Flash Flood Watch for northern Oklahoma on Wednesday

The National Weather Service has placed Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble, Osage and Pawnee counties all under a Flash Flood Watch that goes from this morning through tomorrow. Showers and thunderstorms will develop Wednesday morning over a broad swath of the watch area. Another round of rain and thunderstorms is expected later in the afternoon and...

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 control and depart the roadway...
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PCUA Trustees vote to approve construction for Water Treatment Plant Clearwell Rehabilitation Project

Under Ponca City Utility Authority’s New Business, the PCUA Trustees voted to approve a construction contract with Luckinbill Construction, LLC of Edmond Oklahoma, for the Water Treatment Plant Clearwell Rehabilitation Project in the amount of $399,388.00.   The two clearwells are a major component at the Water Treatment Plant. They are concrete structures that contain treated...

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 lake. The person’s identity has not...
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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 p.m. Pinning ceremonies for graduates from...

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 the Ponca City Board 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 eligible 3-year-old children through public...
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Ponca City Student Council President Autumn Leist presents check to Northern Oklahoma Youth Services

Student Council President Autumn Leist presented a donation check of nearly $1,000 to Northern Oklahoma Youth Services on Tuesday.   The money was raised from fundraisers during Wild Week in the fall semester including a dodgeball tournament, bingo night, student and principal dares and T-shirt sales.   Accepting the check is Executive Director of Northern Oklahoma Youth Services...

PCPD Officers and Civilian Employees assisted with the Drug Take Back Program at Household Hazardous Waste Day

Ponca City Police Officers and Civilian Employees with the Ponca City Police Department assisted the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics with the Drug Take Back Program, during the Household Hazardous Waste Day in Ponca City on Saturday. Nearly 250 pounds of unused, expired and unneeded prescription medications were relinquished by Citizens of Ponca City. This program...

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 16th, 2022, at 11:58 AM,...