• Senator Lankford in Ponca City today

    Senator Lankford in Ponca City today - September 01, 2015

    US Senator James Lankford will be the guest speaker at a special edition of Ponca Politics today. Lankford is scheduled to speak at 12 noon today in the City Commission chambers at City Hall. Pon...

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  • Blue Bell ice cream returns in Texas

    Blue Bell ice cream returns in Texas - August 31, 2015

    BRENHAM, Texas (AP) - Blue Bell ice cream is back. Blue Bell Creameries has resumed selling its products in select locations Monday, four months after the Texas-based retailer halted sales due to li...

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  • Humane Society benefits from donations

    Humane Society benefits from donations - August 31, 2015

    Greater Good, Rescue Bank, and Animal Rescue site donated eight cases of cat scratchers and 300 cardboard Cat Castles to the Ponca City Humane Society on Friday. "The castles not onl...

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  • Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over

    Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over - August 31, 2015

    The Ponca City Police Department will be conducting a traffic safety checkpoint later this week at an undisclosed location. The PCPD is one of the many law enforcement agencies that receive grant ...

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  • Trains affecting Claremore economy

    Trains affecting Claremore economy - August 31, 2015

    CLAREMORE, Okla. (AP) - Traffic delays caused by trains passing through Claremore have left residents and business owners frustrated, and a study finds the wait also has hurt the city's economy. Th...

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  • Judge criticizes tactics used by officials during raid

    Judge criticizes tactics used by officials during raid - August 31, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A federal judge is criticizing tactics used by government agents following a raid earlier this year on a dozen Ziggyz pipe shops in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Chelsey Davis, owner ...

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  • OSBI investigating shooting by Cushing Police officer

    OSBI investigating shooting by Cushing Police officer - August 31, 2015

    CUSHING, Okla. (AP) - The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is reviewing the fatal shooting of a suspect by a Cushing police officer. Authorities say in a statement that Cushing police officers ...

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  • Tulsa man drowns in Fort Gibson Lake

    Tulsa man drowns in Fort Gibson Lake - August 31, 2015

    FORT GIBSON, Okla. (AP) - A Tulsa man has drowned in Fort Gibson Lake after going under water and never resurfacing. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the body of 38-year-old David Villican...

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  • Earthquake shakes Edmond area

    Earthquake shakes Edmond area - August 31, 2015

    EDMOND, Okla. (AP) - An early-morning earthquake rattled parts of central Oklahoma Sunday. The U.S. Geological Survey says the 3.7 magnitude earthquake was recorded at about 7:19 a.m. Sunday near t...

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  • DHS shelter director retires rather than fight termination

    DHS shelter director retires rather than fight termination - August 31, 2015

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The longtime director of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services shelter in Oklahoma City is retiring instead of fighting termination over the handcuffing of children. The Ok...

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