City of Blackwell hosting FREE vaccine pod Oct. 6

The City of Blackwell will be hosting the Kay County Health Department on Wednesday, October 6 for a FREE vaccine pod from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Blackwell Event Center.The vaccines for Moderna, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson will be available to the public with no appointment necessary.

Arrest Made at Ponca City West Middle School

A student at West Middle School was arrested Thursday afternoon for making terroristic threats.Bret Smith, Executive Director of Operations, said the school was not locked down for safety reasons and the student was taken into custody without incident. “There was no threat to the school. A student made a threat to another single person... Read More.

Ponca City Police Department investigating inappropriate video circulating at a Ponca City school

Statement from Ponca City Police Chief Don Bohon:The Ponca City Police Department is investigating an inappropriate video that is circulating that was rumored to involve a school employee and a student, at a Ponca City school.Detectives and School Resource Officers have been involved in the investigation. It appears that the video was originally posted... Read More.
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One wanted for charges and warrants out of Noble and Logan counties

The Logan County Sheriff's Office is wanting Matthew Talley (DOB:01/13/1988). Talley is wanted for several felony charges out of Logan county including larceny of a motor vehicle. He might be driving a stolen white single cab 2000 Ford F-350 with a black flat bed and a cake feeder bearing Oklahoma License plate 20C820. He... Read More.

New COVID-19 data for Oklahoma released in weekly epidemiology report

The Oklahoma State Department of Health released their weekly epidemiology report on Wednesday. Data shows that throughout the week of September 19-25, 11,665 new COVID-19 cases, 15,214recoveries and 234 deaths were documented. Since early 2020, 34,760 individuals in the state have been hospitalized due to COVID. CDC COVID Data Tracker lists that 37,865 individuals have... Read More.
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Ponca City Library selected for national NASA@ My Library STEAM programming initiative

Ponca City Library has been selected through a competitive application process to be part of NASA@ My Library, an education initiative created to increase and enhance STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) learning opportunities for library patrons throughout the nation, including geographic areas and populations currently underrepresented in STEAM education.Ponca City Library is... Read More.

Po-Hi Statement on Wednesday’s Social Media Threat

The Ponca City Police Department and Ponca City Public Schools became aware of a social media threat against Ponca City High School made by a person not at the school on Wednesday afternoon.The high school was locked down and Ponca City Police, the Kay County Sheriff’s Office, O.S.B.I. and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol responded.... Read More.
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Three Juvenile Males in Custody After Threat Against Po-Hi

Release from the Ponca City Police Department (3:15pm)On 09/29/21 at 1:03pm Ponca City Police and the Ponca City High School became aware of a threat against Ponca City Senior High School, made by a person who was not at the school. The High School was locked down and Ponca City Police, the Kay County... Read More.

One killed in accident east of Perkins in Payne County

One person was killed in a three-vehicle accident on State Highway 33, 5 miles east of Perkins in Payne County. According to The Stillwater News Press, Bryan K. McBrayer, 53, of Cushing was pronounced dead on the scene due to head, trunk internal, trunk external, arm, and leg injuries. His body was transported by Dighton... Read More.