• PCPD Sends update on incident with taser

    PCPD Sends update on incident with taser - July 12, 2016

    The Ponca City Police Department sent a news release today in regards to an incident which ocurred on June 30th. The news release includes the original release from July 1, the update sent the eveni...

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  • Revamped shopping center attracting new businesses

    Revamped shopping center attracting new businesses - July 12, 2016

    The renovated Pioneer Shopping Center at North 14th Street and Hazel, just south of Highland Avenue, is attracting new businesses. Several new tenants have moved into the revamped spaces and others...

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  • Oil fire being allowed to burn out in New Mexico

    Oil fire being allowed to burn out in New Mexico - July 12, 2016

    NAGEEZI, N.M. (AP) - Authorities say no injuries are reported from a fire at an oil production storage site in a rural area of northwestern New Mexico. Tulsa, Oklahoma-based WPX Energy says the fi...

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  • Kansas drowning victim’s body recovered from Lake Skiatook

    Kansas drowning victim’s body recovered from Lake Skiatook - July 12, 2016

    SKIATOOK, Okla. (AP) - Crews have recovered the body of a Kansas man who disappeared while swimming in Lake Skiatook on the Fourth of July. Tulsa television station KOTV reports (http://bit.ly/29T...

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  • Board approves application for community grants

    Board approves application for community grants - July 12, 2016

    Ponca City will apply for Community Development Block Grant funding of $114,471 through the state's Small Cities Set-Aside program after Ponca City's Board of Commissioners approved the applic...

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  • Commissioners approve timeline for Hutchins Memorial Auditorium demolition

    Commissioners approve timeline for Hutchins Memorial Auditorium demolition - July 12, 2016

    Ponca City's Board of Commissioners approved a request Monday night to allow staff to advertise for bids for the demolition of Hutchins Memorial Auditorium at Fifth Street and Overbrook Avenue. ...

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  • Battery leads to self-inflicted shooting July 10; two men injured

    Battery leads to self-inflicted shooting July 10; two men injured - July 12, 2016

    ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. — Two Arkansas City men were transported to South Central Kansas Medical Center on Sunday night after a battery and self-inflicted shooting in southwest Ark City. The vict...

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  • Kansas man arrested in connection with lewd acts

    Kansas man arrested in connection with lewd acts - July 12, 2016

    ARKANSAS CITY, Kansas -- A Geuda Springs, Kansas, man was arrested Friday after allegedly committing lewd acts within view of two juvenile Arkansas City females on May 31 in Arkansas City. Edwin C....

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  • Wheatheart in Blackwell needs volunteer help

    Wheatheart in Blackwell needs volunteer help - July 12, 2016

    Wheatheart Nutrition located in Blackwell needs volunteers to help with year-end data entry, said Traci DeBoard Johnson with the program. She said filing will be in August. "Even if you can on...

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  • Greek Grill open, still hiring

    Greek Grill open, still hiring - July 12, 2016

    The Greek Grill in the Hartford Shopping Center at Fourth Street and Hartford Avenue is expecting to have its grand opening in late July. It is open for customers but with the understanding that th...

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