Three OU students killed in accident Friday night in Kay County

A fatality collision occurred on Friday, April 29th at approximately 11:23pm on Interstate 35 near mile marker 214, southbound, near Tonkawa. The driver of a 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan, Nicholas K. Nair, age 20, of Denton, TX was traveling southbound on Interstate 35 when the vehicle hydroplaned causing him to lose...
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Body found in Winfield Lake

KWCH-TV in Wichita reports that emergency crews recovered a person’s body from Winfield Lake Tuesday afternoon. The Sedgwick County Fire Department’s dive team, Kansas Fish and Game, Winfield and Arkansas City Fire and EMS all assisted in the search for the person who they discovered had apparently drowned at the...

NOC graduation set for Saturday

Oklahoma journalist M. Scott Carter will address candidates for graduation at Northern Oklahoma College commencement exercises April 30. NOC Tonkawa candidates will march into Foster-Piper Fieldhouse on the Tonkawa campus at 9:30 a.m. That same day NOC Enid and Stillwater candidates will enter Briggs Auditorium on the Enid campus at 2:30...
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Ponca City Board of Commissioners meet in regular session Monday night

The Ponca City Board of Commissioners met in regular session on April 25, 2022. Mayor Homer Nicholson called the meeting to order, which was followed by the pledge of allegiance. Commissioners Bodick, Chapman, Scott, and Taylor were present. Consent Agenda Under the Consent Agenda, the City Commission approved the minutes of...

State’s Pre-K Program Second Best in Nation

Oklahoma moved up three places to rank second in the country for Pre-K access for 4-year-olds, according to a report released today by the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER). While overall enrollment was down due to the pandemic, Oklahoma served 74% of eligible 4-year-old children and 16% of...
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Man cashes stolen $9,000 from Ponca City bank

Update: PCPD Investigators have spoken with representatives of Equity Bank and confirmed the suspect in this incident used two separate forms of fraudulent identification and a fraudulent Social Security Number. This is an ongoing investigation and anyone with information is asked to contact the Ponca City Police Department. On April...

Cushing woman killed in Payne County accident

A woman is dead due to a fatal accident that occurred in Payne County Monday. Leslie Escoe, 48, of Cushing had her  2012 Nissan Versa stopped in the outside north bound lane of US 177 due to a flat tire. Robert Bentley, 58, of Cleveland stopped her 2013 Ram 1500...