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First Lutheran Student Named Semifinalist For GeoBee Competition

First Lutheran Seventh Grader Kyle King has been notified by the National Geographic Society that he is one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2019 National Geographic GeoBee State of Oklahoma Competition. The contest will be Friday, March 29, 2019.This is the second level of the National...

Ponca City Humane Society Holding Food Drive Through March

The Ponca City Humane Society is boosting its efforts to collect pet food through the end of March and is asking the public to help them feed animals in need.PCHS Director Patricia Amador said the shelter maintains a food bank to help people who may have fallen on tough...

Takedown Club Competes At State Tournament In Tulsa

The Newkirk Takedown Club team traveled Feb. 15-16 to attend the 41st Oklahoma Kids Wrestling Association State Tournament in Tulsa. Attending for the tigers were seven wrestlers who had to qualify the week before at the regional tournament. The qualifiers were Easton Brown, Brodie Banister, Preston and Daxton Hasselbring,...
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Newkirk City Street Project On The Move Forward

There are a number of streets in Newkirk that are in need of repairs due to deterioration from the weather, as well as traffic and age. The city is one step closer to rehabilitating those streets as the Newkirk City Council discussed several contract bids at the Feb. 25...

Newkirk Takedown Club Girls Place At State

The Newkirk Takedown Club Girls team attended the third annual OKWA Girls State Champions on February 15-16 and returned home to Newkirk as State Runners Up.The wrestling members for the Lady Tigers were Teagan Morton, Ryelie Mangrum, Brittnee Hasselbring, Brinlea Weant and and Sierra Hasselbring. Not only was this...

Tonkawa Post Office Celebrating 125th Birthday

Friday, March 9 might just sound like an ordinary day, but it's a actually a special day for the community of Tonkawa. March 9 marks the 125th birthday of Tonkawa's post office which opened in 1894 according to postal records.The petition for a post office was written at the...
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Friday Final Day To Apply For April Elections

Friday, March 8, is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the April 2, Ponca City, Frontier and Shidler School Districts Elections. This also applies for the Braman, Blackwell, Newkirk and Tonkawa Municipal Special Elections in Kay County. Those who...

Board Reccomending New Zoning Changes

The Planning Commission Advisory Board voted Tuesday to recommend a zoning change to the City Commission for the corner of Prospect Avenue and Union Street. The measure was prompted by a request from a local applicant to place a medical marijuana dispensary at 109 West Prospect Avenue inside a...
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Former PTC Administrator Placed On Leave Following Investigation

A former Pioneer Technology Center Superintendent is being placed on administrative leave at an Arizona school pending a state investigation.According to Ponca City News, Dr. Sally Downey was hired as an assistant superintendent at PTC in 1993. where she was later named superintendent in 1997. Downey quit her post...

OBI Presenting Bigfoot-Themed Blood Drives

You've heard about the legendary Bigfoot. Now he is stomping his way through blood drives in Oklahoma.Healthy adults, age sixteen and up, can give blood at one of the following Bigfoot-themed drives with Oklahoma Blood Institute*: Kanza Health Center,

Leadership Blackwell And Ponca City Programs Visit Oklahoma State Capitol

The Leadership Programs for both Blackwell and Ponca City had quite the week as they have gotten to visit the State Capitol in Oklahoma City. Leadership Blackwell also had the opportunity to meet Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt as pictured below. During the visit on Tuesday, Leadership Blackwell Coordinator Lea Ann Bechtel presented...
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