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Ponca City earns Tree City USA award - March 20, 2014
The Arbor Day Foundation named Ponca City a 2013 Tree City USA. The award is in honor of Ponca City's commitment to effective urban forest management. Ponca City met four requirements, having a tree...
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First Council Casino partners with UnWINEd to host benefit event - March 19, 2014
First Council Casino in Newkirk is hosting Tapas and Wine with Ponca City's, UnWINEd bar. This is a benefit for the Otoe-Missouria encampment, and also to introduce new wines at the casino. Barret...
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Road near Shidler re-opened - March 19, 2014
SH18 just south of Shidler is reopened. Closed at 11:11, reopened at 2:31 pm after a cement truck tipped over. ...
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Ponca City murderer lives another day - March 19, 2014
A Ponca City man who is guilty of killing a woman near Tonkawa will live a few more days. Clayton Lockett's execution was scheduled for tomorrow, but has been postponed until April 22. According t...
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Up to 12 gunshots last night, PCPD seeks information - March 18, 2014
Three calls Monday evening around 8pm reported gun shots. The calls came from the 100, 200 and 300 blocks of South Osage in Ponca City. No one was injured. One unoccupied parked vehicle sustai...
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Oklahoma man jailed in Ark. deputy’s death - March 18, 2014
TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) - Authorities say an Oklahoma man has been jailed on a second-degree murder charge in the traffic death of a southwest Arkansas sheriff's deputy. Lafayette County Chief Deputy P...
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Police dog diagnosed with mange - March 17, 2014
Just a few months after arriving in Ponca City, Police dog, Koda is returning to Indiana. Koda was diagnosed with mange, which vets said all dogs are at risk of getting. Police Chief, Don Bohon sa...
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Fatal accident near Bartlesville - March 17, 2014
A woman died in a car accident near Bartlesville last night. According to Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Sherry Hockett, 44 was in a car with husband, Rusty Hockett which landed in a creek after colliding...
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AT&T launches new service in Ponca City - March 17, 2014
At last Monday's City Commission meeting Ponca City approved AT&T's roll-out of its new services. AT&T brought U-verse to life in 2006 and it's now in 22 states. U-verse is an advanced pho...
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$ 4 million in drugs confiscated - March 16, 2014
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Tulsa County sheriff's deputies have seized more than $4 million in heroin, meth and cocaine and arrested a Florida man after seizing a tractor-trailer rig where the drugs ...
