• City to Observe Labor Day on Monday, September 7th

    City to Observe Labor Day on Monday, September 7th - August 26, 2020

    The City of Ponca City has announced the following ahead of the observance of Labor Day on the 7th of September: Residential Refuse WILL NOT BE PICKED UP on Monday, September 7, and WILL RESUME on ...

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  • Aaron Butcher leaves NOC Enid basketball program

    Aaron Butcher leaves NOC Enid basketball program - August 26, 2020

    Northern Oklahoma College Enid men’s basketball coach Aaron Butcher has resigned, accepting an athletic director’s position at Tippecanoe High School in Akron, Indiana. Butcher, an Indiana nati...

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  • Walnut Avenue Closing for New Public Safety Center Build

    Walnut Avenue Closing for New Public Safety Center Build - August 26, 2020

    Beginning August 31, 2020, Walnut Avenue from 4th Street west to the alley will be closed and construction will begin for the new Ponca City Public Safety Center. This portion of Walnut Avenue will re...

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  • Oklahoma COVID-19 Update for 26 August 2020

    Oklahoma COVID-19 Update for 26 August 2020 - August 26, 2020

    SITUATION UPDATE: COVID-19 As of this advisory, there are 54,838 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma. Kay County has reported a cumulative total of 294 confirmed cases, resulting in 1...

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  • OHC Receives PPE Grant from Department of Libraries

    OHC Receives PPE Grant from Department of Libraries - August 26, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma History Center (OHC) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a grant through the Oklahoma Department of Libraries (ODL) for personal protective equipment (PPE) t...

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  • Rich Cantillon Issues Special ‘Chamber Chat’

    Rich Cantillon Issues Special ‘Chamber Chat’ - August 26, 2020

    In my 24 years of operating a Chamber of Commerce I have always had the best City Managers to work with. I had Sally Norris in Blackwell and she was fantastic. Then I came to Ponca City, my homet...

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  • OU Receives $20M Grant to Lead Inaugural NSF AI Institute

    OU Receives $20M Grant to Lead Inaugural NSF AI Institute - August 26, 2020

    NORMAN, OKLA. – The University of Oklahoma is leading a National Science Foundation AI Institute for Research on Trustworthy AI in Weather, Climate, and Coastal Oceanography that is being hailed as ...

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  • Kiger Holds Interim Study on State Park Parking Fees

    Kiger Holds Interim Study on State Park Parking Fees - August 26, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY – State Rep. Lundy Kiger, R-Poteau, on Tuesday hosted an interim study on state park parking fees before the House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Natural Resources and Regul...

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  • OU Cancels Tailgating, Homecoming Activities

    OU Cancels Tailgating, Homecoming Activities - August 25, 2020

    NORMAN, OKLA. – In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Oklahoma has announced that tailgating is prohibited on OU campus grounds and parking areas for the 2020 football seas...

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  • Bice wins GOP runoff, will face Horn in November

    Bice wins GOP runoff, will face Horn in November - August 25, 2020

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — State Sen. Stephanie Bice won the Republican nomination on Tuesday for the 5th District congressional seat in Oklahoma City, setting up a showdown with first-term Democratic U.S...

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