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Board of Education Approves New Mask Policy

Wednesday, February 16

The Ponca City Board of Education made a change to the mask policy Monday night during the monthly board of education meeting.The new policy states that masks are required indoors at PCPS during normal school hours with opt-out exemptions offered if a school site reaches THREE PERCENT affected by...

NOC scholarship priority deadline Feb. 20

Tuesday, February 15

Northern Oklahoma College is continuing to accept scholarship applications for Fall 2022.Applicants applying for the Presidential Leadership Scholarship, the NOC/OSU Gateway Ambassadors Scholarship or the State Regents Academic Scholarship must apply by Feb. 20. Priority deadline for all other scholarships is Feb. 20 with scholarships awarded to qualified applicants...

State Department of Education Offers Grants

Tuesday, February 15

The Oklahoma State Department of Education offered a grant opportunity for Oklahoma teachers.Elise Foss, second grade teacher at Liberty Elementary, applied for digital writing tablets for her classroom on Donors Choose. The grant...

Red Flag Warning for northern Oklahoma on Tuesday

Tuesday, February 15

The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon today to 7 p.m. this evening for Garfield Grant, Kay and Noble counties, and until 6 p.m. for Osage and Pawnee counties in north central Oklahoma. South winds 20 to 30 mph...

Burn Ban now in place for Kay County

Tuesday, February 15

On Monday, Kay County Commissioner’s placed Kay County under a 2 week Burn Ban.The deadline for the 2 week Burn Ban is Feb. 28 unless rescinded by commissioners.Any outdoor burning is prohibited during this time. Commissioner’s will reevaluate on February 28.A burn ban is also in effect for Noble...

N95/KN95 masks available locally

Tuesday, February 15

The OSDH has provided N95/KN95 masks for Oklahomans. You can find these masks at the following locations in Kay County: Family Discount Pharmacy, Toni's West Side Health Mart, and Bintz Pharmacy. In Blackwell, you can find them at Hutton Pharmacy. They can be found in Newkirk at Newkirk Family...

NOC scholarship priority deadline Feb. 20

Monday, February 14

Applicants applying for the Presidential Leadership Scholarship, the NOC/OSU Gateway Ambassadors Scholarship or the State Regents Academic Scholarship must apply by Feb. 20. Priority deadline for all other scholarships is Feb. 20 with scholarships awarded to qualified applicants on a first come, first serve basis until Aug. 25. To...

Second suspect involved in Tonkawa murder case is arrested

Monday, February 14

A second suspect was recently arrested on Thursday in regards to the Charles Warrior murder case.William Gonzales, 37, of Tonkawa was arrested on complaints of accessory to murder after the fact and conspiracy to commit a felony.Warrior was reported missing back on January 29 and his body was later...

OSDH releases COVID-19 update

Thursday, February 10

The Oklahoma State Department of Health released new information regarding COVID-19 cases for this week.Kay County's seen 309 new COVID-19 cases. Kay County's seen 11,768 COVID-19 cases since March 2020. As of February 9, 53% of Kay County's age 5+ population, as well as 85.2% of the age 65+...

OSDH seeking businesses and organizations to participate in training program

Thursday, February 10

The Oklahoma State Department of Health is seeking public and private businesses and organizations to participate in a no-cost employer-training program to help build and maintain effective workplace wellness programs.Work@Health is a free training program for employers to improve worksite wellness with strategies to reduce chronic disease and injury...

Open invitation to participate in public transportation plans

Thursday, February 10

Virtual public transportation forums are scheduled to be held February 15 at 1:00 p.m. and February 17 at 11:00 a.m. through virtual/video meetings. All residents, officials and organization representatives are invited. United Community Action Program, Inc./Cimarron Public Transit is requesting feedback related to its public transportation and Title VI...

Signing Day for Several Ponca City Wildcat

Thursday, February 10

Excitement was in the air Thursday afternoon when six Ponca City Wildcat football players signed letters to play football with three different colleges.Three players, Lane Scholey, Elijah Phillips and Nate Collins, will play football for Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kan.Devin Zimmerschied will play at Southwestern College, Thomas Sober...