• Pancake breakfast coming Saturday in Blackwell

    Pancake breakfast coming Saturday in Blackwell - May 13, 2016

    An all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast will be held from 7 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the Blackwell VFW. Cost is $5 per person. The VFW is at 1006 West Ferguson in Blackwell....

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  • Great Big Band to perform at The Poncan Theatre

    Great Big Band to perform at The Poncan Theatre - May 12, 2016

    The "Great Big Band" from Perry will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 26, at The Poncan Theatre. Director Bill Rotter said the group will perform a different program from their usual repert...

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  • Man faces charges after abandoning wrecked vehicle

    Man faces charges after abandoning wrecked vehicle - May 12, 2016

    Ponca City Police arrested 22-year-old Brantley Avallone at 11:50 p.m. Monday in the 400 block of South Osage Street on complaints of child endangerment, eluding police, leaving the scene of a proper...

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  • Drowning deaths of two men under investigation - May 12, 2016

    The Oklahoma Highway Patrol is continuing its investigation into the drowning deaths of two men on a private pond in McCurtain County. The incident, or incidents, occured Tuesday at an unknown time,...

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  • Two injured in accident near Tonkawa

    Two injured in accident near Tonkawa - May 12, 2016

    Two Ponca City residents were injured in a collision just before 8 a.m. Thursday on North Avenue, a half-mile east of Q Street, three miles east of Tonkawa. Zachrey Louis Schroff, 21, was transported...

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  • NOC President’s Cup golf tournament Saturday

    NOC President’s Cup golf tournament Saturday - May 12, 2016

    Northern Oklahoma College is holding its 2016 President's Cup Golf Classic this Saturday, May 14, at Lew Wentz Golf Course. This four person best ball scramble starts at 10 a.m. It's not too late...

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  • Mother of slain teen lobbies to kill Oklahoma gun bills

    Mother of slain teen lobbies to kill Oklahoma gun bills - May 12, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A mother from Lawton whose 19-year-old university student son was shot and killed in Oklahoma City in 2009 is among those urging state lawmakers to defeat a bill that would allow ...

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  • Solar plane’s next leg of global trip – Arizona to Oklahoma

    Solar plane’s next leg of global trip – Arizona to Oklahoma - May 12, 2016

    GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) - A solar-powered airplane that landed in Arizona last week is headed to Oklahoma on the latest leg of its around-the-world journey. The Swiss-made Solar Impulse 2 took off from ...

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  • Broadcasters can sue for Mixon video, Oklahoma court says

    Broadcasters can sue for Mixon video, Oklahoma court says - May 12, 2016

    NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - The Oklahoma Supreme Court says a state broadcasters' association can sue for the release of surveillance video that was used in an assault case against Oklahoma running back Joe ...

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  • Guns are banned, but are Oklahoma lawmakers packing?

    Guns are banned, but are Oklahoma lawmakers packing? - May 12, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Even as construction workers and employees wait to pass through metal detectors at the entrances to the Oklahoma Capitol, some lawmakers now regularly skirt the weapons screening ...

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