Sun N’ Fun looking to open the weekend of May 30

B&B Sun N' Fun Recreation, who was planning on opening up for the season during Memorial Day weekend, has made the decision to open the weekend of May 30.The current weather is setting them back. Additionally, the hand sanitizer and entire-park disinfectant that Sun N' Fun has ordered will not arrive until after Memorial...

Po-Hi 2020 Prom Royalty Announced

The Ponca City Senior High School was unable to host the traditional Prom and After-Prom events on the third Saturday in April due to CDC and SDE guidelines and restrictions. Ponca City Public Schools has extended an invitation to the Ponca City High School graduating class of 2020 to the 2021 Prom and After-Prom...
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Po-Hi Announces Top 20 Students from Senior Class of 2020

The Ponca City Senior High School 2020 Graduating Class is proud to announce their Top 20 Valedictorians and Salutatorians. These are the students who have the highest (weighted), cumulative GPA’s of the senior class, freshmen through the first nine weeks of the second semester of their senior year. A separate article has been written...

Phillips 66 ST Math Teacher of the Year

Rudonna Bailey, a fourth grade teacher at Trout Elementary, has been selected as the Phillips 66 ST Math teacher of the year for the Ponca City Public Schools.Rudonna is a ten-year veteran teacher. She had this to say about ST Math, “I love ST Math because it provides students with a different way to...

Top Two Valedictorians Announced for Po-Hi Senior Class of 2020

The Ponca City Senior High School 2020 Graduating Class is proud to announce their top two Valedictorians, Lindsay Hollis and Lanie Varner.  These two students have the highest (weighted), cumulative GPA’s of the senior class, freshmen through the first nine weeks of the second semester of their senior year.   Valedictorian Lindsay Hollis is the...
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New COVID-19 case in Cowley County Monday

While there were no new COVID-19 cases across northern Oklahoma on Monday, a fourth case of the coronavirus was reported for Cowley County, Ks.A young man tested positive for the virus over the weekend after informed his employer that he was feeling sick. This is the first case found in Cowley County in three...

Kay County Courthouse reopening plan

The following is information from the 8th District Attorney Office, Drug and Major Crime Task Force on Facebook regarding the reopening of the Kay County Courthouse in Newkirk. On May 18, 2020 the Kay County Courthouse, which was closed to the public by the Order Of the Oklahoma Supreme Court and Oklahoma Court of...
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Ponca City man charged in Osage County after recent fire

A Ponca City man is facing charges in Osage County after being arrested by Osage Deputies.Aaron Struble, 44, was arrested on May 6 on a charge of domestic assault and battery by strangulation. Struble left the scene of a structure fire back in late April that happened at City View and Kelly Road in...

Road work begins on U.S. 77 between Newkirk and the casinos

Road construction now underway for a widening and resurfacing project along U.S. 77 between Newkirk and E. Home Road south of the casinos.Motorists will notice workers in the right-of-way of US-77 between E. Home Rd. and E. Fork Rd. for initial work zone set up including building construction access for property owners within the...

New COVID-19 Cases in Oklahoma See Lowest Increase Since March

The number of COVID-19 cases in Oklahoma took a slight jump on Monday, May 11, as the Oklahoma State Department of Health documented 24 positive cases, bringing the state's total to 4,613.The death toll in Oklahoma is now up to 274 as two more Oklahomans have died  from the coronavirus; one occurred since Sunday...