Head Family hosting Ponca City Celebration

Danny, Carey, and C.R. Head would like to celebrate Ponca City. This incredible family will host a Ponca City Family and Friends Celebration Thursday, June 30th from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. They will set up at Lake Ponca with a huge tent across from the Ambuc Playground and Pavilion.Danny’s BBQ Head Quarters, Inc....

120 future sixth and seventh graders attended Pioneer Technology Center’s Summer Camp

Nearly 120 future sixth and seventh graders attended Pioneer Technology Center’s Summer Camp last week.Students learned through a variety of programs like Health Careers, Culinary Arts, Criminal Justice, Welding, E-Sports, Automotive Technology, Leadership Squad, Biomedical Sciences, Cosmetology, Construction, Firefighter/EMT, and Mechatronics. Participants received a T-shirt at the end of the three days.Additional Summer Academies...

First Ever Girls Wrestling Coach Named

Ponca City Public Schools has named Karissa Avallone as its first ever girls head wrestling coach, pending board approval. Coach “K” Karissa Avallone started her wrestling career at the age of four at Ponca City and later in Newkirk.During Coach K’s prep career, Coach won two national championships and received five All-American certificates held...
https://www.equitybank.com/

Street Repairs At Cherry And 10th In Ark City To Last At Least 2 Weeks

Road work at Cherry Avenue and 10th is slated to begin Wednesday in Ark City.According to a news release from the City Tuesday, Cherry Avenue and 10th Street will be closed to through traffic due to storm drainage repairs and road base rehab.The repairs are expected to take at least two weeks.For questions about...

SCK Health Adds Occupational Medicine To List Of Services

SCK Health has added Occupational Medicine to its list of services.According to a press release from the hospital Tuesday, Linda Boswell, previously of Testing Services Limited, LLC, began practicing out of the Ark City Clinic location in June.“We are thrilled to add Linda Boswell and her extensive list of testing and other services to...

Four with Northern Oklahoma College ties in Miss Oklahoma Pageant

Four current or former NOC students will compete for Miss Oklahoma next week in Tulsa June 8-11.Current Miss NOC Tonkawa Emma Valgora and current Miss NOC Enid Mia-Claire Jones will compete alongside Miss Heartland Chandler Brown and Miss Ponca City Lexi Neahring.Valgora and Brown are both from Ponca City. Brown was Miss Runner-Up in...
https://www.ascensionliving.org/find-a-community/via-christi-village-ponca-city-ok

Ret. WPD Captain, Longtime Community Member Gary Utt Laid To Rest Friday

A retired Winfield police captain and longtime community member passed away last week.Gary Utt died May 30 in Wichita."We were saddened to learn of the passing earlier this week of Retired Captain Gary Utt," the Winfield Police Department said in a Facebook post late last week. "Gary hired on with our department in 1960,...

Tigers Come Up Just Short In Bid For Third National Championship

Making its first national championship game appearance since winning back-to-back JUCO World Series titles in 1997 and 1998, the seventh-seeded Cowley College Tigers came up just short of its third national title in a 4-2 loss to the sixth-seeded Central Arizona College Vaqueros Saturday night in the JUCO World Series title game played at...
https://www.boomertireok.com/

Blackwell City Council approves 2022-2023 Fiscal Year Budget

The Blackwell Journal-Tribune is reporting that the Blackwell City Council have just approved their 2022-2023 Fiscal Year Budget which includes the following utility rate increases, effective July 1, 2022.SEWER: 40% increaseWATER: 4% increaseWASTE: 4% increaseELECTRIC: 4% increase

Blackwell VFW conducting a Flag Burning Ceremony on Flag Day

Blackwell's VFW will be conducting a Flag Burning Ceremony on Flag Day June 14th at 7pm. The public is welcome to attend.This location will be directly north of the VFW parking lot off of west Ferguson.If you have a flag that needs to be disposed of The VFW will be accepting them Saturday June...