• School district hosting suicide prevention speaker

    School district hosting suicide prevention speaker - January 18, 2016

    Ponca City Public Schools will be hosting Dr. Kym Puga to speak to secondary school students, staff and parents about suicide prevention. Puga will meet with East Middle School students at 9...

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  • Chamber Chat

    Chamber Chat - January 18, 2016

    We will have a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at 11 a.m. Tuesday for Danny’s BBQ Head Quarters, located at 1217 E. Prospect. Please join us and see the great improvements the Heads have made to the...

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  • Library offers craft and storytime

    Library offers craft and storytime - January 18, 2016

    The Ponca City Public Library offers storytime and craft time twice this week. The activities take place in the program room of the library at 515 East Grand. The programs are from 11 a.m. to noon Ja...

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  • New officer sworn in

    New officer sworn in - January 18, 2016

    Jenny White recites the Oath of a Police Officer as Municipal Judge William Kirkpatrick administers. White, a Ponca City native, graduated from the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training i...

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  • The Poncan Theatre needs volunteers

    The Poncan Theatre needs volunteers - January 18, 2016

    The Poncan Theatre is looking for great volunteers who are interested in helping at its many events from concerts, theater productions, movies and much more. All volunteer positions require yo...

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  • Mulch available starting Jan. 22

    Mulch available starting Jan. 22 - January 18, 2016

    The Christmas tree recycling area, located across the street from the Recycling Center on West Prospect Avenue, has closed for the season. The old Christmas trees will be turned into mulch for garde...

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  • More quakes rattle Oklahoma but state avoids tough measures

    More quakes rattle Oklahoma but state avoids tough measures - January 18, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma and Kansas changed their drilling regulations amid a rise in the number of earthquakes last year, but only Kansas has seen a marked drop in the number of temblors. An A...

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  • Two counties designated as high drug trafficking areas

    Two counties designated as high drug trafficking areas - January 18, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - McIntosh and Pittsburg Counties in eastern Oklahoma have been officially designated as high drug trafficking areas - a federal designation that should make additional funds availa...

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  • Reward offered in elk’s death

    Reward offered in elk’s death - January 18, 2016

    TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) - A nonprofit is offering a $1,000 reward for information about the death of a nearly 9-year-old elk killed in a nature preserve near Tahlequah. The Tulsa World reports (http://...

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  • Two die in turnpike crash

    Two die in turnpike crash - January 18, 2016

    NEWCASTLE, Okla. (AP) - The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says two people were killed in a two-vehicle collision on the H.E. Bailey Turnpike in Newcastle. An OHP report says 39-year-old Kenda Dixon of Cac...

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