• Chamber of Commerce Spreads Kindness

    Chamber of Commerce Spreads Kindness - April 03, 2022

    The Ponca City Area Chamber of Commerce has started a Ponca City Kindness Campaign. In order to be proactive with spreading and encouraging kindness in Ponca City, the Chamber will be sharing ideas wi...

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  • Capitol Considerations by Senator Bill Coleman-Ponca City

    Capitol Considerations by Senator Bill Coleman-Ponca City - April 03, 2022

    Following the house of origin deadline on March 24, any Senate bills that weren’t heard or were voted down in our chamber are done for this session. However, those bills that made it out of the Sena...

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  • Oklahoma Congressional Delegation Blasts Biden’s Proposed 2023 Budget

    Oklahoma Congressional Delegation Blasts Biden’s Proposed 2023 Budget - April 03, 2022

    WASHINGTON D.C. - AP When President Biden unveiled his Fiscal Year 2023 budget proposal this week, he invoked the expression, "don't tell me what you value, show me your budget [and] I'll tell you ...

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  • Warm Temperatures and Rain in the Forecast - April 03, 2022

    Today is warm thanks to a strong south wind ahead of our next storm system. Showers and storms will begin to develop in the late afternoon. Storm coverage increases overnight. A few storms could be st...

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  • Black Democrats try to revive party in Republican territory

    Black Democrats try to revive party in Republican territory - April 03, 2022

    PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) — Dozens of Black Democratic candidates are seeking office in heavily Republican states that the former President won easily in 2020. These candidates include Chris Jones, w...

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  • Tribes seek more inclusion, action from US officials

    Tribes seek more inclusion, action from US officials - April 03, 2022

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland vowed on her first day on the job to ensure Native American tribes have opportunities to speak with her and the agencies she oversees. ...

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  • New Vehicles Must Average 40 mpg by 2026, up From 28 mpg

    New Vehicles Must Average 40 mpg by 2026, up From 28 mpg - April 02, 2022

    DETROIT (AP) -- New vehicles sold in the U.S. will have to travel an average of at least 40 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2026 under new rules unveiled by the government. The National Highway Tra...

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  • PCPS Wildcat of the Week #19 is Hunter Irons

    PCPS Wildcat of the Week #19 is Hunter Irons - April 02, 2022

    The Heather Cannon Wildcat of the Week #19 for the 2021-2022 school year was presented to Po-Hi senior Hunter Irons. Superintendent Shelley Arrott said, “Hunter Irons is the perfect example of wh...

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  • 200,000 Oklahomans Could Lose Health Care Coverage Through SoonerCare

    200,000 Oklahomans Could Lose Health Care Coverage Through SoonerCare - April 02, 2022

    TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — With the pandemic, the Oklahoma Healthcare Authority added a rule to SoonerCare to ensure people wouldn’t lose coverage during a crisis. People who are in the program...

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  • Ada Man Pleads Guilty To Stealing More Than $225,000 From Chickasaw Nation

    Ada Man Pleads Guilty To Stealing More Than $225,000 From Chickasaw Nation - April 02, 2022

    An Ada man pled guilty to stealing more than $225,000 from the Chickasaw Nation. Federal prosecutors in Muskogee say Christopher Covington was an accountant with the tribe's treasury, and stole th...

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