• 101 Ranch Old Timers Association reunion Aug. 13

    101 Ranch Old Timers Association reunion Aug. 13 - July 29, 2016

    The 101 Ranch Old Timers Association will have its annual reunion and meeting at the Community Center at Marland on Aug. 13. The event opens at 9 a.m. "It's mostly a get-together with ...

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  • Crazy Days Street Party set for Thursday, Aug. 4

    Crazy Days Street Party set for Thursday, Aug. 4 - July 29, 2016

    This year’s Crazy Days Street Party, hosted by Ponca City Main Street, is set for Thursday, Aug. 4. The fun will start at 5 p.m. at the Veterans Plaza on the corner of Fourth Street and Gran...

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  • Mosquito capable of carrying Zika virus found in SW Oklahoma

    Mosquito capable of carrying Zika virus found in SW Oklahoma - July 29, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma State Department of Health says the mosquito that carries the Zika virus has been discovered in southwestern Oklahoma, but no cases of the illness have been recorded ...

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  • Stillwater mayor films mammogram ad; learns she has cancer

    Stillwater mayor films mammogram ad; learns she has cancer - July 29, 2016

    STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - The mayor of Stillwater has been diagnosed breast cancer after filming a public service announcement to promote a hospital's new 3-D mammography technology. The Stillwa...

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  • Fallin’s special session proposal faces bipartisan criticism

    Fallin’s special session proposal faces bipartisan criticism - July 29, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Gov. Mary Fallin's suggestion that lawmakers return for a special session to consider ways to increase teacher salaries is facing bipartisan criticism from legislators and eve...

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  • Help sought in phone theft at Wal-Mart

    Help sought in phone theft at Wal-Mart - July 28, 2016

    Police need the assistance of the public to identify the woman pictured here entering the Wal-Mart in Ponca City. This surveillance photograph was taken on July 24 at approximately 10:30 p.m. A cus...

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  • Three arrested as search warrant served

    Three arrested as search warrant served - July 28, 2016

    The Ponca City Police Department's Special Projects Unit served a search warrant at 403 South Oak Street at 4:10 p.m. Wednesday, with three people being arrested. Megan Duncan, 26, was arrested...

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  • E. Melvin Porter, Oklahoma’s first black state senator, dies at 86

    E. Melvin Porter, Oklahoma’s first black state senator, dies at 86 - July 28, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Family members say Oklahoma's first black state senator, who held a sit-in at the state Capitol with civil rights icon Clara Luper and fought to keep the state's only hi...

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  • More than $140 million available to return to Oklahoma agencies

    More than $140 million available to return to Oklahoma agencies - July 28, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma finance officials say more than $140 million can be reallocated to state agencies because mid-year budget cuts that were ordered amid a revenue downturn were deeper than ...

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  • Tractor-trailer crashes into turnpike building

    Tractor-trailer crashes into turnpike building - July 28, 2016

    JENNINGS, Okla. (AP) - Authorities say no workers were injured after a tractor-trailer crashed into a Turnpike Authority building on the Cimarron Turnpike in northern Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Highw...

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