Ponca City’s Annual Christmas Parade set for this Friday

Ponca City’s Annual Christmas Parade is this Friday, December 4, at 6pm in downtown Ponca City. Participants are encouraged to decorate their entries with lights and festive décor. Please remember to social distance.: Sign up your entry online thru December 2 at

Kanza Health Clinic offering free COVID-19 testing Monday

The Kanza Health Clinic east of Newkirk is offering free COVID-19 testing to those age 18 and older today from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and the same time on December 18th and 28th.The testing clinic will be set up in the parking lot, so you won't need to...
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Local movie theatre closed permanently

Movie go-ers in Kay County might be upset to know that a popular movie theatre in Kay County is now closed.KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City reported last Monday that the AMC Theatre in Ponca City has closed its doors for good. Six months ago, AMC officials warned that the coronavirus pandemic...

Congratulations to the November Employee Recognition Award Winners

The Ponca City Public School District would like to congratulate their November, 2020 Employee Recognition Award Winners. Certified Employee of the Month is Cathy Bible, Assistant Principal at West Middle School. The Support Employee of the Month is Brandi Turner, Child Nutrition Personnel at Washington PreK. The...
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Working Together, North Central Oklahoma Center of Workforce Excellence

Ponca City, OK ------ Partners from the region of North Central Oklahoma received official designation last week as a Center of Workforce Excellence, as approved by the Governor’s Council for Workforce Development. Earlier this year, the Oklahoma Department of Commerce began rolling out a plan for these Centers...

Over 3,500 new COVID-19 cases for Oklahoma on Monday

The Oklahoma State Department of Health is reporting 3,544 positive COVID-19 cases for Monday, Nov. 23. Oklahoma's seen 177,874 COVID-19 cases overall as 33,844 cases are active.15 additional virus-related deaths were reported Monday to put Oklahoma's death toll to 1,649. none of the deaths were for northern Oklahoma.Kay County...

Ponca City Public School District Celebrates Education Support Professionals

The Ponca City Public School District has been celebrating Education Support Professionals this week November 16-20, 2020. Superintendent Shelley Arrott explained, “The week of November 16 is American Education Week. This week presents everyone the opportunity to celebrate public education and honor all individuals who are making...
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PCPS COVID-19 Update

Last week, a total of 21 positive in-school COVID-19 cases were reported for Ponca City Public Schools, which was an increase from 18 cases the previous week. The week of Nov. 16 reflected the highest number of COVID-19 cases the district has experienced in one week.The COVID Alert System...

Kansas man killed in Noble County accident Saturday

A Fatality collision occurred at 7:34 a.m. Saturday morning on Interstate 35, 9 miles north of Perry near mile marker 196 in Noble County.Suresh Shrestha, 23, of Junction City was driving a 2020 Toyota Corolla southbound, departed the roadway right and impacted the rear of a 2016 Freightliner driven...