• Ponca City DECA receives state, national awards

    Ponca City DECA receives state, national awards - February 12, 2016

    Ponca City DECA recently returned from competing at the Oklahoma DECA Career Development Conference. The Ponca City chapter received the Chapter of the Month award. In addition, they were t...

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  • Hertz laying off 80 in Tulsa

    Hertz laying off 80 in Tulsa - February 12, 2016

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Hertz says it will lay off about 80 employees and close its Tulsa service center. Some of the remaining 100 employees will be able to work from home. The car rental company tol...

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  • Man arrested in decapitation of couple appears in court

    Man arrested in decapitation of couple appears in court - February 12, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A 20-year-old man arrested in the shooting and decapitation of his grandmother and her husband at an Oklahoma City home where the three lived has pleaded not guilty to two murder ...

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  • Oklahoma man says he wants to plead guilty in beheading

    Oklahoma man says he wants to plead guilty in beheading - February 12, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A man charged with beheading a co-worker with a butcher knife at an Oklahoma food processing plant wants to plead guilty to a first-degree murder charge, but the judge refused. T...

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  • Fallin’s general counsel resigns amid execution inquiry

    Fallin’s general counsel resigns amid execution inquiry - February 12, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The general counsel for Oklahoma's governor has resigned amid a grand jury investigation into how the wrong drug was delivered for the state's last two scheduled executions. Gov....

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  • Oklahoma budget hole jumps to $1.3 billion amid downturn

    Oklahoma budget hole jumps to $1.3 billion amid downturn - February 12, 2016

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma finance officials say the hole in next year's budget has increased to $1.3 billion, or nearly 20 percent of last year's spending, amid depressed oil prices. The Office o...

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  • Ponca City dogs getting ready for flight to Seattle and new futures

    Ponca City dogs getting ready for flight to Seattle and new futures - February 11, 2016

    By Beverly Bryant/News Director A baker's dozen of rescued dogs will be saying goodbye to Ponca City this weekend and winging their ways to Seattle. When they arrive in the Pacific No...

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  • Fatal accident investigated in Grant County

    Fatal accident investigated in Grant County - February 11, 2016

    The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported a fatal accident occurred between 5:30 p.m. Wednesday and 9 a.m. Thursday on private property northeast of the intersection of McClain Road and N3040 (Grant County...

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  • Liberty School Participates in Circle the State With Song

    Liberty School Participates in Circle the State With Song - February 11, 2016

    Several 4th and 5th grade Liberty Elementary School students recently participated in the Circle the State With Song festival held in Cleveland, Oklahoma. The Circle the State with Son...

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  • Water valves, fire hydrants to be installed

    Water valves, fire hydrants to be installed - February 11, 2016

    On Monday, Feb. 15, Ponca City Utility Maintenance will install valves and fire hydrants in the 1500 block and 1600 block of North Pecan Road. The work will start at 9 a.m. on Monday and be c...

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