Blackwell High School Wrestling Team wins Cushing Tournament

The Blackwell High School Wrestling Team brought home some new hardware over the weekend as the Maroons won the Cushing Tournament with a score of 194 points with Cushing following with 167 and Guthrie with 151.5 points. Placers are: Kruz Goff-champ Christian Mora-2nd Aidan Odell -2nd Kaiden Ailey-4th Louden Wolfe-3rd Kolby Looper-3rd Jd McCleary-6th

Ponca Varsity Wrestling finishes 2nd at Jenks Tournament

Ponca Varsity finished the Jenks Tournament in 2nd place out of 21 teams! Champions included Christopher Kiser 106, Gabe Roland 182, Landon Newlin 195 and Joe Leavitt 220! Runners up were Cameron Kiser 120 and Preston Lee 126. Jack Swenson 132 finished 3rd, Rayden Agee 170 4th and Cayson Badley HWT 6th! All photos...

Ponca City man given life in prison for child pornography

Robert Casey Goldman, 33, Ponca City, entered a no contest plea in Kay County District Court to aggravated possession of child pornography and distribution of child pornography.He was sentenced to life in prison with all but 30 years suspended and ordered to register as a sex offender.For backstory, Wichita Police contacted OSBI on June...
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Ponca City Swim Team Places First

The Ponca City Wildcat swim team won first place on Tuesday night in a swim meet in Oologah. The overall totals were Ponca City, 161; Oologah-Talala, 146; Claremore, 22; Adair, 20; and Collinsville, two.Oologah had the most points for the girls with 71 points, compared to 57 for Ponca City. Claremore had 22 points,...

Ponca City Wrestlers Place in Nationals

Three Ponca City wrestlers placed at the United States Junior Open Championship national wrestling tournament held last weekend in Oklahoma City. As a team, Ponca City finished in seventh place. Wrestlers from junior high and high school teams participated.Chris Kiser won the championship at 106 pounds. Garrett Short placed third at 75 pounds and...

PCPS Board of Education Spotlight

In salute and gratitude to the more than 2,700 Oklahoma school board members, January 2022 has been designated as School Board Recognition Month.School Board Recognition Month honors the efforts of thousands of men and women who help to shape the direction of Oklahoma public education and their collective focus on student achievement. School board...
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OSDH Takes Wellness Services on the Road in Northern Oklahoma

STILLWATER, Okla. – The Oklahoma State Department of Health District 3 mobile wellness unit will offer public health services throughout January in locations across northcentral Oklahoma.OSDH District 3 serves a seven-county region including Creek, Kay, Lincoln, Noble, Osage, Pawnee and Payne Counties.The “Mobile Health on the Go” mobile wellness unit is part of a...
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1,589 new COVID-19 cases this week for Oklahoma

As of January 5, the Oklahoma State Department of Health documented 1,589 new COVID-19 cases over the past week, putting the state's overall total of COVID-19 cases since early 2020 to 52,783.Locally, Kay County saw 218 new COVID-19 cases in a week. Kay County's had an overall total of 8,683 COVID-19 cases.43.2% of the...

Leaming named Kay County’s new assessor

Janell Leaming's been named Kay County’s new assessor.Leaming was sworn in to office by Judge Lee Turner at Monday’s Kay County Commissioner meeting. She replaces Susan Keen who retired on Dec. 30.Before becoming the new assessor, Leaming spent her time working in the assessor’s office since Oct. 1, 2010 and was Keen’s first deputy...