• Manhattan Short Film Festival Saturday at Poncan Theatre

    Manhattan Short Film Festival Saturday at Poncan Theatre - September 30, 2015

    The BisonBison Film Festival is hosting the annual Manhattan Short Film Festival at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, in the historic Poncan Theatre. The Manhattan Short Film Festival is a unique experi...

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  • Parents seek injunction against OU Physicians

    Parents seek injunction against OU Physicians - September 30, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The parents of a brain-damaged three-year-old child want an Oklahoma County judge to stop a group of physicians they are suing from terminating care for the child and the rest of ...

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  • Chesapeake Energy lays off hundreds

    Chesapeake Energy lays off hundreds - September 30, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Chesapeake Energy Corp. says it has laid off 740 employees, most of them at its Oklahoma City headquarters, after the company reported a second-quarter loss of more than $4 billio...

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  • Police working to identify remains found by hunter

    Police working to identify remains found by hunter - September 30, 2015

    WYANDOTTE, Okla. (AP) - Police are investigating after skeletal remains were found by a hunter in a remote field in Ottawa County. The Tulsa World (http://bit.ly/1KKfDCK ) reports the remains were fo...

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  • Glossip’s attorneys ask U.S. Supreme Court to stop execution - September 30, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Lawyers for an Oklahoma death row inmate have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop his execution. The lawyers said Tuesday that Richard Glossip is innocent and that they ha...

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  • Blackwell woman dies in crash on U.S. 60 near Tonkawa

    Blackwell woman dies in crash on U.S. 60 near Tonkawa - September 29, 2015

    A fatal collision occurred about 6:40 a.m. Tuesday on U.S. 60 westbound, three-quarters of a mile west of U.S. 177 North, located nine-tenths of a mile east of the Tonkawa city limits. Delores ...

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  • Ponca City teen dies of accident injuries

    Ponca City teen dies of accident injuries - September 29, 2015

    Blake Shepard, 18, of Ponca City died at 6:28 p.m. Monday at Wesley Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Shepard died as a result of injuries he suffered in an accident Sept. 20, just south of First Council ...

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  • City’s budget for last quarter on target

    City’s budget for last quarter on target - September 29, 2015

    City Finance director Marc LaBossiere reported to the City Commission Monday night that the unaudited accounts for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014-15, ending June 30, 2015, were generall...

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  • Public Power Week proclaimed

    Public Power Week proclaimed - September 29, 2015

    Mayor Homer Nicholson proclaimed Oct. 4-10 as Public Power Week at Monday night's City Commission meeting. He recognized Ponca City Energy for its contributions to the community. An open house for ...

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  • Bulldogs football tryouts Saturday

    Bulldogs football tryouts Saturday - September 29, 2015

    The Ponca City Bulldogs semipro football team is holding a free tryout this weekend. Participants must be at 18 or older. The tryouts are at 1300 South 11th Street. Bring water and cleats ...

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