year-old Nicolas William Birckel drowned in the lake Friday afternoon. T...
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Park, Recreation Advisory Board committee to consider kayak request - August 19, 2016
The Ponca City Park and Recreation Advisory Board received an inquiry from resident Aimee Turner Thursday night about operating her inflatable kayak on Lake Ponca. Jim Sindelar, director of the Par...
